The Candymen (or the Candy Men) were an American pop quintet active 1965-1972 which prefigured the

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. The group were managed by

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producer-songwriter

Buddy Buie Perry Carlton "Buddy" Buie (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2015) was an American songwriter, producer and publisher. He is most commonly associated with Roy Orbison, the Classics IV and the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Career Buie was born in Marian ...

, and included guitarists John Rainey Adkins (who was the mainstay of the live band), plus Barry Bailey and J.R. Cobb, singer Rodney Justo, drummer Robert Nix and keyboard player

Dean Daughtry Dean Daughtry (born September 8, 1946, in Kinston, Alabama) is an American musician. He was the keyboard player with the Classics IV after Joe Wilson departed. They had a 1968 #3 US/#46 UK hit with "Spooky". He co-founded the Atlanta Rhythm Se ...

. The band's chart singles included "Georgia Pines" (1967) and "Ways" (1968). They often performed as the backing band of

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.Billboard - 2 - 9 Apr 2011 - Page 24 "The third disc is a DVD of nine songs performed by Orbison and his band, the Candymen, for a TV show in Holland in 1965."

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