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Chanteur Rock
'n' Roll US né le 6 janvier 1943 à Three Rivers (Texas). Roy Head débuta en
1959 avec les "Traits" sur le label TNT Records, mais il ne connut le succès qu'en 1964 avec son fameux "Treat Her Right" pour le label
Back Beat. Roy tenta ensuite une carrière de chanteur Country, sans succès.
Les Traits comprenaient de 1957 à 1962 : Roy Head, Gerry Gibson, Tommy Bolton,
Dan Buie, George Frazier et Bill Pennington. Et de 1963 à 1965 : Roy Head, Gerry
Gibson, Gene Kurtz, Frank Miller, Johnny Clark et Ronnie Barton.
Actually a
country and rock vocalist rather than an R&B star, Roy Head nevertheless cut one
of the great pieces of up-tempo soul in the mid-'60s. "Treat Her Right" on Back
Beat made it to number two on the R&B charts and number two pop, and the fact
that Head was white was soft-pedaled in R&B circles while the song made its way
up the charts. That performance alone was enough to qualify Head as one of the
finest blue-eyed soul singers of the 1960s. But in fact, Roy was one of the most
versatile stylists of the era, capable of hard R&B/rock tunes (even cutting
material with a pre-fame Johnny Winter on backup guitar); mournful, soul-tinged
country; and straight R&B and blues covers. Head was also an excellent
entertainer, and his live shows of the period even included some fancy footwork
clearly under the influence of James Brown.
The Texan singer is remembered as a one-shot artist, but he actually cut many
records (some under the auspices of noted producer Huey Meaux) throughout the
1960s on a confusing variety of labels. A few of these were tiny hits in the
wake of "Treat Her Right," with only a couple ("Just a Little Bit" and "Apple of
My Eye") sneaking into the Top 40. Quite a few of his records were dynamic,
sleek hybrids (in varying degrees) of soul, rock, and country, all featuring
Head's cocky, confident vocals. In a sense, though, he was damned by his
versatility, not fitting comfortably into any niche or marketing plan; the tiny
labels he recorded for lacked national promotional muscle in any case. In the
1970s, after several years without success in the rock or R&B fields, Head
returned to country, and landed quite a few chart hits in the arena between 1974
and 1985.
The Traits included of 1957 to 1962: Roy Head, Gerry Gibson, Tommy Bolton, dan
Buie, George Frazier and Bill Pennington. And of 1963 to 1965: Roy Head, Gerry
Gibson, Gene Kurtz, Frank Miller, Johnny Clark and Ronnie Barton.
http://www.myspace.com/royheadandthetraits
Talents : Singer
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Traditional Country
TREAT HER RIGHT
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 06/1959 | SP TNT TNT-164 (US) | . | The TRAITS -
One More Time
/
Don't Be Blue
|
| 11/1959 | SP TNT 175 (US) | . | The TRAITS -
Live It Up
/ Yes I Do |
| 03/1960 | SP TNT 177 (US) | . | The TRAITS -
My Baby's Fine
/ Here I Am In Love Again |
| 08/1960 | SP TNT 181 (US) | . | The TRAITS -
Summertime Love
/ Your Turn To Cry |
| 03/1961 | SP TNT 185 (US) | . |
Walking All Day
( The TRAITS / Vocal, Roy HEAD) /
Night Time Blues (instr.) (The TRAITS) |
| 1962 | SP TNT 194 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS - One More Time /
Don't
Be Blue
|
| 03/1962 | SP RENNER RR-221 (US) | . | The TRAITS - Little Mama /
Linda Lou
|
| 06/1962 | SP ASCOT AS 2108 (US) | . | The TRAITS - Little Mama /
Linda Lou
|
| 09/1962 | SP RENNER RR-229 (US) | . | The TRAITS - Woe Woe / Got My Mojo Working |
| 196? | SP SUAVE 712 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS - Teen-Age Letter / Pain |
| 1964 | SP BACK BEAT 543 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS -
Teenage Letter
/
Pain
|
| 1965 | SP BACK BEAT 546 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS -
Treat Her Right
/ So Long, My
Love |
| 1965 | SP SCEPTER SCE 12116 (US) | . |
