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Chanteur
Country US né le 30 Avril 1940 à New Jasper Township
(Ohio).
Though his
initial singles were pop, Darrell McCall was a hardcore country vocalist to the
core, singing tough honky tonk during the majority of his career without caring
for trends and fashions. After coming to prominence as a member of the Little
Dippers in 1960, McCall broke away from the group the following year, and by
1963 his sound had evolved into pure country. He sang both traditional country
and honky tonk during the '60s, but he eventually became devoted to roadhouse
country. As a result, his sales suffered somewhat. McCall had a few hits over
the course of his career, sliding into the charts every few years, whenever
hardcore country crossed over into the mainstream, but for the bulk of his
career, he essentially remained a semi-popular artist with a die-hard cult
following.
Born in and raised in New Jasper, OH, McCall began his musical career by landing
a slot as a Saturday morning DJ on a local radio station when he was 15 years
old. Around the same time, he was playing local dances and events as a musician.
Following his high school graduation, he joined the Army, where he was stationed
in Kentucky. After his tour of duty was completed, he and his childhood friend
Johnny Paycheck moved to Nashville in 1958. McCall and
Paycheck attempted to record as a duo, but they were unsuccessful.
Eventually, McCall became a studio harmony vocalist, singing on records by
Faron Young,
George Jones, and
Ray Price, among others. In a short time, the studio work metamorphosed into
road work, as he played bass and sang harmony for several different touring
bands, including those of
Young,
Price, and Hank Williams Jr.
During a recording session in 1959, McCall met
Buddy Killen, a famous Nashville producer and publisher. Impressed with
Darrell's abilities,
Killen asked him to join a group he was assembling called the Little Dippers,
which also featured Hurshel Wigintin, Delores Dinning, and Emily Gilmore. McCall
agreed, and the Little Dippers had one major pop hit, the Top Ten single "Forever,"
in 1960. The following year, he signed a solo contract with Capitol. During
1961, he released two pop singles for the label, "My Kind of Lovin'" and "Call
the Zoo," but both failed miserably, and the label dropped him. In light of his
unsuccessful forays into the pop marketplace, McCall returned to country in 1962
and signed a contract with Phillips. In January of 1963, "A Stranger Was Here,"
his first -- and, as it would turn out, his biggest -- country hit, appeared.
Peaking at number 17 on the charts, the single spent eight weeks on the charts
and seemed to be a positive beginning to his country career, but he wasn't able
to deliver a hit follow-up, even though he sang the theme to the Paul Newman
film Hud that same year.
McCall decided to abandoned music for a short while in the mid-'60s, launching
an acting career in 1965. That year, he appeared in the film Nashville Rebel,
and the following year, he was in Road to Nashville and What Am I Bid. During
that time, McCall also worked as a cowboy in the Southwest and appeared in
several minor rodeos. He didn't return to recording until 1968, when he joined
the roster of the independent label Wayside Records. Over the next two years, he
had four minor hits for the label -- "I'd Love to Live With You Again," "Wall of
Pictures," "Hurry Up," "The Arms of My Weakness" -- and released one album,
1970's Meet Darrell McCall, which was distributed by Mercury. The contract with
Wayside expired in 1971, and McCall didn't immediately sign another recording
contract. However, Hank Williams Jr.
took McCall's "Eleven Roses" (which he co-wrote with
Lamar Morris) to number one, which led to Tree International signing him as
a professional songwriter.
McCall didn't reactivate his recording career until 1974, when he signed with
Atlantic. His debut single for the label, "There's Still a Lot of Love in San
Antone," nearly reached the country Top 50 that year. In 1975, he left Atlantic
for Columbia, where he had his greatest period of chart success since the early
'60s. Although his first single for the label, "Pins and Needles (In My Heart),"
didn't do much better than "There's Still a Lot of Love in San Antone," his
second single, "Lily Dale," was a duet with
Willie Nelson that cracked the country Top 40. McCall's new success was
partially due to the popularity of outlaw country, and how he neatly fit into
its rough and ready musical style. "Lily Dale" was named Best Duet of 1977 by
Cash Box magazine, and it was followed by "Dreams of a Dreamer," McCall's first
solo Top 40 hit since 1963. Of course, the brief McCall renaissance began to
lose its luster in 1978, as outlaw country began to lose its stronghold on the
country charts. His singles "Down the Roads of Daddy's Dreams" and "The Weeds
Outlived the Roses" failed to make the Top 40, and he was soon dropped by
Columbia.
