Gary U. S. Bonds

Gary U. S. Bonds; actually Gary Anderson ( born June 6, 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American rock ' n' roll and R & B singer.

Life

The 1960

The African American Gary Anderson was born the son of a university professor and a music teacher. When he was two years old, his parents divorced and he moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where he grew up with his mother. In the 1950s, he was a church singer and with a band called The Turks go. End of the 1950s he was taken from producer Frank Guida under contract he had met some time ago and had just started his producing career. Guida developed his own recording technique, which became known as the " Norfolk Sound". Firstly, the recordings sounded easy and after open-air recordings, on the other hand the song was particularly intense because two separately recorded vocal tracks were hochgepegelt and superimposed.

The first recording was called New Orleans. In order to achieve a greater awareness for Single, Guida was on the envelope " Buy U.S. Bonds " print, a then popular advertising solicitation to buy U.S. government bonds. This led, however, to the fact that the artist of the songs you always start with " U. S. bonds " brought in connection, and so the Gary Anderson's stage name was. The title made ​​it straight into the Top 10 on the U.S. charts and the Top 20 in the UK.

The follow-up single Not Me but was once a flop, even though the Orlons later had a hit with the same song. But the third single from U. S. Bonds was a huge hit: Originally an instrumental of genes Barch aka Daddy G. for himself and his Church Street Five, also from Norfolk, wrote that he sang the title A Night with Daddy G. even erdachtem text with the original artist. Under the title Quarter to Three it reached in June 1961 No. 1 in USA, stayed another week and sold a total of over one million copies. Internationally, the song became a hit, and came to the UK in the top 10 was The Rock ' n ' Roll classics from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in the list of 500 songs that have the most impact on rock and roll recorded.

After U.S. Bonds got a first name and was called immediately Gary U. S. Bonds, because many had kept his stage name for a band name. The album became a hit Dance 'Til Quarter to Three came in at number 6 on the U.S. charts. And with singles such as School Is Out School Is In and Twist as well as the two songs Dear Lady Twist and Twist, Twist Senora, three of which came up in the U.S. top 10, he was able to continue his series of successes. This was followed by the end of 1962, the song Seven Day Weekend, a piece from the film It's Trad Dad, and copy cat, but the sections already significantly worse.

1963 Gary U.S. Bonds also went on a European tour and was then performed as a headliner before the Beatles. But finally settled after the success of the Norfolk sounds, more success came only once and the British Invasion changed the musical landscape. Nevertheless, he was a number - one and four top 10 hits of the most successful artists of the Guida - stable, which included among other things, number 1 hit singer Jimmy Soul ( If You Wanna Be Happy ).

In the following years it was rather quiet by Gary Anderson. After an unfortunate incident with the police, he moved to New York City, where he played in the clubs. Only a nomination for a song written by him for a Country Award in 1972 stand out from this period. The song was called ( Do not Take Her) She's All I've Got, and was recorded by Johnny Paycheck. Later it was again a hit for Tracy Bird.

Comeback in the 1980s

In 1978, he learned at a joint appearance in New York Bruce Springsteen know and they became friends. As Springsteen two years later offered him a song called Dedication, began a return to the spotlight. From the song became an entire album and it contains not only covers four of Springsteen and his guitarist Steven Van Zandt -written pieces and Springsteen's E Street Band were his sidemen. , Produced the album mainly by van Zandt. Thus, the foundation was laid for a successful comeback, for the Springsteen sound was very successful at that time. With the single This Little Girl he also returned to the U.S. and UK charts and was to be found among others in the German airplay charts.

Only 14 months later, they laid after the album On the Line, which was produced by Van Zandt and written by Bruce Springsteen for the most part and co-produced, again musically accompanied by the E Street Band. Not only both albums were successful in the album charts, a total of five single releases came to the U.S. and the UK charts.

The end of 1983 followed the album Standing in the Line of Fire without Springsteen without the E Street Band, but Van Zandt was not only producer but also the author and with a new band accompanying guitarist. But the success of the album remained far below past successes, negotiations with the record company failed and so it was quiet again to Gary U.S. Bonds.

From the 1990s to the present day

Since then he has continued as a musician on the road and played among other things, on Oldie Festival. In 1998, he was present with his debut song New Orleans in the film Blues Brothers 2000. In the new millennium, he has published several live albums and in 2004 the studio album released back in 20 in more traditional blues-rock style, on the Bruce Springsteen gives a guest performance.

1997 Gary U.S. Bonds was inducted into the Honour Roll Rhythm & Blues Foundation.

Gary Anderson has been married since 1962 and has one daughter and is on tour with my wife and daughter go. Many of the songs on his last album, he has also co-written with his daughter.

Discography

Albums

• Dance 'Til Quarter to Three ( 1961)
• Twist Up Calypso (1962 )
• Gary U. S. Bonds Meets Chubby Checker (1980 )
• Dedication ( 1981)
• On the Line (1982 )
• Standing in the Line of Fire (1983 )
• Back in 20 (2004)