Treat Her Right
/ Just A Little Bit |
| 1965 | SP SCEPTER SCE 12117 (US) | . | One More Time / Won't Be Blue |
| 1965 | EP VOGUE INT 18030 (F) |
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Treat Her Right
/ Pain / Teenage Letter / So Long My Love |
| 1965 | EP SCEPTER / VOGUE INT 18041 (F) |
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Just A Little Bit / Get Back / Treat Me Right / Night Train |
| 1966 | SP SCEPTER SCE 12124 (US) | . | Get Back, Part 1 / Get Back, Part 2 (instr.) |
| 1966 | SP SCEPTER SCE 12138 (US) | . | One More Time / Convicted |
| 1966 | SP BACK BEAT 555 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS - Apple Of My Eye / I Pass The Day |
| 1966 | SP BACK BEAT 560 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS - My Babe / Pain |
| 1966 | SP BACK BEAT 563 (US) | . | Roy HEAD & The TRAITS - Driving Wheel / Wigglin' And Gigglin' |
| 1966 | SP BACK BEAT 571 (US) | . | Don't Cry No More / To Make A Big Man Cry |
| 1966 | SP BACK BEAT 576 (US) | . | Tush Hog / You're (Almost) Tough |
| 1966 | EP VOGUE INT 18106 (F) |
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To Make A Big Man Cry /Don't Cry No More / Wigglin' And Gigglin' / Driving Wheel |
| 1967 | SP BACK BEAT 582 (US) | . | Nobody But Me / A Good Man Is Hard To Find |
| 1967 | SP MERCURY 72750 (US) | . | Got Down On Saturday (Sunday In The Rain) / The Grass Was Green |
| 1967 | EP VOGUE INT 18142 (F) |
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find / Nobody But Me (Tells My Eagle When To Fly) / You're (Almust) Tuff / Tush Hog |
| 1968 | SP MERCURY 72799 (US) | . | Broadway Walk / Turn Out The Lights |
| 1968 | SP MERCURY 72848 (US) | . | Ain't Goin' Down Right / Lovin' Man On Your Hands |
| 1969 | SP MERCURY 72922 (US) | . | I Miss You Baby / I Want Some Action |
| 1969 | SP MERCURY 72946 (US) | . | You're Tuff Enough / Dr. Feelgood |
| 1971 | SP TMI 9000 (US) | . | Puff Of Smoke / ? |
| 1974 | SP MEGA 12119 (US) | . | Baby's Not Home / Do What You Can Do |
| 1975 | SP SHANNON 829 (US) | . | The Most Wanted Woman In Town / Gingerbread Man |
| 1975 | SP SHANNON 833 (US) | . | Help Yourself To Me / To Make A Big Man Cry |
| 1975 | SP SHANNON 838 (US) | . | I'll Take It / The One That Got Away |
| 1976 | SP ABC / DOT 17608 (US) | . | The Door I Used To Close / Lady Luck And Mother Nature |
| 1976 | SP ABC / DOT 17629 (US) | . | Ain't It Funny (How Times Haven't Changed) / Bridge For Crawling Back |
| 1976 | SP ABC / DOT 17650 (US) | . | Deep Elem Blues / One Night |
| 1976 | SP ABC / DOT 17669 (US) | . | Angel With A Broken Wing / Just Because |
| 1977 | SP ABC / DOT 17706 (US) | . | Julianne / Velvet Strings |
| 1977 | SP ABC / DOT 17722 (US) | . | Come To Me / Georgia On My Mind |
| 1978 | SP ABC 12346 (US) | . | Now You See 'em, Now You Don't / Smooth Whiskey |
| 1978 | SP ABC 12383 (US) | . | Tonight's The Night (It's Gonna Be Alright) / Lady In My Room |
| 1978 | SP ABC 12418 (US) | . | Dixie / Love Survived |
| 1979 | SP ABC 12462 (US) | . | Kiss You And Make It Better / ? |
| 1979 | SP ELEKTRA 46549 (US) | . | In Our Room / Things I Never Could Leave Behind |
| 1980 | SP ELEKTRA 46582 (US) | . | The Fire Of Two Old Flames / Under Suspicion |
| 1980 | SP ELEKTRA 46653 (US) | . | Long Drop / Gonna Save It For My Baby |
| 1980 | SP ELEKTRA 47029 (US) | . | Drinking Them Long Necks / Baby's Found Another Way To Love Me |
| 1980 | SP ELEKTRA 47081 (US) | . | I've Never Gone To Bed With An Ugly Woman / All Night Long Is Gone |
| 1981 | SP CHURCHILL 7778 (US) | . | After Texas / ? |
| 1982 | SP NSD 129 (US) | . | Play Another Getting Drunk And Take Somebody Home Song / Your Next One And Only |
| 1982 | SP NSD 146 (US) | . | Naughty Smile / The Trouble With Hearts |
| 1982 | SP NSD 156 (US) | . | Your Mama Don't Dance / Party Time |
