Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler ( born July 6, 1937 as Eugene Dixon in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer and music producer. As a singer he was successful in the rhythm and blues field in both the pop- like.
Life
As Chandler was still called Eugene Dixon, he founded at age 18, the vocal group The Gaytones, two years later, he joined the Chicago rock and roll group, The Dukays. Shortly thereafter, he went for three years with the U.S. Army, where he spent most of his military service in Germany. During this time he tried his hand at the soldiers clubs as a solo singer. 1960 Eugene went back to the Dukays who had now completed a deal with the small firm Nat Records. In the summer of 1961 he had his first record with the Dukays success, the title The Girl 's A Devil for three weeks held in the Top 100 of the U.S. pop charts, reaching as best stock market has 64
In the same year wrote the band members Earl Edwards and Bernice Williams the title Duke Of Earl, whose chances of success they were so convinced that they the major record label Vee -Jay offered him, which already had the likes of Jerry Butler and Jimmy Reed under contract. Because the prior record company Nat insisted on their contract negotiated Vee -Jay manager Calvin Carter made a compromise, after the song with Eugene should be produced as a solo piece. After Eugene had also gained the stage name Gene Chandler, was Vee -Jay publish the plate in winter 1961. Already on January 13, 1962 Duke Of Earl moved into the top 100 on Billboard and was later on for three weeks at number 1 in the Billboard annual balance sheet of the title was listed in 13th place. With Rainbow, You Threw A Lucky Punch and Man's Temptation Chandler had more hits on Vee -Jay, he then joined in the summer of 1963 on the record label Constellation. There began a successful collaboration with Curtis Mayfield, among other things, the success title Just Be True and Nothing Can Stop Me wrote for Chandler. With these two songs Chandler achieved good results ( 4, 3 ), especially in the rhythm and blues charts. As Constellation 1966 the operation ceased, Chandler was first taken from the Chicago record label Checker Records, where he, however, until 1969, was a Top 50 success with titles I Fooled You This Time. This was followed by equally unsuccessful years at Brunswick before he Groovy situation at Mercury in 12th again was able to record a hit in 1970, which was his only million seller.
At this time Chandler had already started a new career as the owner of two music publishers and the record company Bamboo and as a producer. Bamboo In 1969 he produced the title Backfield In Motion, which was with the duo Mel & Tim to a million success. For his successful productions he has won several awards, 1970, he was honored with the title "Producer Of The Year ". The Rhythm and Blues Foundation awarded Chandler 1997 Pioneer Awards.