The O'Kaysions
| The O'Kaysions | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop , blue-eyed soul |
| founding | 1967 |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Donnie Weaver |
guitar |
Wayne Pittman |
Trumpet |
Eddie Dement |
saxophone |
Gerald Toler |
bass |
Jimmy Hinnant |
Drums |
Steve Watson |
The O'Kaysions were an American blue-eyed soul band.
history
The duo Donnie Weaver and Jimmy Hennant founded a soul band in 1963 in Wilson / North Carolina together with Ron Turner, Jim Spidel, Wayne Pittman and Bruce Joyner under the name The Kays. In the course of the following years the members changed several times and in 1967 the group was renamed The O'Kaysions. With the song Girl Watcher they had their biggest and only success in the US charts in 1968 and reached number 5.
Discography
- 1968: Girl Watcher
- 1968: Love Machine
- 1970: Watch Out Girl
- 1973: Louis Armstrong / The O'Kaysions: What a Wonderful World / Girl Watcher
- 1973: The O'Kaysions, The Esquires : Girl Watcher / Get On Up
literature
- Rick Simmons: Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years. The History Press 2011, ISBN 1-614-23180-X , p. 130.
- Julia Edenhofer : The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .
Web links
- The O'Kaysions website , accessed June 8, 2014
- The O'Kaysions at Allmusic (English)
- The O'Kaysions at discogs , accessed June 8, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, p. 455.