Chanteur US né Terry LaVerne Stafford, le 22 Novembre 1941 à Hollis (Oklahoma). Terry Stafford s'installe en Californie, en 1960, dans l'espoir d'y faire carrière dans la chanson ou le cinéma. En 1964, il obtiendra le succès avec un titre
d'Elvis Presley : "Suspicion", avant de retomber dans l'anonymat.
Il est décédé le 17 Mars 1996 à Amarillo (Texas).
One-hit wonder Terry Stafford was
known for his
Elvis sound-alike single "Suspicion," which became a Top Five smash even at
the height of Beatlemania in 1964. Stafford was born in Hollis, OK, on November
22, 1941, and grew up in Amarillo, TX. He moved to Los Angeles after high school
to pursue a singing career and performed at various local dances and social
events. He got the chance to record a demo and chose "Suspicion," an album track
from
Elvis Presley's Pot Luck LP (1962). A local DJ took the song to Crusader
Records, which remastered it and released it nationally in 1964. It went all the
way to number three on the pop charts and did so during a week when the Beatles
held every other spot in the Top Five. Stafford was never able to duplicate its
success, though he did reach the Top 30 with his follow-up single, "I'll Touch a
Star." He continued to perform and also branched out into acting (the film Wild
Wheels) and songwriting, penning
Buck Owens' hit "Big in Vegas." In 1973, Stafford signed with Atlantic's
newly formed country division and recorded a full-fledged country album, Say,
Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose. The title track edged into the country Top
40, and its flip side, the Stafford co-write "Amarillo by Morning," also enjoyed
some regional popularity. It was later covered by
George Strait for a major hit. Stafford recorded for Atlantic through 1974
then disappeared from the music scene. He died of liver problems in Amarillo on
March 17, 1996.
Talents : Vocal, Guitar
Style musical : Pop, Country Pop
SUSPICION
(1964)
I'LL
TOUCH A STAR (1964)
KISS ME QUICK (1964)
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1964 | SP CRUSADER C-101 (US) | . |
Suspicion
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| 1964 | SP LANA L-139 (US) | . |
Suspicion
/ Judy |
| 1964 | SP CRUSADER C-105 (US) | . |
I'll Touch A Star
/ Playing With Fire |
| 1964 | SP CRUSADER CRU-110 (US) | . | A Little Bit Better / Hoping |
| 07/1964 | EP LONDON RE 10164 (F) |
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I'll Touch A Star / Playing With Fire /
Suspicion
/ Judy |
| 1966 | SP MERCURY 72538 (US) | . | Forbidden / Out Of The Picture |
| 1976 | SP ERIC 155 (US) | . |
Suspicion
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I'll Touch A Star
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Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" CRUSADER CLP-1001 S (US) |
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SUSPICION - Suspicion / Margarita / Playing With Fire / Invitation To A Kiss / Slowly But Surely / For You My Love / She Wishes I Were You / Pocket Full Of Rainbows / Everything I Need / I'll Touch A Star / Everybody Has Somebody / Kiss Me Quick |
| 1974 | LP 12" ATLANTIC SD 7282 (US) |
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SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Country Canary / Big In Vegae / Suspicion / Ain't No Woman Like My Woman / Shelley's Winter Love / Amarillo By Morning / Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose / Let's Keep The Memories Warm / Captured / Easy To Say, Hard To Do / Road House Country Singer / It Sure Is Bad To Love Her |
| 04/1994 | CD COLLECTABLES COL-5024 (US) |
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SUSPICION - Suspicion / Margarita / Playing With Fire / Invitation To A Kiss / Slowly But Surely / For You My Love / She Wishes I Were You / Pocket Full Of Rainbows / Everything I Need / I'll Touch A Star / Everybody Has Somebody / Kiss Me Quick |
| 10/1996 | CD CURB 77867 (US) |
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THE BEST OF TERRY STAFFORD - Suspicion / Pocket Full Of Rainbows / I'll Touch A Star / Kiss Me Quick / Everything I Need / Alone Never To Love Again / The Joke's On Me / Am I Fooling Myself / Do You Miss Me / If You Got The Time |
| 07/2003 | CD GLOBE 7384 (NL) |
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SUSPICION! - COLLECTORS GOLD - VOLUME 14 - Suspicion / Margarita / Playing With Fire / Invitation To A Kiss / Slowlely But Surely / For You My Love / Try My World Little Girl / Judy / She Wishes I Were You / Pockett Full Of Rainbows / Everything I Need / I'll Touch A Star / Everybody Has Somebody / Kiss Me Quick / Are You A Fool Like Me / Follow The Rainbow / Till Love Comes To You / Hoping / A Little Bit Better / A Step Ore Two Behind You / The Joke's On Me / Soldier Boy / When Sin Stops / Sospeto / Stop If You Love Me / We've Grown Close / Try My World Little Girl / Suspicion / Big In Vegas / Say, Has Anybody Seen My Gipsy Rose |
| 05/2007 | CD KOCH KOCHCD-4167 (US) |
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SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Country Canary / Big In Vegae / Suspicion / Ain't No Woman Like My Woman / Shelley's Winter Love / Amarillo By Morning / Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose / Let's Keep The Memories Warm / Captured / Easy To Say, Hard To Do / Road House Country Singer / It Sure Is Bad To Love Her |
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