Bruce Channel

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Bruce Channel (actually Bruce McMeans ; born November 28, 1940 in Jacksonville , Texas ) is an American musician .

biography

Channel became known through the country music show Louisiana Hayride , on which he appeared regularly for half a year in 1958. His biggest hit Hey! He wrote Baby in 1959 with Margaret Cobb. The song also became famous thanks to the harmonica accompaniment by Delbert McClinton , with whom he was touring as a duo for some time.

It wasn't until 1961 that the song also appeared as a single and became a commercial success. It immediately became a number one hit in the US and also made it to number 2 in the UK.

McClinton's harmonica also inspired other musicians, including John Lennon , who was the opening act on Channel's European tour with the Beatles and who took lessons from McClinton. In the early Beatles single Love Me Do the harmonica can be heard as well as the number-one hit I Remember You by Frank Ifield (both also published in 1962).

Bruce Channel - Keep On

For Bruce Channel it was the only major success of his career in the pop charts. Between 1962 and 1967, four Channel singles made it to the bottom half of the Billboard pop charts . It was not until 1968 that the title Keep On , composed by Wayne Carson Thompson and produced by Dale Hawkins , was once again able to reach top chart positions in Great Britain, he came in at number 12. Further successes of his own failed to materialize, but in the following years he continued works as a songwriter in Nashville . He was responsible for several country hits, including TG Sheppard and Janie Fricke . To this day he writes country songs and still performs occasionally.

Over the years, Hey! Baby played to cheer at sporting events in the US. In 2001, DJ Ötzi made the song a success in German-speaking countries and in Great Britain his version reached number one on the charts, which the original hadn't made.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Hey baby
  UK 2 March 24, 1962 (12 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 01/27/1962 (15 weeks)
Number One Man
  US 52 04/28/1962 (7 weeks)
Come on baby
  US 98 07/28/1962 (2 weeks)
Going back to Louisiana
  US 89 02/29/1964 (3 weeks)
Mr. Bus Driver
  US 90 December 23, 1967 (2 weeks)
Keep on
  UK 12 06/29/1968 (16 weeks)

Albums

  • 1962: Hey! infant
  • 1968: Keep On
  • 1968: Goin 'Back to Louisiana

Singles and EPs

  • 1961: Hey! infant
  • 1962: If only I Had Known
  • 1962: Come On Baby
  • 1962: Stand Tough (with The Stephen Scott Singers)
  • 1962: Madisons (EP)
  • 1962: Oh! infant
  • 1962: Now or Never
  • 1963: The Dipsy Doodle
  • 1963: Night People
  • 1964: Going Back to Louisiana
  • 1967: Mr. Bus Driver
  • 1967: Keep On
  • 1968: California
  • 1968: Try Me
  • 1971: Read the Signs
  • 1975: Kiss and Run

swell

  1. ↑ On the title Hey! Baby see Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 105
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 101
  3. ^ Nugent, Stephen / Fowler, Anne / Fowler, Pete: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955-1974 . In: Gillett, Charlie / Frith, Simon (eds.): Rock File 4 . Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1976, p. 109
  4. ↑ a b chart discography singles or UK and US

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personal data
SURNAME Channel, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McMeans, Bruce (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksonville, Texas, USA