Bruce Channel
Bruce Channel (actually Bruce McMeans, born November 28, 1940 in Jacksonville, Texas ) is an American musician.
Channel was known about the country music show Louisiana Hayride, where he in 1958 for half a year occurred regularly. His biggest hit Hey! Baby he wrote in 1959, along with Margaret Cobb. The song also became famous through the harmonica accompaniment by Delbert McClinton, with whom he had for some time as a duo go.
Only in 1961 the song was released as a single and became a commercial success. In the U.S., it became an instant number -one hit in the UK and it came up to # 2
McClintons harmonica inspired other musicians, including John Lennon, who was still performing on Channels European tour with the Beatles as the opening act and took lessons at McClinton. In the early Beatles single, Love Me Do harmonica can also be heard as the number -one hit I Remember You by Frank Ifield (both also published in 1962 ).
For Bruce Channel, it was the only major success of his career in the pop charts. Between 1962 and 1967, four singles from channel in the lower half of the Billboard pop charts were able to place. It was not until 1968 he was titled Keep On, composed by Wayne Carson Thompsonund produced by Dale Hawkins, reach forward in the charts in the United Kingdom one more time, he came in 11th place more own successes from remained, but in the following years he continued as songwriters working in Nashville. He was responsible for several country hits, including TG Sheppard and Janie Fricke for. To date, he writes country songs and also occurs occasionally still on.
Over the years, Hey! Baby in the U.S. played to an ignition at sporting events. In 2001 DJ Ötzi made the song in German-speaking countries for success in the UK and reached his version topped the charts what the original had failed.
Discography
Singles ( selection)
- Hey! Baby ( LECAM 1961 Smash 1962)
- Come On Baby ( Smash 1962)
- Going Back to Louisiana ( LECAM 1964)
- Mr. Bus Driver ( Mala 1967)
- Keep On (UK: Bell 1968)