"Ebb Tide"
(Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman)
Orchestra Directed By O. B. Masingill -1954
Subido por Dustin Ginsberg
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Roy Hamilton (April 16, 1929 – July 20, 1969)[1] was an American singer, who achieved major success in the United States R&B and pop charts in the 1950s. He is best known for his recordings of "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Unchained Melody" and "You Can Have Her".
LIFE AND TIMES
Born in Leesburg, Georgia, United States, Hamilton moved to Jersey City in 1943, studied commercial art, had operatic and classical voice training, and was a heavyweight Golden Gloves boxer, before joining the gospel quartet, The Searchlight Singers in 1948. In 1947, he entered and won an amateur talent show at the Apollo Theater with his rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone". However, he did not record commercially until 1953, when he was discovered singing in a New Jersey club by a local DJ Bill Cook, who became his manager. Columbia Records saw him as a possible "crossover" singer with a foothold in both pop and R&B, and signed him to their subsidiary label Epic.[4] His first single, "You'll Never Walk Alone", became an R&B number 1 for eight weeks, and a national US Top 30 hit in 1954, and shot Hamilton to fame.
He followed up with a string of singles that reached both R&B and pop audiences, many of which were popular show tunes of the day. These included "If I Loved You So" (#4 R&B), "Ebb Tide" (#5 R&B), "Hurt" (#8 R&B), "Unchained Melody" (#1 R&B, #6 pop), and "Don’t Let Go" (#2 R&B, #13 pop).[citation needed] His style and sound directly influenced later artists such as Elvis Presley, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich and The Righteous Brothers, all of whom covered his music.[citation needed]
Hamilton's "You'll Never Walk Alone" disc was brought in from the US by a sailor friend of Gerry Marsden.[citation needed] As a result, Gerry & the Pacemakers recorded the track to further success.
In mid-1956, Hamilton announced his retirement due to his illness with tuberculosis and exhaustion, but returned the following year.[citation needed] When he came back, he adopted the harder gospel sound of his youth, to compete with rock and roll and the emerging soul sound.[vague] Hamilton appeared in the film Let's Rock, in 1958. His last hit record, "You Can Have Her" (#6 R&B, #12 pop), came in 1961, and was followed by the album Mr. Rock And Soul (1962). The Epic label treated Hamilton as a major star and issued sixteen albums by him. However, by the mid 1960s, his career declined while recording with MGM and then RCA. In 1959, Roy was cast, as cameo role, in Filipino motion picture produced by People's Pictures "Hawaiian Boy" where he sings "Unchained Melody".
His final recordings were made in Memphis, Tennessee, at record producer Chips Moman's American Sound Studio at the same time that Elvis Presley recorded there in early 1969. Songs released from those sessions were versions of James Carr's "The Dark End of the Street", Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe", and "Angelica", a Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil song that had been submitted to Presley, but which he then turned over to Hamilton
Later years and death
Hamilton died later in 1969, not long after suffering a stroke, at age 40, in New Rochelle, New York Hamilton was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2010.
By: Michael Gannaway
"Unchained Melody"
de Alex North
Subido por: David Varela
Gentileza: YouTube
Sello discográfico: EPIC (1955)
Roy Hamilton: Vocalista nacido en Georgia, Estados Unidos, en Abril de 1929, fallecido en New York, Estados Unidos, en Julio de 1969, activo desde 1949 hasta su muerte en la música.
HISTORIA DE LA CANCIÓN: Una de las más populares y más grabadas por distintos intérpretes en la historia, originalmente fue compuesta en 1936 por Alex North para que sea interpretada por Bing Crosby, pero este decidió no grabarla, y pasaron 19 años para que saliera a la luz una grabación que fue para el poco conocido film "Unchained" (Desencadenado), dirigido por Hart Bartlett, y protagonizado por Elroy Hirsch, Barbara Hale, Chester Morris y Todd Duncan, quién cantó el tema musical en el mismo. Ese año 1955 fue grabada por varios artistas, entre ellos Hamilton, quién tuvo con esta canción su mayor éxito. Fue su 5to simple, llegando al Nº10 por 3 semanas consecutivas en Mayo de 1955 en la lista de ventas a nivel mundial. Fue producido por Owen B. Masingill, quién lo acompaña en la orquestación.
AUTORES: Alex North / Hy Zaret
PRODUCTOR: Owen B. Masingill
ALBUM: "You'll Never Walk Alone" (1955)
LETRA:
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh
Wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home
Wait for me
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Por: David Varela
