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Chanteur Country US
né Carl Leroy Pullins, le 12 Novembre 1940 à Elgin (Illinois). Leroy Pullins est
mort en Mai 1984.
Leroy Pullins is
pretty much the definition of a novelty one-hit wonder -- a singer who patterned
himself after Roger
Miller, a move that resulted in one moderately big country hit, "I'm a Nut,"
in 1966, and a host of other, similar tunes in the next few years, but few other
hits. Not much is known of Leroy Pullins' life and career -- all information
comes from Colin Escott's liner notes for Bear Family's 2007 CD I'm a Nut, a
collection that contains all existing Pullins sides and credits a 1984 obituary
written by Valarie Honeycutt for the Lexington Herald Leader. Pullins was born Carl
Leroy Pullins on May 12, 1940, in Berea, KY. He began pursuing a musical career
in his teens, assembling a rock & roll band called the LeSabres when he was 19.
Once the group fell apart, Pullins moved to Nashville, where he was signed to
Kapp Records, a subsidiary of Decca, in 1966. He was signed with the idea that
he would capitalize on Roger
Miller's success, which he did quite successfully with his first single, "I'm
a Nut," an original tune that went all the way to 18 on the country charts. A
full album also arrived in 1966, with a second arriving the next year, but that
album and its accompanying singles went nowhere. As success started to dry up,
so did Pullins' writing, so he decided to retire from the music business, moving
back to his hometown of Berea where he became a fireman. He stayed there until
his death from a heart attack in May 1984 at the age of 44. A few months later,
Bear Family issued an LP called I'm a Nut (this was not a deliberately
posthumous release; it was planned before his death), and that was the only Pullins release
in circulation for years until Bear Family issued a different compilation, also
called I'm a Nut, in 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Pullins
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Country Comedy, Traditional Country
I'M A NUT
(1966)
Knee Deep
(1966)
The Tatersville Women's Auxiliary Sewing Circle (1966)
Tickled
Pink (1966)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1963 ? | SP Teakwood TR 6354 (US) | . |
Andersonville / Joe Brown's General Store |
| 05/1966 | SP KAPP K-758 (US) | . | |
| 06/1966 | SP KAPP K 2121 (NW) |
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I'm A Nut
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Knee Deep
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| 07/1966 | SP KAPP K-758 (NL) |
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I'm A Nut
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Knee Deep
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| 08/1966 | SP KAPP DV 14548 K (US) |
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| 09/1966 | SP KAPP K-775 (US) | . |
The Tatersville Women's Auxiliary Sewing Circle
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| 1966 | EP KAPP KEV 13032 (F) |
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I'm A Nut
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The Tatersville Women's Auxiliary Sewing Circle
/ Okeefenokee /
Out In The Smokehouse Takin' A Bath
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| 03/1967 | SP KAPP K-816 (US) | . |
Meter Maid / Wall Around Your Heart |
| 08/1967 | SP KAPP K-863 (US) | . |
Oriental Girl / Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse |
| 01/1968 | SP KAPP K-889 (US) | . |
Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhous / Swimming At The Bottom Of The Pool |
| 196? | SP KAPP HK 119 (NL) |
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AThe Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhouse / Swimming At The Bottom Of The Pool |
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Albums
| 08/1966 | LP 12" KAPP KL-1488 (mono) / KS-3488 (stereo) (US) |
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I'm A Nut - I'm A Nut / I Love You Drops / The Taterville Women's Auxilliary Sewing Circle / I've Got A Sore In My Heart / Billy Roy And Jackson Sam / I've Been Everywhere / Knee Deep / I'm Killing Myself / Okeefenokee / What's His Name / S-Tree Towers / Out In The Smokehouse Takin' A Bath |
| 1968 | LP 12" KAPP KL-1557 (mono) / KS-3557 (stereo) (US) |
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Funny Bones And Hearts - The Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhouse / Tears, Tears, Tears / Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse / The Wall Around Your Heart / Testing 1,2,3 / I-Done-You Wrong Song / Swimming On The Bottom Of The Pool / Blinded By Love / Yellow / The Worst Was Wonderful / Oriental Girl / Meter Maid |
| 1986 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15216 (GER) |
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I'M A NUT - I'm A Nut / Knee Deep / Out In The Smokehouse Takin' A Bath / The Tatersville Women's Auxiliary Sewing Circle / Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse / Meter Maid / What's His Name / I Love You Drops / Swimming At The Bottom Of The Pool / I-Done-You Wrong Song / Tickled Pink / Okeefenokee / Billy Roy And Jackson Sam / Yellow / S-Tree Towers / World What Have I Done |
| 12/2007 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16625 (GER) |
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I'm A Nut - I'm A Nut / I Love You Drops / The Taterville Women's Auxilliary Sewing Circle / I've Got A Sore In My Heart / Billy Roy And Jackson Sam / I've Been Everywhere / Knee Deep / I'm Killing Myself / Okeefenokee / What's His Name / S-Tree Towers / Out In The Smokehouse Takin' A Bath / The Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhouse / Tears, Tears, Tears / Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse / The Wall Around Your Heart / Testing 1, 2, 3 / I-Done-You Wrng Song / Swimming At The Bottom Of The Pool / Blinded By Love / Yellow / The Worst Was Wonderful / Oriental Girl / Meter Maid / Tickled Pink / I Ain't the Worryin' Kind / World (What Have I Done) |
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