Gary Myrick is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Dallas who made the 1980/81 Epic albums Gary Myrick and the Figures and Living in a Movie. His best-known songs include “She Talks In Stereo,” “Living In a Movie,” and “Message is You.” After his 1985 Geffen release Stand for Love, he resurfaced in Havana […]
Point Blank are an American Southern rock band from Texas that released the 1976/77 Arista albums Point Blank and Second Season, followed by the 1979–82 MCA titles Airplay, The Hard Way, American Exce$$, and On a Roll. The last two spawned Billboard Rock hits with “Let Me Stay with You Tonight,” “Nicole,” “Let Her Go,” […]
Harriet Schock is an American singer/songwriter from Dallas who released three albums between 1974 and 1976 on 20th Century Records. Her songs inspired covers by Gonzalez (“Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady”) and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (“Hollywood Town”). Background Harriet Schock was born Harriet Schoch on January 24, 1941, in Dallas, Texas. Her […]
Tommie Young is an American soul singer from Dallas who released the 1973 album Do You Still Feel the Same Way. Background Tommie Young was born on January 14, 1949, in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Bishop T. L. Young, pastored Emanuel Temple Church of God in Christ in West Dallas. Young first sang in his […]
Titus Oates were an American post-psych hard-rock band from Dallas that issued the 1974 private-press album Jungle Lady on Lips. Bassist-songwriter Rick Jackson led the five-piece and sang most lead parts. Members: Rick Jackson (bass, vocals, ARP string ensemble), Lou Tielli (guitar, vocals), Steve Todd (guitar), Bill Beaudet (keyboards), Chris Eigenmann (percussion) Background Titus Oates […]
Hands are an American symphonic/art-rock band from Dallas that recorded a clutch of demos between 1977 and 1980 that were later compiled on CD by archivists Shroom Productions. Members: Michael Clay (piano, guitar), Ernie Myers (guitar, vocals), John Rousseau (drums, percussion, ?-1980), Steve Parker (guitar, vocals, bass, ?-1980), Paul Bunker (viola, violin, guitar, ?-1980), Skip […]
David Newman (Feb. 24, 1933 — Jan. 20, 2009) was an American jazz-funk saxophonist and flutist. He joined the Ray Charles band in 1954 and spent a decade as a featured saxophonist on recordings including “Lonely Avenue,” “The Right Time,” and “Unchain My Heart.” Newman opened a parallel bandleader career on Atlantic with Fathead: Ray […]
Window was an American folk-psych band from Dallas that released a 1974 self-titled album on New Life Records. Background Window took shape in Dallas in summer 1974 when singer-songwriter Judy Kelly assembled high-school friends around material from her local folk circuit repertoire. Kelly grew up in Dallas and began singing at age two. Her parents […]
Yarbrough & Peoples were an American soul duo from Dallas, formed by singers Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples. They recorded for Total Experience and reached the R&B chart with “Don’t Stop the Music,” the lead single from their 1980 debut album The Two of Us. Background Yarbrough & Peoples developed in Dallas from a childhood […]
