The New Christy Minstrels

The New Christy Minstrels is an American folk music group that was part of the popular folk music movement in the early 1960s and was able to achieve more chart success. The name is Christy Minstrels the borrowed, a company founded by Edwin Pearce Christy in the 19th century minstrel band, with black-colored faces imitated performer whose African American Artists and Songs of Stephen Foster predominantly darboten. Her singers included Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

History

Founded in 1961 by Randy Sparks, the group was able several singles in the Folk Music Top 40 Charts place, including This Land Is Your Land, Green, Green, and Ramblin '. In 1964, she contributed so far the only film music with exclusively Folk Music to the film Advance to the Rear ( with Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens) at. The songs contained therein Today, This Old Riverboat and Company of Cowards are among the folk music standards.

The composition of the group changed frequently and were among her most prominent members:

  • Gene Clark ( The Byrds later )
  • Jerry Yester (later of The Lovin ' Spoonful )
  • Barry McGuire (1965 successful with his solo single Eve of Destruction )
  • Larry Ramos (later singer with The Association)
  • Kenny Rogers (later with The First Edition)
  • Bob Buchanan (1967, together with Gram Parsons member of the International Submarine band, with whom he wrote the song Hickory Wind )
  • Karen Black
  • Kim Carnes
  • Terry Ann Meeuwsen (former Miss America )

In 1964, Sparks with The Black Porch Majority, a second Folk lineup, among others, the later the very successful singer John Denver. That same year, Sparks sold his rights to the New Christy Minstrels at the height of the career of the group for $ 2.5 million. He later founded another band with the Green Grass Group, whose members included Larry Murray and Chris Hillman.

The Minstrels took until the 1970s to more records and parted in 1972. Nowadays they give occasional concerts, again with Randy Sparks and some other original members.

The song Green, Green took the Minstrels in several languages ​​, including German.

Discography

Albums

  • Presenting the New Christy Minstrels (1962 )
  • The New Christy Minstrels in Person (1963 )
  • The New Christy Minstrels Tell Tall Tales! (1963)
  • Ramblin ' (1963 )
  • Merry Christmas ( 1963)
  • Land of Giants (1964 )
  • Today and Other Songs from ' Advance to the Rear ' (1964 )
  • Cowboys and Indians (1964 )
  • Quiet Sides of the New Christy Minstrels (1965 )
  • Cowboys and Indians (1965 )
  • Chim Chim Cher -ee and Other Happy Songs ( 1965)
  • The Wandering Minstrels (1965 )
  • The New Christy Minstrels ' Greatest Hits (1966 )
  • In Italy ... In Italian ( 1966)
  • New Kick! (1966)
  • Christmas with the Christies (1967 )
  • On Tour Through Motor Town ( 1968)
  • Big Hits from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968)
  • The New Christy Minstrels a San Remo (1970 )
  • You Need Someone to Love (1970 )
  • Songs of Our Wonderful Country (1972 )
  • The Great Soap Opera Themes (1976 )
  • The Definitive New Christy Minstrels (1997)
  • Coat Your Minds with Honey Hits & Highlights 1962-1968 (1999)
  • Christmas with the New Christy Minstrels Complete ( 2001)
  • Presenting & in person (2003)
  • Tell Tall Tales & Land of Giants (2003)

Singles

  • This Land Is Your Land / Do not Cry Suzanne (1962 )
  • Denver / Liza Lee ( 1963)
  • Green, Green / The Banjo (1963 )
  • A Travelin ' Man / Rovin ' Gambler ( 1963)
  • Saturday Night / The Wheeler Dealers ( 1963)
  • Beautiful City / Tell It on the Mountain (1963 )
  • Down the Road I Go / Gotta Get a Goin ' (1964 )
  • Gotta get a goin ' / Kickin' My Dog Around ( 1964)
  • Today / Miss Katy Cruel (1964 )
  • Chim Chim Cher -ee / They Gotta Quit ( 1965)
  • A Little Bit of Happiness / Jim 'N' I, Him 'N' I, Flying in the Gemini ( 1965)
  • The River (1965 )
  • Three Wheels ( EP, 1965)
  • A Corner in the Sun / Beautiful World (1966 )
  • Sleep Comes Easy / It Should Have Been You (1967 )
  • Where Did Our Love Go / Stop in the Name of Love (1968 )
  • Summertime Love / Alice 's Restaurant ( 1968)
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Me Old Bam Boo (1968 )
  • You Need Someone to Love / South American Get Away (1970 )
  • The Age of Not Believing / Love It Along (1972 )

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