In 1980, he signed with Hillside Records, where he had only one hit single -- a
duet on "San Antonio Medley" with Curtis Potter. After that reached the lower
levels of the country charts in the spring, he switched labels to RCA, where he
nearly reached the Top 40 in the fall with "Long Line of Empties." At that time,
the tastes of country radio and the genre's audience had shifted completely away
from outlaw country and settled on the smooth, rock-influenced textures of urban
cowboy. Consequently, McCall's recording career suffered. Over the next four
years, he recorded only sporadically, most notably as the uncredited "friend" on
Connie Hanson and Friend's minor 1982 hit, "There's Still a Lot of Love in San
Antone." Two years later, he had his final charting hit with "Memphis in May,"
which was released on Indigo Records. In 1986, McCall cut two albums: a record
with his old backing group the Tennessee Volunteers called Reunion (released on
BGM) and Hot Texas Country, a duet record with
Johnny Bush.
Following 1986, McCall essentially retired from recording, though he continued
to play the occasional concert and worked constantly for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. McCall spent the remainder of the '80s and most of the '90s at his
Texas home with his wife Mona Vary, who used to play in
Audrey Williams' band.
http://www.darrellmccallcountry.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_McCall
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Rock 'n' Roll
Lonely River Rhine (1960)
Beyond Imagination
(1961)
( What'll I
Do) Call The Zoo (1961)
I
Can Take His Baby Away (1962)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1960 | SP STARDAY 34002 (GER) | . |
Lonely
River Rhine
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| 1960 | SP STARDAY 34006 (GER) | . |
Excuse Me / Your Old Used To Be |
| 03/1961 | SP Capitol 4543 (US) | . |
Beyond Imagination
/ My Kind Of Lovin' |
| 08/1961 | SP Capitol 4609 (US) |
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( What'll I
Do) Call The Zoo
/ Lonesome |
| 1961 | SP TERRI 5001 (US) | . |
WILLIE B. -
Bad Mouthin'
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This I Gotta See
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| 03/1962 | SP PHILIPS 40015 (US) | . |
Dear One
/ I've
Been Known
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| 07/1962 | SP PHILIPS 40053 (US) | . |
I
Can Take His Baby Away
/ A Man
Can Change
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| 12/1962 | SP PHILIPS 40079 (US) | . |
A Stranger Was Here / I'm A Little Bit Lonely |
| 05/1963 | SP PHILIPS 40116 (US) | . |
Hud / No Place To Hide |
| 1964 | SP PHILIPS 40154 (US) | . |
Keeping My Feet On The Ground
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| 1964 | SP PHILIPS 40233 (US) | . |
Step By Step / Hello World |
| 03/1968 | SP Wayside 45-1011 (US) | . |
I'd Love To Live With You Again / I Love You Baby |
| 07/1968 | SP Wayside 45-1021 (US) | . |
Wall Of Pictures / I'd Die To See You Smile |
| 06/1969 | SP Wayside WSS45-003 (US) | . |
Hurry Up / Wedding Band |
| 09/1969 | SP Wayside WSS45-005 (US) | . |
Hide And Go Cheat / Tiny Ribbons |
| 12/1969 | SP Wayside WSS45-008 (US) | . |
The Arms Of My Weakness / Big Oak Tree |
| 03/1970 | SP Wayside WSS45-011 (US) | . |
Sally Bryson / Tiny Ribbons |
| 04/1972 | SP AMERICAN HERITAGE AH401-37 (US) | . |
Jacques Pierre Bordeaux / The Loser |
| 09/1972 | SP AMERICAN HERITAGE AH401-40 (US) | . |
I'll Break Out Again / The Loser |
| 04/1973 | SP AMERICAN HERITAGE AH401-44 (US) | . |
Rainbow At Midnight / The Loser |
| 10/1973 | SP AMERICAN HERITAGE AH401-47 (US) | . |
Goodbye Of The Year / Here We Go Again |
| 03/1974 | SP ATLANTIC CY-4019 (US) | . |
There's Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone / A Texas Honky Tonk |
| 07/1974 | SP ATLANTIC CY-4200 (US) | . |
Where Is That All / If You Don't Know |
| 03/1975 | SP AVCO CAV-609 (US) | . |
Cold Beer Signs / Face To The Wall |
| 07/1975 | SP AVCO CAV-615 (US) | . |
Helpless / If You Don't Believe |
| 02/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10296 (US) | . |
Pins And Needles / Every Girl I See |
| 10/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10410 (US) | . |
I Come Home To Face The Music / It's Been So Long, Darling |
| 01/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10480 (US) | . | Darrell McCALL & Willie NELSON - Lily Dale / Please Don't Leave Me |
| 06/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10576 (US) | . |
Dreams Of A Dreamer / Sad Songs And Waltzes |
| 12/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10653 (US) | . |
Down The Roads Of Daddy's Dreams / An Old Memory's Arms |
| 04/1978 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10723 (US) | . |
Weeds Outlived The Roses / Love Don't Drive My Good Woman Wild |
