Bob Moore

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Bob Moore (born November 30, 1932 in Nashville ) is an American studio musician , orchestra leader and bassist .

Career

Bob Moore is one of the most important session musicians in country music . As early as October 14, 1949, at the age of seventeen, he took part in the recording sessions of the country singer Little Jimmy Dickens , and from June 1, 1955, he accompanied Patsy Cline as a double bass player in the recording studio . 1959 brought him Bob Foster as musical director for his record label Monument Records . There Moore created the sound for Roy Orbison's hits. From June 3, 1959 to February 1966, he also played with them and was listed as a producer, label boss Foster as the lead producer. Between 1959 and 1961 Bob Moore appeared on the top hits El Paso ( Marty Robbins ), Teen Angel ( Mark Dinning ), The Three Bells ( The Browns ), I'm Sorry , I Want to Be Wanted (both Brenda Lee ), Running Scared (Roy Orbison) and Wooden Heart ( Joe Dowell ). Between June 10, 1958 and March 19, 1962, he was also involved in over a hundred Elvis Presley recordings , including A Big Hunk O'Love , Stuck on You , It's Now or Never , Are You Lonesome Tonight? and surrender . In total, Bob Moore has participated in over 18,000 recording sessions over a period of 30 years.

Only own hit

Bob Moore: Mexico

Other famous session musicians such as Chet Atkins (guitar) or Boots Randolph (saxophone) had already released records under their own names. Therefore Moore decided at the end of 1960 to recruit his own orchestra from famous country session musicians. He formed the Bob Moore Orchestra , consisting of the highly qualified session musicians Harold Bradley and Hank Garland (guitar), composer Boudleaux Bryant (rhythm guitar), Bob Moore (double bass), Howard Carenter, Lilian Van Hunt and Brenton Banks (violin), who are responsible for the Nashville sound ), Floyd Cramer (piano), Marvin Hughes (marimbas), Boots Randolph (maraccas), Carl Garvin (trumpet / clarinet), William McElhiney (trumpet), Buddy Harman (drums) and the Anita Kerr Singers as the background choir. On the day of recording June 19, 1961, the first of 3 recordings was Mexico , which was released as a single in July 1961.

This made Moore a number one hit in Germany too. In the US, the single only made it to number 7 on the pop charts. The record, composed by the successful country writer Boudleaux Bryant , was sold two million times worldwide, 500,000 of them in Germany alone, for which there was a gold record from the music label. As a result, he reached the top of the charts with two other instrumental pieces. In 1962, he was also awarded the bronze lion by Radio Luxemburg , and in the 1962 BRAVO annual charts he reached 3rd place. The orchestra's Mexican mariachi sound was later copied by Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass Band. Until September 1967 Moore was in the recording studio on his own, but could not repeat the success of his one-hit wonder .

Studio musician again

Later Moore worked again as a studio musician z. B. with Carl Perkins , JJ Cale , Kenny Rogers , Don McLean or Bob Dylan . He also performed at the Newport Jazz Festival and recorded a record with the Boston Pops Orchestra . Life magazine named him "Number 1 Country Bassist of All Time" in the September 1, 1994 issue. At this point he had long since withdrawn from the active music business.

R. Stevie Moore , a son of Bob Moore, is a well-known singer and songwriter in the United States . His daughter, Linda Fay Moore, was "Miss Tennessee" in 1977 and made it into the top 10 of the "Miss America election". She was also a member of a female country pop band in the early 1980s.

Discography (singles)

Monument Records

  • Theme From My Three Sons / Mais Oui! (Monument # 45-437) March 1961
  • Mexico / Hot Spot (# 44-446), July 1961
  • Goodbye Marlene / Ooh La La (# 45-457), March 1962
  • Flea Circus / Autumn Souvenirs (# 45-800), November 1962
  • At my little hacienda , 1962
  • Kentucky / The Flowers of Florence (# 45-813), February 1963
  • Hooten Trumpet / Cologne (# 45-834), October 1964

Hickory Records

  • Skokiaan / Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) (# 45-1357), December 1965
  • Hell's Angels / I Can't Stop Loving You (# 45-1372), February 1966
  • Elephant Rock / Spanish Eyes (# 45-1407), August 1966
  • Parade Of The Matadors / Run, Baby (# 45-1426), November 1966
  • Amigo No. 1 / A White Sport Coat (# 45-1437), February 1967
  • The River / Fastest Guitar Alive (# 45-1480), November 1967

Chart placements

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE US US
1961 Mexico DE1
gold
gold

(32 weeks)DE 		US7 (15 weeks)
US
Sales: + 2,000,000
1962 Goodbye Marlene DE8 (20 weeks)
DE 		-
On my little hacienda DE8 (8 weeks)
DE 		-
1964 Hooten Trumpet DE29 (12 weeks)
DE 		-

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Angelfire The Bob Moore Story
  2. ↑ Jim Rose Remembers Radio
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE US
  4. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .
  5. ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 155
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American studio musician, orchestra conductor and bassist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Nashville