Sam Neely

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Sam Neely (born August 12, 1948 in Cuero , Texas , † July 19, 2006 in Corpus Christi , Texas) was an American country singer, songwriter and producer.

Life

Sam Neely, who grew up in Corpus Christi , began his musical career as a guitarist with various local bands. In 1966 he made his first record with the Buckle group . An important step in his career took place two years later when he composed the soundtrack for the film Tilt . A little later he received a record deal from the renowned Capitol Records label. His first single, Lovin 'You Just Crossed My Mind , became a mean hit.

After producing two long-playing records , he moved to A&M Records in 1974 and shortly afterwards to Elektra Records . His singles never got above the middle of the charts. However, he was able to place himself in the lucrative pop charts a few times. In 1978 he returned to Corpus Christi, where he initially worked mainly as songwriting. Among other things, he composed songs for the soundtrack for two feature films. He opened a club in which he himself performed frequently. From 1983 he released some records with MCA Records . Despite his musical closeness to the mainstream, he still failed to achieve great success.

In the late 1990s, Sam Neely became a co-owner of Taliesyn Music, a company that produced music sequences for computer games and commercials.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1972 Loving You Just Crossed My Mind US147 (11 weeks)
US
1973 Two US175 (6 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1971: Long Road To Texas
  • 1974: Down Home
  • 1981: Two Of A Kind
  • 1999: Son Of The South
  • 2002: Sam Neely

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1972 Loving You Just Crossed My Mind
Loving You Just Crossed My Mind 		US29 (12 weeks)
US 		-
1973 Rosalie
2 		US43 (8 weeks)
US 		-
1974 You Can Have Her
Down Home 		US34 (11 weeks)
US 		Country49 (12 weeks)
Country
1975 I Fought the Law
 US54 (7 weeks)
US 		Country61 (8 weeks)
Country
1977 Sail Away
 US84 (4 weeks)
US 		Country98 (3 weeks)
Country
1983 The Party's Over (Everybody's Gone)
 - Country78 (4 weeks)
Country
When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back
 - Country77 (5 weeks)
Country
1984 Old Photographs
 - Country81 (3 weeks)
Country

More singles

  • 1974: Sadie Take a Lover

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Neely, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer, songwriter, and producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuero , Texas
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 2006
Place of death Corpus Christi , Texas