| 04/1979 | SP HILLSIDE HS79-03 (US) | . | Fraulein (Curtis Potter & Darrell McCall) / Story Behind The Photograph (Curtis Potter) |
| 1979 | SP HILLSIDE HS79-05 (US) | . | Curtis Potter, Ray Sanders, Darrell McCall - Part Time Lover Full Time Heartache / Soft Rain |
| 01/1980 | SP HILLSIDE HS80-01 (US) | . | Curtis Potter, Ray Sanders, Darrell McCall - San Antonio Medley / Thank God For Country Music |
| 07/1980 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-12033 (US) | . |
Long Line Of Emptines / I Wonder Which One Of Us Is To Blame |
| 1981 | SP JOKER 101 (US) | . |
Afternoon Rendezvous / Just Ridin' Through |
| 1982 | SP Soundwaves NSD/SW-4692 (US) | . |
There Is Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone / Muffy’s Going Crazy |
| 1984 | SP INDIGO ID45-304 (US) | . |
Connie Hanson & Friend (=Darrell McCall) - Memphis May / She Calls Me Crazy |
| 198? | SP LPR LPR-1002 (US) | . | Connie Hanson & Friend (=Darrell McCall) - Saddle The Stallion / Two Steps From The Jukebox |
| 1986 | SP STEP ONE SOR-369 (US) | . | Darrell McCall & Johnny BUSH - 24th Hour / I Can’t See Texas From Here |
| 1995 | SP Artap ? (US) | . |
Set Me Down Where Country Music Plays / Reconsider Leaving Me |
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Unissued Tracks
| 19?? | Unissued |
For
Your Sweet Love
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| 19?? | Unissued |
Huckleberry Queen
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| 19?? | Unissued |
I Gotta
Have You
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| 19?? | Unissued |
My Girl
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| 19?? | Unissued |
Up To
My Ears In Tears
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Albums
| 1962 | LP 12" SESAC A-1501/2 (US) |
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Pair Of Aces - Roy Drusky & Darrell McCALL WITH THE ANITA KERR SINGERS - Sourwood Mountain / Don't Wait Till Tomorrow / Strange Little Melody / Picture On The Wall / Cindy / Rosewood Casket (with Roy Drusky) / I'll Cry Again Tomorrow (with Roy Drusky) + 5 songs by Roy Drusky |
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| 01/1969 | LP 12" Wayside WSS-1030 (US) |
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Meet Darrell McCall - Bury The Bottle With Me / Marionette / First Year / I Love You Baby / Stranger Was Here / Wrong Kind Of Man / Blame Me / I'd Love To Live With You Again / Hurry Up / Wall Of Pictures / I'd Die To See You Smile |
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| 1969 | LP 12" Wayside WSS 33-000 (US) |
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Meet Darrell McCall - Bury The Bottle With Me / The Marionette / The First Year / I Love You Baby / A Stranger Was Here / Wrong Kind Of Man / Blame Me / I'd Love To Live With You Again / Hurry Up / Wall Of Pictures / I'd Die To See You Smile / Likes Of Polly | |||||
| 05/1977 | LP 12" Columbia KC-34718 (US) |
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Lily Dale - Lily Dale (with Willie Nelson) / I Come Home To Face The Music / Dreams Of A Dreamer / Every Girl I See / It's My Lazy Day / Please Don't Leave Me (with Willie Nelson) / The Days When You Were Still In Love With Me / Tennessee / Sad Songs And Waltzes / Pins And Needles (In My Heart) |
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| 1980 | LP 12" Hillside HSLP 80-101 (US) |
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Texas Dance Hall Music - Curtis Potter, Ray Sanders, Darrell McCall - San Antonio Medley / Soft Rain / Crazy Arms / It's The Cheating She Loves / One More Rose / Fraulein / Under Your Spell Again / Crazy / Champane Ladies & Blue Ribbon Babies / Beer Drinkin Music |
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| 1986 | LP 12" STEP ONE SOR-0017 (US) |
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HOT TEXAS COUNTRY - Darrell McCALL & Johnny BUSH - 24th Hour / Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie / You Done Me Wrong / If You'll Hold The Ladder / I Can't See Texas From Here / There'll Always Be Honky Tonks In Texas / Just Ridin' Through / Broken Promise Land / Afternoon Randezvous | |||||
| 12/1986 | LP 12" BGM LP-123186 (US) |
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Reunion - Waltz Across Texas / Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone / I'll Break Out Again Tonight / Dreams Of A Dreamer / Down The Road Of Daddy's Dreams / Sally Bryson / Eleven Roses / It's The Water / Pins And Needles (In My Heart) / Fiddlin' Of Jaques Pierre Bardeaux |
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| 11/1992 | CD Artap ART-071 (US) |
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All She Did Was Fall In Love - Long Time Ago / Let Me Be The First To Go / All She Did Was Fall In Love / Christmas In Cell No.9 / Be A Good Girl / Gonna Make A Change / Coco Driel / Cherie / The Man I Used To Be / Lonesome Shade Of Blue |
