George McCurn
Country Boy Goes To Town!!!!!
A&M SP-102
Tracks:
SIDE 1
Band 1 God Bless The Child
Band 2 Snap Your Fingers
Band 3 I'm Just A Country Boy
Band 4 One More Time For The Poor Man
Band 5 Guess Who
Band 6 How's The World Treating You
SIDE 2
Band 1 (At) The End (of a Rainbow)
Band 2 Funny
Band 3 He'll Have To Go
Band 4 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
Band 5 Georgia Town
Band 6 Goodnight, My Love
PRODUCED BY HERB ALPERT & JERRY MOSS
ARRANGED BY SHORTY ROGERS & HERB ALPERT
ENGINEER: PHIL YEEND
STUDIO: CONWAY RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
MASTERING: AMI HADANI
COVER DESIGN: CAL FREEDMAN / BERNIE GARDNER
Liner Notes:
The amazing proportions of George McCurn's popularity after but one single release has prompted the question: "Where has he been?" or more apt, "Where did he come from?" Since we quickly dismiss the "Overnight Sensation" image as being an unreal and obsolete tool in the press agent's handbook, we must dig further for the sincerely curious music trade and public.
West coast Tin Pan Alley historians tell us about Sam Cooke and the late Jesse Belvin heaping praise upon a fabled "Ooppee" (pronounced 'oopie'), whose distinctively resonant range of highs and lows were creating a large stir on the gospel circuit. George Ooppee McCurn was then appearing with a spiritual group, the famed "Pilgrim Travelers." It was with this well-traveled quintet that McCurn achieved the reputation as one of the very greatest and sought-after bass singers in the gospel field. He performed with the "Travelers" for five years. Always a popular favorite, Mahalia Jackson is his young son's godmother.
In December of 1961, McCurn joined the "Ink Spots" for a world tour. Internationally acclaimed for his solo work with this reowned vocal group, "Ooppee" returned to the States in November, 1962. He was shortly thereafter approached by the producers who brought him the folk standard, "I'm Just A Country Boy." McCurn recorded the song in January. It remained on the national best seller lists for three months.
For George McCurn, the transition from gospel to pop is a slight one. The feeling and intensity in lyric expression and tone remains the same. From all his background and experience, George tells a story in song in a way so vastly refreshing from the majority of his contemporaries. The truth is, he feels it. You will, too. ------- J.M.
Country Boy Goes To Town!!!!!
A&M SP-102
Tracks:
SIDE 1
Band 1 God Bless The Child
Band 2 Snap Your Fingers
Band 3 I'm Just A Country Boy
Band 4 One More Time For The Poor Man
Band 5 Guess Who
Band 6 How's The World Treating You
SIDE 2
Band 1 (At) The End (of a Rainbow)
Band 2 Funny
Band 3 He'll Have To Go
Band 4 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
Band 5 Georgia Town
Band 6 Goodnight, My Love
PRODUCED BY HERB ALPERT & JERRY MOSS
ARRANGED BY SHORTY ROGERS & HERB ALPERT
ENGINEER: PHIL YEEND
STUDIO: CONWAY RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
MASTERING: AMI HADANI
COVER DESIGN: CAL FREEDMAN / BERNIE GARDNER
Liner Notes:
The amazing proportions of George McCurn's popularity after but one single release has prompted the question: "Where has he been?" or more apt, "Where did he come from?" Since we quickly dismiss the "Overnight Sensation" image as being an unreal and obsolete tool in the press agent's handbook, we must dig further for the sincerely curious music trade and public.
West coast Tin Pan Alley historians tell us about Sam Cooke and the late Jesse Belvin heaping praise upon a fabled "Ooppee" (pronounced 'oopie'), whose distinctively resonant range of highs and lows were creating a large stir on the gospel circuit. George Ooppee McCurn was then appearing with a spiritual group, the famed "Pilgrim Travelers." It was with this well-traveled quintet that McCurn achieved the reputation as one of the very greatest and sought-after bass singers in the gospel field. He performed with the "Travelers" for five years. Always a popular favorite, Mahalia Jackson is his young son's godmother.
In December of 1961, McCurn joined the "Ink Spots" for a world tour. Internationally acclaimed for his solo work with this reowned vocal group, "Ooppee" returned to the States in November, 1962. He was shortly thereafter approached by the producers who brought him the folk standard, "I'm Just A Country Boy." McCurn recorded the song in January. It remained on the national best seller lists for three months.
For George McCurn, the transition from gospel to pop is a slight one. The feeling and intensity in lyric expression and tone remains the same. From all his background and experience, George tells a story in song in a way so vastly refreshing from the majority of his contemporaries. The truth is, he feels it. You will, too. ------- J.M.