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Chanteur Country US né John Richard Duncan, le 5
Octobre 1938 à Dublin
(Texas). Johnny Duncan est décédé le 14 Août 2006.
Not to be
confused with the American expatriate and British skiffle star of the same name,
Johnny Duncan was a country-pop singer best known for a string of hits with
producer Billy Sherrill in the late '70s. Born in the farm town of Dublin, TX,
in 1938, Duncan learned guitar from his mother as a child and also had two
future performers in his family in the person of cousins Dan and Jimmy Seals (of
England Dan & John Ford Coley and Seals & Crofts, respectively). All four family
members, plus Duncan's fiddle-playing uncle, Ben Moroney, played together in a
local dance band. Duncan took up singing in his late teens and moved to Clovis,
NM, in 1959, where he recorded some pop-oriented demos under producer Norman
Petty. Nothing came of them, and he spent several years working as a DJ. He
moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked odd jobs before landing a guest spot on
Ralph Emery's television show in 1966. That led to a deal with Columbia Records,
which released his debut single, "Hard Luck Joe," in 1967. Duncan had a few
minor chart entries over the next few years, including two duets with June
Stearns, but nothing that could be considered a breakout hit.
That all changed when Duncan hooked up with the famed Nashville sound producer
Billy Sherrill. Singles like 1972's "Baby's Smile, Woman's Kiss" and 1973's Top
Ten "Sweet Country Woman" started to establish him as a hitmaker. However, his
marriage subsequently broke up, and the distraught Duncan returned to Texas. He
was talked back into the music business for the single "Jo and the Cowboy,"
which paired him with a then-unknown
Janie Fricke, and the song was successful enough that Sherrill decided to
feature her on some of Duncan's subsequent recordings. Sordid barroom sagas like
"Stranger" and "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" made Duncan a star, with the former
becoming his first Top Five hit and the latter his first-ever number one in
1976. 1977's "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" was his second chart-topper, and
his first credited duet with
Fricke, "Come a Little Bit Closer," went Top Five the following year. Duncan
also scored two big hits of his own in 1978 with the Top Five "Hello Mexico (And
Adios Baby to You)" and the number one "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)."
His last Top Ten appearances came in 1979 with "Slow Dancing" and "The Lady in
the Blue Mercedes," after which his commercial momentum abruptly halted. He and
Columbia parted ways in the early '80s, and he subsequently remarried and
returned to Texas. He recorded a bit for small labels during the '80s and '90s,
cutting a couple of singles in 1986. Duncan released his final album, The Thing
to Do, in 2004 and was planning an autumn tour before he succumbed to a heart
attack on August 14, 2006.
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Contemporary Country
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HELLO
MARY LOU (1960)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1960 | SP LEADER L-807 (US) | . | Bring Your Heart / Hot Sunshine |
| 1960 | SP LEADER L-812 (US) | . |
Hello Mary Lou
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Freddy And His Go Cart |
| 1961 | SP LEADER L-814 (US) | . | Raindrops / Wheels |
| 01/1966 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10775 (US) | . | Forgive Me And Forget Me / Who Do They Think They Are |
| 01/1967 | SP COLUMBIA 4-43988 (US) | . | Looking For Someone Lonely / Rainbow Road |
| 06/1967 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44196 (US) | . | Hard Luck Joe / Gotta Get Back (On The Right Track) |
| 12/1967 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44383 (US) | . | Baby Me Baby / Mystery |
| 03/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44454 (US) |
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I'm The One / Solo Soul |
| 07/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44580 (US) | . | To My Sorrow / I'm In This Town For Good |
| 09/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44656 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town / True And Lasting Kind |
| 11/1968 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44693 (US) | . | I Like To Love You / Louisville Nashville Southbound Train |
| 02/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44752 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Back To Back (We're Strangers) / If That's The Only Way |
| 05/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44864 (US) | . | When She Touches Me / Shreveport To LA |
| 08/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44992 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Now I Lay Me Down To Dream / We'll Get Married Or Nothing |
| 10/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45006 (US) | . | Window Number Five / Day Drinker |