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| 07/1995 | CD Artap ART-086 (US) |
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A Way To Survive - Set Me Down Where Country Music Plays / Reconsider Leaving Me / Hide na d Go Cheat / After Texas / I Guess I`m Gettin Tired Of Loving You / Secret Memories / Wall Of Pictures / As Long As I`m Dreaming; / If It Ain`t Broke Don`t Fix It / A Way To Survive |
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| 1996 | CD Artap ART-090 (US) |
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Pictures Can't Talk Back - Pictures Can't Talk Back (with Johnny Paycheck) / Nothing To Lose But The Blues / I've Just Lost My Favorite Girl / Just Ask Me For A Lifetime / Farm Boy Blues / While I Dream Of San Antone (with Mona McCall) / So Easy To Forgive Her / Jeannie In A Bottle / Will You Ever Know / Country Girl |
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| 09/1996 | 5 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD-15846 (GER) |
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THE REAL McCALL :
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| 2005 | CD Heart Of Texas HOTR-108 (US) |
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Old Memories and Wine - Old Memories And Wine / Mary Dear / On This Mountain Top / I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone) / The Deepening Snow / April First / Divorce Me C.O.D. / When Your House Is Not A Home / I Feel Like Crying / May Time My Lady / The French Song / Answer The Phone |
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| 12/2006 | CD Heart Of Texas HOTR-119 (US) |
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The Essential - Helpless / Down The Road Of Daddy's Dreams / The Fiddlin Of Jacques Pierre Bordeaux / It Took Us All Night Long To Say Goodbye / It's The Water / I'll Break Out Again Tonight / Mixing Memories / There's Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone / The Loser / Married Women / I Wonder Which Of Us Is To Blame / Long Line Of Empties / Willie B / Eleven Roses / Face To The Wall |
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| 2009 | CD Heart Of Texas HOTR-4144 (US) |
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Keepin‘ With Tradition - Fast As I Can Crawl / What Do You Know About Heartaches? / Hello Out There / The Fall / Speak Well Of Me / That's The Way I Feel / Are You Ever Coming Back To Your Memories? / Wall Of Tears / Most Of All / I'll Never Love No One But You / You're Still Mine / The Kind Of Love |
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| 2009 | CD CDBABY ? (US) |
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A Way To Survive / All She Did Was Fall In Love - / A Long Time Ago / Let Me Be the First To Go / All She Did Was Fall In Love / Christmas In Cell #9 / Be A Good Girl / Gonna Make A Change / Coco Driel / Cherie / The Man I Used To Be / Lonesome Shade Of Blue / Set Me Down Where Country Music Plays / Reconsider Leaving Me / Hide And Go Cheat / After Texas / I Guess I'm Getting Tired Of Loving You / Secret Memories (feat. Mona McCall) / Wall Of Pictures / As Long As I'm Dreaming / If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It / A Way To Survive |
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| 05/2011 | CD Heart Of Texas HOTR-4149 (US) |
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The Survivors - Curtis Potter - Tony Booth - Darrell McCALL - Wasted Words / Your Memory Is Killing Me / Case Of Sorrow / You Can't Take It With You / My Confession / Forever Yours / Down At Ginny's / There She Goes / I'll See You In My Dreams Tonight / Whiskey Man / Love Don't Care / It Is No Secret |
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| 2012 | CD Heart Of Texas HOTR-6632 (US) |
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The Survivors II - Tony Booth - Darrell McCALL - Curtis Potter - KissingYour Picture / Love Don’t See That Side Of You / I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / Darling Are You Ever Coming Home / She’ll Keep Bringing All Her Love To Me / Lucky Me / I Saw My Castles Fall Today / May Time My Lady / Touch My Heart / I’ll Keep On Loving You / If This Was Texas / Who Am I | |||||
| 08/2013 | CD Heart Of Texas HOTR-4722 (US) |
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COUNTRY From The Heart - Cold Long Neck Beer / Invitation To The Blues / Florence Jean / Jug / For A Minute There / Hurry Up / The Marionette / Get 'er Back On The Road / Take Me As I Am / She'll Unwine Me / Stone Heart / The Best Of Our Good Times / Just Ask Me (with Guyanne McCall) |
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