Bobby Bare

Robert Joseph " Bobby " Bare ( born April 7, 1935 in Ironton, Ohio) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His most famous songs are Detroit City, 500 Miles Away from Home and Marie Laveau.

  • 2.1 1960-1965
  • 2.2 From 1966

Life

As Bare was five years old, his mother died, and his sister was put up for adoption. His father earned enough to feed his family. Even with 15 years Bobby made ​​himself for his maintenance. He first worked as a farm helper, later in different factories and also took odd jobs. As a teenager, he bought a guitar and performed with a local band on in Springfield. 1955 Bare moved to Los Angeles and at Capitol published between December 1956 and August 1957 his first three singles.

In 1958 he composed the song The All American Boy, a parody of the hype surrounding Elvis Presley's army service and sold it for $ 50 with all rights to the Fraternity label in the hope that it would make him a plate recording. Because he was even drafted, however, shortly after the army, the label released the demo version Bares in November 1958 as the disk out, on which was specified as a singer Bill Parsons. It was one of the most successful country single of the year, which climbed beyond still at # 2 on the pop charts and was also successful in the British singles chart with number 22. The next single Buddies With The Blues, which appeared in June 1959, was published under the pseudonym Bill Parsons, which was necessary, according to the record company, because at that time was still bare at Capitol Records.

Career

After Bare was previously known as a country singer, he decided after his discharge from the army to engage in the future in rock and roll and pop music. He participated in the tours of Roy Orbison and Bobby Darin, and took on a series of plates at various Californian record companies. Alongside he wrote several songs for other singers and for soundtracks ( including for the Chubby Checker movie "Teenage Millionaire ").

As his own records were not very successful, he returned to country music and mixed them with influences from pop and folk area. 1962 brought him Chet Atkins for RCA and took with him the title Shame On Me in; the plate is considered to be one of the first Nashville recordings that concessions to the pop field made ​​by horns were used. The song reached number 18 in both the country charts and number 23 on the pop charts in the summer of 1962. The following year, Bare took on the title Four Strong Winds and Detroit City, with whom he both the pop and country charts, reached into the front seats again. For Bare Detroit City in 1964 won a Grammy. His biggest chart success up to that point he had 500 Miles from Home. The recording climbed to number 10 pop and # 5 on the country charts.

With the title Bare Detroit City came in July 1964 in the German charts, the single stayed eight weeks and reached number 40 In the aftermath RCA published a series of German singles, the first entitled to believe all that I am happy in April 1965 could occupy the space 26 in the German charts. 1965 and 1966 published three more singles on the German market: Abilene, The house on the Sierra and Molly Brown, but not all reached chart positions.

Bare learned the still unknown Waylon Jennings on a tour in Phoenix, Arizona know and sat down at Atkins to ensure that this also got a deal with RCA.

In 1968, Bobby Bare for a long time in England, where he enjoyed great popularity, and took there with the Liverpool band "The Hillsiders " an LP on. Back in the USA changed Bare in 1970 to the Mercury label. He had gone back to the country songs and could bring several titles among the top 10 on the country charts. After a short stint at United Artists Records in 1973, he went back to his old record company RCA, where a successful LP -rehearsed songs with the composer Shel Silverstein. A year later, Bare had his only number - one -country single with Marie Laveau. 1975 published Bare a further plate with Silverstein songs, Bobby Bare and the Family Singin 'in the Kitchen. Shortly after the recording of the album died Bares stepdaughter Cari at the age of 15 years to a lung disease.

In 1977 he signed a contract with the successful concert promoter Bill Graham, the " Springsteen of country music " called him. Graham made ​​sure that he found a new audience among students and also in Canada. In 1980 Bare again working with Silverstein on, it was the live collection Down and Dirty, which included the hits Numbers and Tequila Sheila. Until the 1980s, Bobby Bare took on plates for various labels on.

Bobby Bare is since 1964 with Jeannie Sterling, formerly a backing singer in his band, was married, they have two sons. Bobby Bare Jr., born in 1966, is also a musician.

Discography

1960-1965

From 1966

  • Constant Sorrow (1966 )
  • Talk Me Some Sense ( 1966)
  • The Streets of Baltimore ( 1966)
  • This I Believe ( 1967)
  • The Game of Triangle (1967 )
  • A Bird Named Yesterday ( 1967)
  • The English Countryside (1967 )
  • The Lincoln Park Inn (1969 )
  • Your Husband, My Wife ( 1970)
  • The Real Thing (1970 )
  • This Is Bare Country (1970 )
  • Where Have All the Seasons Gone ( 1970)
  • I Need Some Good News Bad (1971 )
  • What Am I Gonna Do? (1972)
  • Singin 'in the Kitchen (1974 )
  • Lullabys, Legends and Lies (1974 )
  • Hard Time Hungrys (1975 )
  • Cowboys and Daddys (1975 )
  • The Winner and Other Losers (1976 )
  • Me and McGill (1977 )
  • Bare (1978 )
  • Sleeper Wherever I Fall (1978 )
  • Down and Dirty (1980 )
  • Drunk and Crazy ( 1980)
  • As Is (1981 )
  • Is not Got Nothing to Lose (1982 )
  • Drinkin 'from the Bottle, Singin' from the Heart (1983 )
  • The Moon Was Blue ( 2005)
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