| 11/1969 | EP United States Air Force ? (US) | . | Country Music Time # 111- Baby Me Baby (Johnny Duncan); / Jackson Ain’t A Very Big Town (Johnny Duncan & June Stearns) / Johnny One Time (Johnny Duncan) / Walking Midnight Road (June Stearns) / Back To Back (Johnny Duncan & June Stearns) |
| 03/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45124 (US) | . | You're Gonna Need A Man / Long Tall Drown Out Day |
| 06/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45201 (US) | . | My Woman's Love / Someone I Can't Forget |
| 09/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45227 (US) | . | Let Me Go / What I Don't Know |
| 02/1971 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45319 (US) | . | There's Something About A Lady / I Don't Know Why I Keep Lovin' You |
| 06/1971 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45418 (US) | . | One Night Of Love / Peaches Of Georgia |
| 10/1971 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45479 (US) | . | Baby's Smile Woman's Kiss / I'd Rather Love You |
| 03/1972 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45556 (US) | . | Fools / Tiny Fingers |
| 08/1972 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45674 (US) | . | Here I Go Again / When We Loved (I'll Always Love) |
| 03/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45818 (US) | . | Sweet Country Woman / Look In Baby's Eyes |
| 09/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45917 (US) | . | Talkin' With My Lady / You're My Woman |
| 04/1974 | SP COLUMBIA 4-46018 (US) | . | The Pillow / Ain't No Way That I Can Forget You |
| 08/1974 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10007 (US) | . | Scarlet Water / We're Not Fooling Our Hearts |
| 01/1975 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10085 (US) | . | Charley Is My Name / Gentle Fire |
| 07/1975 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10182 (US) | . | Jo And The Cowboy / Taking A Chance On You |
| 11/1975 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10262 (US) | . | Gentle Fire / Good Morning Love |
| 03/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10302 (US) | . | Stranger / Fashing Screaming Silent Neon Sign |
| 09/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10417 (US) | . | Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous / Love Should Be Easy |
| 01/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10474 (US) | . | It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Denver Woman |
| 05/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10554 (US) | . | Song In The Night / Use My Love |
| 10/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 13-33340 (US) | . | Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous / Stranger |
| 10/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10634 (US) | . | Come A Little Bit Closer / Loneliness (Can Break A Good Man Down) |
| 02/1978 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10694 (US) | . | She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed / Maybe I Just Crossed My Mind |
| 06/1978 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10783 (US) | . | Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby To You) / I Watched An Angel |
| 02/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10915 (US) | . | Slow Dancing / One Night Of Love |
| 1979 | SP COLUMBIA 13-33374 (US) | . |
She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed
/ Hello Mexico |
| 1979 | SP COLUMBIA 13-33376 (US) | . | It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous |
| 09/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11097 (US) | . | Lady In The Blue Mercedes / Too Far Gone |
| 01/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11185 (US) | . | Play Another Slow Song / My Woman's Good To Me |
| 05/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11280 (US) | . | I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (In My Dreams) / Wine Oh Wine |
| 06/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11312 (US) | . | Johnny DUNCAN & Janie FRICKE - He's Out Of My Life / Loving Arms |
| 10/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11385 (US) | . |
Acapulco
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That Easy To Forget |
| 10/1981 | SP COLUMBIA 18-02570 (US) | . | All Night Long / My Heart's Not In It |
| 02/1986 | SP PHAROAH 2502 (US) | . | Look Of A Lady In Love / ? |
| 06/1986 | SP PHAROAH 2503 (US) | . | Texas Moon / ? |
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Unissued Track
| 19?? | Unissued - (White Label LP 8880 (#6)) |
Why Tell Me Baby
 (Huelyn DUVALL
& Johnny DUNCAN) |
Albums
| 05/1968 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9824 (US) |
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JOHNNY ONE TIME - Hard Luck Joe / Wichita Lineman / I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am / When She Touches Me / Johnny One Time / To My Sorrow / Day Drinker / Baby Me Baby / Louisville Nashville Southbound Train / Lucy / Please Remember Me |