| 1983 | SP AVION AS 105 (US) | . | Where Did He Go Right / ? |
| 1985 | SP TEXAS CRUDE 614 (US) | . | Break Out The Good Stuff / ? |
Albums
| 1965 | LP 12" TNT TLP-101 (US) |
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ROY HEAD AND THE TRAITS - One More Time / Yes I Do / Live It Up / My Baby's Fine / Summertime Love / You're Turn To Cry / Walking All Day / Treat Her Right / Get Back / One More Time, Part 2 / Just A Little Bit / Night Train / My Baby / Apple Of My Eye |
| 1965 | LP 12" SCEPTER SRM-532 (mono) / SPS-532 (stereo) (US) |
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TREAT ME RIGHT - Just A Little Bit / One More Time / Money / Get Back (instr.) / The Feeling's Gone / Treat Me Right / Get Back (vocal) / Convicted / Night Train / My Babe |
| 05/1970 | LP 12" DUNHILL DS 50080 (US) |
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SAME PEOPLE (THAT YOU MEET GOING UP, YOU MEET COMING DOWN) - Same People (That You Meet Going Up, You Meet Coming Down) / Trying To Reach My Goal / Driving Wheel / I'm Not A Fool Anymore / I Was Born A Free Man / Mama Mama / She's About A Mover / Neighbor-Neighbor / Don't Want To Make It Too Funky (In The Beginning) / Double Your Satisfaction / Let A Woman Be A Woman / Soul Train |
| 1972 | LP 12" TMT 1000 (US) |
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DISMAL PRISONER - You Got The Power / Getting Too Big For Your Britches / Why Don't We Go Somewhere And Love / Dismal Prisoner 0613 / Don't Bury Me In The Rain / Crawling King Snake / Smell A Women / Chickamauga / Rock & Roll Mood |
| 1976 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2051 (US) |
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HEAD FIRST - The Door I Used To Close / The Most Wanted Woman In Town / Pledging My Love / Deep Elem Blues / I'll Take It / Bridge For Crawling Back / Precious Time / Please James / Ain't It Funny (How Time Haven't Changed) / Remember Her |
| 1977 | LP 12" DOT DOSD-2066 (US) |
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A HEAD OF HIS TIME - One Night / I Love Her Like A Summer In The Country / Going Down Slow / Angel With a Broken Wing / Just Because / Georgia On My Mind / Medley: Blue Moon Of Kentucky - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Till The Storm Is Gone / Baby Please Don't Stone Me Anymore / You'll Never Walk Alone |
| 05/1978 | LP 12" ABC AB 1054 (US) |
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TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - Now You See Em, Now You Don't / She's The Shadow Of Jane / The Lady In My Room / Don't You Love Her / Come To Me / Tonight's The Night (It's Gonna Be Alright) / Dixie / Pieces Of My Life / Smooth Whiskey / Love Survived |
| 1979 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 234 (US) |
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IN OUR ROOM - In Our Room / It Ain't The Size Of The Wave / Things I Could Never Leave Behind / Fire In The Morning / By Day By Day / Believin' Those Love Songs / The Fire Of Two Old Flames / One Of Those People / Silence On The Line / Under Suspicion |
| 1980 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 298 (US) |
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THE MANY SIDES OF ROY HEAD - Treat Her Right / All Night Long Is Gone / It's Time For You To Go / I've Got That Lookin' Feelin' / The Sun's Comin' Up On My Cheatin' Ways Again / Drinkin' Them Long Necks / Burn Me Again / Just Before Goodbye / I've Never Gone To Bed With An Ugly Woman / Come To Me Memories |
| 08/1993 | CD COLLECTABLES 512 (US) |
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SLIP AWAY - HIS BEST RECORDINGS - Slip Away / Why Did You Hurt Me? / Gotta Love You / Rock Me Baby / Easy Loving Girl / Let Me Kiss You / The Feeling Is Gone / Don't Make It Funky / Money (That's What I Want) / Before You Accuse Me / Southbound Train To Memphis / Too Good To Be True / Bring It To Jerome / Night Train |
