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The Catalinas are an American beach music band from the late 1950s. Since the Catalinas formed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in late 1957, over 60 guitarists, keyboardists, trumpet players, drummers, bass players and singers have been a part of the band. [1] Most have come from communities along the Interstate 77 corridor from Statesville to ...
Summertime's Calling Me is a song written by Johnny Barker (September 8, 1945-October 25, 2023 [2]), then of the beach music band The Catalinas, in December 1975.Originally released as a 45rpm single on Sugarbush Records, the song initially had slow growth on the beach music scene. [3]
"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" is a popular song by the 1950s and 1960s pop band The Four Preps. The band's biggest hit, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 , number six on the Billboard R&B chart , [ 2 ] and number 11 in Canada in 1958. [ 3 ]
Belland continued writing songs for other singers, as well as writing television show scripts, eventually becoming a network executive. Belland was a producer on several game shows in the 1970s for Ralph Edwards Productions.
Among the most popular and influential R&B artists who produced "beach records" in the 1950s and 1960s were the Dominoes, the Drifters, the Clovers, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, the Tams, the Tymes, the Platters, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Brenton Wood, the Capitols, the Marvelows, The Swingin' Medallions, The Reflections, Clarence Carter, the Casinos, [4] and the Chairmen of the ...
"Ms Grace" was The Tymes sole number one in the UK Singles Chart, spending a single week at the top of the chart in January 1975. [1] It fared less well in the US where it peaked at No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 75 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. [2]
Mickey Jones (June 10, 1941 – February 7, 2018) was an American musician and actor. He played drums with acts such as Trini Lopez and Bob Dylan, with whom he played on his 1966 world tour.
The 1967 beach-party film Catalina Caper features her song "Book of Love" (not to be confused with the Monotones' song), co-written with Roger Christian, which she performed backed by the Cascades. She co-composed (with Ayn Robbins ) three songs for the soundtrack of the 1977 Disney film, The Rescuers : "Tomorrow Is Another Day", "The Journey ...