| 09/1969 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9910 (US) |
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BACK TO BACK - Johnny DUNCAN & June STEARNS - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town / We Had All The Good Things Going / What Locks The Door / We'll Get Married Or Nothing / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Wild Side Of Life / Back To Back / Sweet Thang / Now I Lay Me Down To Dream / Can You Match That Kind Of Love / True And Lasting Kind |
| 05/1971 | LP 12" COLUMBIA C 30618 (US) |
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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A LADY - There's Something About A Lady / You're Gonna Need A Man' / I Don't Know Why I Keep Loving You / I'd Rather Love You / This Has Got To Last / What I Don't Know / Let Me Go (Set Me Free) / My Woman's Love / I'll Always Love When We Loved / There's Still Someone I Can't Forget / I'm In This Town For Good |
| 06/1973 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 32440 (US) |
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SWEET COUNTRY WOMAN - Sweet Country Woman / When She Touches Me / Hard Luck Joe / Johnny One Time / One Night Of Love / To My Sorrow / Fools / You're My Woman / Baby Me Baby / I'd Rather Love You / Look In Baby's Eyes |
| 06/1973 | LP 12" HARMONY KH 32477 (US) |
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YOU'RE GONNA NEED A MAN - Day Drinker / Let Me Go (Set Me Free) / What I Don't Know / Louisville Nashville Southbound Train / Baby's Smile Woman's Kiss / Gotta Get Back (On The Right Track) / Window Number Five / I'm In This Town For Good / Looking For Someone Lonely / You're Gonna Need A Man |
| 06/1976 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 34243 (US) |
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THE BEST OF JOHNNY DUNCAN - Stranger / Scarlet Water / Gentle Fire / Talkin' With My Lady / Baby's Smile Woman's Kiss / Sweet Country Woman / Fools / Jo And The Cowboy / Hard Luck Joe / Holiday Woman |
| 02/1977 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 34442 (US) |
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JOHNNY DUNCAN - Thinking Of A Randezvous / Ain't She Somethin' Else / Maybe I Just Crossed Your Mind / Atlanta Georgia Stray / Damn It All / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Love Should Be Easy / Charley Is My Name / Third Rate Romance / Denver Woman |
| 11/1977 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 35039 (US) |
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COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER - Come A Little Bit Closer / Star-Studded Nights / Cheatin' In The Key Of C / Jukebox Cinderella / Red Red Wine / Song In The Night / Cowboy And The Lady / Loneliness / Last Night Made My Day / Use My Love |
| 07/1978 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 35451 (US) |
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THE BEST IS YET TO COME - She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed / Sleepin' With The One You Love / A Lifetime To Learn / Candy / The Best Is Yet To Come / Hello Mexico / I Watched An Angel / Ain't No Way That I Can Forget You / The Pillow / Mexican Love Songs |
| 10/1978 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 35628 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Stranger / Sweet Country Woman / Atlanta Georgia Stray / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed / Come A Little Bit Closer / Song In The Night / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Jo And The Cowboy / Thinking Of A Randezvous / Scarlet Water |
| 03/1979 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 35775 (US) |
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SEE YOU WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - Slow Dancing / Warm Up The Night With You / Make Believe It's Your First Time / Last Cheater's Waltz / See You When The Sun Goes Down / Oh Maria / Too Friendly For Friends / One Night Of Love / How Married Are You Mary Ann / Whine Whistle Whine |
| 10/1979 | LP 12" COLUMBIA JC 36260 (US) |
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STRAIGHT FROM TEXAS - Play Another Slow Song / My Woman's Good To Me / I'd Just Be Fool Enough / Too Far Gone / Runaway Housewife / Lady In The Blue Mercedes / Would You Like To Spend The Night (With A Memory) / If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me / What's A Little Love Between Friends / Bright Morning Light |
| 06/1980 | LP 12" COLUMBIA JC 36508 (US) |
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IN MY DREAMS - I'm Gonna Love You Tonight / It's Such A Perfect Day For Making Love / Wonderful Tonight / How's The World Treating You / North Won The War Again Last Night / Way You Are / Warm Woman And Cold Champagne / Soulful Woman / Lighter Shade Of Blue / Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed |
