A Group Called Smith - The Last Time
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Uploaded by MegaLovelywomen on May 5, 2011
Not to be confused with The Smiths.
Smith were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1969. They had a blues based sound and had a Top 5 hit in 1969 with a cover of the song "Baby It's You", with the lead vocals sung by Gayle McCormick. This disc, released in July 1969 had, by October, sold over one million copies, and received a gold record awarded by the R.I.A.A.
Smith were discovered by 1960s rocker Del Shannon in a nightclub in Los Angeles. McCormick had started her career singing songs by Tina Turner, Etta James and others of that ilk. Shannon arranged "Baby It's You" for the group and got them signed to the ABC-Dunhill Records label. Smith released an album titled, A Group Called Smith, which spent 11 weeks in the Top 40 album listings of the since-called Billboard 200 record chart. On the album, vocals were split amongst Rich Cliburn, Jerry Carter and McCormick. Smith recorded a second album titled Minus-Plus with lesser success. Smith's version of "The Weight" was included on the epochal Easy Rider soundtrack because The Band's version, which appeared in the movie, was not available for contractual reasons. Most of their material consisted of covers of popular rock and R&B tunes. The band broke up after a couple of albums, although their singles "What Am I Gonna Do" (co-written by Carole King) and "Take a Look Around" made the middle of the charts. The band's hit "Baby It's You" was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse film, Death Proof.
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You know, this group had a rock steady sound. Love Gayle's voice. I recently bought a bad LP of this album and now wish I could find it on CD. Thanks for putting the music on YouTube.
ScoutSolis 3 weeks ago
Love youtube because I used to have this Lp..Miss this music
pairof2 4 months ago
Thanks you, since 1969 that i vas searching for this version.. again THANKS!!!!!
lalinke 4 months ago
Had this on 8 track and always have had great memories of this group. Excellent Musicman VNV mc
dielbrice1234 8 months ago
I used to have this LP
bribet100 10 months ago