The Candymen (or the Candy Men) were an American pop quintet active 1965–1972 which prefigured the
Atlanta Rhythm Section. The group were managed by
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan is a city in and the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, Houston County in the U.S. state of Alabama. A slight portion of the city extends into Dale County, Alabama, Dale and Henry County, Alabama, Henry counties. It had a population ...
producer-songwriter
Buddy Buie, 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. The band's chart singles included "Georgia Pines" (1967) and "Ways" (1968). They often performed as the backing band of
Roy Orbison.
[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."] They opened for Pink Floyd during their first US Tour in 1967.
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American pop music groups
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