| 10/1980 | LP 12" COLUMBIA JC 36780 (US) |
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NICE'N EASY - Janie FRICKE & Johnny DUNCAN - He's Out Of My Lifen / Nice'n Easy / There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love / Baby You've Got What It Takes / Lovin' Arms, Come A Little Bit Closer / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Atlanta Georgia Stray / Thinking Of A Randezvous / Stranger |
| 11/1980 | LP 12" COLUMBIA JC 36829 (US) |
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YOU'RE ON MY MIND - Acapulco / Nobody's Better Than You / Lookin' For Love / Sleepin' With The Radio On / Forever / Married Women / Am I That Easy To Forget / Over Forty (Not Over The Hill) / Interesting Fire / Should've Never Let You Go |
| 1986 | LP 12" PHAROAH PR 1986 (US) |
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FARAWAY HIDEAWAY - Faraway Hideaway / Texas Moon / Paradise Isle / You're In Love / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed / Biloxi / It's Gonna Be A Long Night / Look Of A Lady In Love / She Made A Mean Margarita / Stranger |
| 1994 | CD BROADLAND INT. BRI-CD-0394-02 (CAN) |
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AGAIN... - Wild Oats / Watching Elizabeth Play / Skeletons / Goldie / Buenos Noches Nacadoches / One For The Road / There's A Whole Lot Of Peaches (Here In Georgia) / I Wonder Who's Missing You Now / Fool's Moon / Her Side / Stranger / Sweet Country Woman / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime) / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous |
| 08/1998 | CD SONY A-33695 (US) |
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PURE COUNTRY - Sweet Country Woman / Stranger / Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Come A Little Bit Closer / Song In The Night / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime) / Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby To You) / Slow Dancing / Lady In The Blue Mercedes |
| 09/1998 | CD SIMITAR 56332 (US) |
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CLASSIC COUNTRY - Thinkin' Of A Randezvous / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed / Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby To You) / Stranger / Slow Dancing / Sweet Country Woman / Baby's Smile Woman's Kiss / Come A Little Bit Closer / Lady In The Blue Mercedes / Play Another Slow Song / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / Song In The Night / Talkin' With My Lady / Acapulco |
| 03/2003 | CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CCM331-2 (US) |
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IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town (with June STEARNS) / When She Touches Me / You're Gonna Need A Man / Let Me Go (Set Me Free) / There's Something About A Lady / Baby's Smile, Woman's Kiss / Fools / Sweet Country Woman / Talkin' With My Lady / Jo And The Cowboy (with Janie FRICKE) / Stranger (with Janie FRICKE) / Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous (with Janie FRICKE) / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better / A Song In The Night / Come A Little Bit Closer (with Janie FRICKE) / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime) / Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby To You) / Slow Dancing / The Lady In The Blue Mercedes / Play Another Slow Song / I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (In My Dreams) / He's Out Of My Life (with Janie FRICKE) / Acapulco |
| 2004 | CD JRD ? (US) |
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THE THING TO DO - Mention A Mansion / It Just Seemed Like The Thing To Do All The Time / The Chosen Few / Love Will / Not A Brick Out Of Place / When I'm Over You / Cup Of Conversation / Hands / Let Me Go / Smell The Smoke / Better Lies |
| 04/2012 | CD T-BIRD AMERICANA TBIRDAM 036 (US) |
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THINKIN' OF A RENDEZVOUS - COLUMBIA COUNTRY HITS 1969-1980 - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town (Johnny DUNCAN feat. June STEARNS) / When She Touches Me / You're Gonna Need A Man / Let Me Go (Set Me Free) / There's Something About A Lady / Baby's Smile, Woman's Kiss / Fools / Sweet Country Woman / Talkin' With My Lady / Jo And The Cowboy (Johnny DUNCAN feat. Janie FRICKE) / Stranger / Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous [single version] ((Johnny DUNCAN feat. Janie FRICKE) / It Couldn't Have Been Any Better (Johnny DUNCAN feat. Janie FRICKE) / A Song In The Night / Come A Little Bit Closer (Johnny DUNCAN feat. Janie FRICKE) / She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime) / Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby To You) / Slow Dancing / The Lady In The Blue Mercedes [single version] / Play Another Slow Song / I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (In My Dreams) / He's Out Of My Life [single version] (Johnny DUNCAN feat. Janie FRICKE) / Acapulco |
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