Исполнитель: Gayle McCormick
Откуда: USA
Альбом: Gayle McCormick
Год выхода: 1971
Жанр: Pop/Soul/Soft Rock
Формат: MP3 CBR 320
Размер архива: 64.7 МB
Gayle McCormick was born in St. Louis on the 26th of November 1948. Gayle attended Pattonville High in St. Louis and sang high soprano with the Suburb Choir, a 150-voice unit that performed annually with the St. Louis Symphony. Her recording and performing career stretched from 1965 to 1976. McCormick had started her career singing songs by Tina Turner and Etta James. In 1969 Smith was formed in Los Angeles, California, their first album entitled «A Group Called Smith,» featured Gayle McCormick as the primary vocalist. Smith mainly played and recorded covers of pop and soul songs and made the top ten with a remake of «Baby It’s You», a previous hit for The Shirelles, was also featured in Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse film Death Proof. After the group disbanded, McCormick went on to record three solo albums. In the fall of 1971, her performance of «It’s A Cryin’ Shame» charted at #44. In 1973 Gayle married and relocated to Hawaii. In 2015, McCormick was hospitalized for pneumonia and during the treatment it was discovered that she had cancer which had metastasized from a tumor in a lung to the rest of her body. McCormick died of cancer March 1, 2016 in suburban St. Louis. She was 67 years old.
Tracks:
01. It’s A Cryin’ Shame — 2:49
02. Superstar — 2:48
03. C’est La Vie — 2:48
04. Natural Woman — 3:27
05. You Really Got A Hold On Me — 3:00
06. Rescue Me — 2:29
07. If Only You Believe — 2:46
08. Save Me — 3:00
09. Everything Has Got To Be Free — 2:37
10. Gonna Be Alright Now — 2:45
Personnel:
Gayle McCormick — vocals
Ray Neopolitan — bass
Stan Seymore — guitar
Frank Collette — keyboards
Maurice Miller — drums
Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter — producers