| 08/1995 | CD VARESE 5618 (US) |
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TREAT HER RIGHT - THE BEST OF ROY HEAD - Treat Her Right / One More Time / Teenage Letter / Pain / Just A Little Bit / Apple Of My Eye / I Pass The Day / When I Marry Sunshine / Get Back / My Babe / Wigglin' And Gigglin' / Drivin' Wheel / To Make A Big Man Cry / Don't Cry No More / You're (Almost) Tuff / Nobody But Me (Tells My Eagle When To Fly) / Boogie Chillen / Soul Train |
| 02/1999 | CD EDSEL 598 (UK) |
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WHITE TEXAS SOUL SHOUTER - One More Time / Don't Want To Make It Too Funky / Get Out Of My Life Woman / Three O'Clock In The Morning / I'm Not A Fool Anymore / Trying To Reach My Goal / Double Your Satisfaction / Soul Train / Baby's Not Home / Bring It To Jerome / Operator / The Same People / Drivin' Wheel / Who Do You Love / I Can't Stand It / How Do You Think I Can Live With Somebody / Mama Mama / Before You Accuse Me / Do What You Can Do / Neighbor, Neighbor / I Was Born A Free Man / She's About A Mover / Let A Woman Be A Woman / One More Time [different version] |
| 04/1999 | CD EDSEL 912 (UK) |
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COUNTRY CROONER - My Elusive Dreams / Pledging My Love / High Sheriff / Take Your Time / Ginger's Bread Man / Treat Her Right / Baby's Not Home / Baby's Gone / Southbound Train To Memphis / Last Song |
| 07/1999 | CD EDSEL 612 (UK) |
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TEXAS SOUL AND COUNTRY MAN - THE CRAZY CAJUN RECORDINGS - I Can't Stand It / Get Out Of My Life Woman / My Elusive Dreams / Don't Want To Make It Too Funky / Drivin' Wheel / Treat Her Right / One More Time / Soul Train / Pledging My Love / Bring It To Jerome / Who Do You Love / High Sheriff / She's About A Mover / I'm Not A Fool Anymore / Trying To Reach My Goal |
| 07/2000 | CD AIM 1307 (AUS) |
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TEENY WEENY BITS - THE BEST OF ROY HEAD - Teeny Weeny Bit / One More Time / Don't Be Blue / Bring It To Jerome / Why Did You Hurt Me? / Before You Accuse Me / Too Good To Be True / Summertime Love / Walking All Say / The Feeling Is Gone / Don't Make It Funky / Yes I Do / Slip Away / Southbound Train To Memphis / Money (That's What I Want) / Night Time Blues / Easy Loving Girl / Got My Mojo Working / Rock Me Baby |
| 09/2001 | CD MUSIC CLUB 50187 (US) |
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HEAD ON ! - Soul Train / Bring It To Jerome / The Same People / Driving Wheel / I'm Not A Fool Anymore / Neighbor, Neighbor / Three O'Clock Blues / I Can't Stand It / Mama Mama / Pledging My Love / Before You Accuse Me / How Do I Think I Can Live With Somebody / She's About A Mover / Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man / Treat Her Right [Country remake] |
| 06/2006 | CD FUEL 2000 061580 (US) |
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ROY HEAD - Same People / Trying To Reach My Goal / Driving Wheel / I'm Not A Fool Anymore / I Was Born A Free Man / Mama Mama / She's About A Mover / Neighbor Neighbor / Don't Wanna Make It Too Funky (In The Beginning) / Double Your Satisfaction / Let A Woman Be A Woman / Soul Train / I Can't Stand / How Do You Think I Can Live With Somebody / Who Do You Love / One More Time |
| 04/2007 | CD FUEL 2000 061668 (US) |
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TREAT HIM RIGHT - THE BEST OF ROY HEAD - One More Time / Don't Be Blue / Live It Up / Yes I Do / My Baby's Fine / Here I Am In Love Again / Summertime Love / Your Turn To Cry / Walking All Day / Woe Woe / Talkin' About A Cow / Just A Little Bit / Get Back / The Feeling Is Gone / Moeny (That's What I Want) / Night Train / Boogie Down Sunset / Slip Away |
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