The Royal Guardsmen
The Royal Guardsmen were a rock band from Ocala , Florida .
Career
It consisted of six musicians. They were originally called "The Pulsations", but because of the great success of British bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the time, they gave themselves a more British-sounding name. Her first success was the 1966 hit "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron ”, which also became the title of their first album. In later albums they dealt with the same subjects, Snoopy , Manfred von Richthofen (the red baron) and airplanes . In 1967, for example, Return of the Red Baron (album and single) was released. The end of 1967 followed the album Snoopy and His Friends , which reached number 46 in the American charts. The most famous song on this LP is Snoopy's Christmas . On the cover of the LP there were caricatures of the band members, which were even drawn personally by the Snoopy inventor Charles M. Schulz . They released four albums in total. They separated in 1969 after the successes waned.
Members
- Chris Nunley (vocals)
- Tom Richards (guitar)
- Barry "Snoopy" Winslow (guitar)
- William Balogh (bass)
- William Taylor (keyboard)
- John Burdette (drums)
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 US
|
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| 1967 | Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron |
US44 (22 weeks) US |
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| 1968 | Snoopy And His Friends |
US46 (11 weeks) US |
|
| Snoopy for President |
US189 (2 weeks) US |
More albums
- 1967: The Return of the Red Baron
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 UK
|
US
|
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| 1966 | Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron |
DE14 (10 weeks) DE |
UK8 (13 weeks) UK |
US2 (12 weeks) US |
|
| 1967 | The Return of the Red Baron The Return of the Red Baron |
- |
UK37 (4 weeks) UK |
US15 (7 weeks) US |
|
| Airplane Song (My Airplane) |
- | - |
US46 (6 weeks) US |
||
| Wednesday |
- | - |
US97 (2 weeks) US |
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| 1968 | I say love |
- | - |
US72 (4 weeks) US |
|
| Snoopy For President Snoopy For President |
- | - |
US85 (2 weeks) US |
||
| 1969 | Baby let's wait |
- | - |
US35 (13 weeks) US |
|
More singles
- 1967: Snoopy's Christmas