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Chanteur et compositeur Country US né Wilton Frederick Weller, le 9
Septembre 1947 ŕ Atlanta (Georgie). Freddy Weller a travaillé avec Joe South et Tommy Roe, avant de s'imposer en 1969 chez Columbia Records.
Guitarist and
songwriter Freddy Weller had a successful behind-the-scenes career in pop/rock
before finding solo success as a country singer. Born Wilton Frederick Weller in
Atlanta in 1947, he started playing both banjo and mandolin at age eight and
soon moved on to the guitar as well. During his teen years, Weller performed
regularly on the local radio show Georgia Jubilee, where he shared time with the
likes of Jerry
Reed, Joe
South, and Billy
Joe Royal. He soon became a regular session guitarist in the area, most
notably playing on Royal's 1965 hit "Down in the Boondocks"; while in Royal's
touring band, Weller met Paul Revere & the Raiders, who offered him their lead
guitar slot in 1967. Weller spent the next four years as a member of the
Raiders, and in 1969 he worked with pop singer Tommy
Roe in a songwriting capacity, co-writing the smash hits "Dizzy" and "Jam Up
Jelly Tight." Later that year, Raiders frontman Mark Lindsay offered Weller the
chance to return to his first love, country music, when the group canceled a
recording session. Weller took the studio time instead, and his version of Joe
South's "Games People Play" went to number two on the country charts that
year; moreover, the follow-up single, South's
"These Are Not My People," reached number five. Weller departed the Raiders to
focus on his solo career in 1971, the same year he scored three straight Top
Five hits on the country charts with "Another Night of Love," "Indian Lake," and
"The Promised Land."
Weller reached the country Top 20 three times over 1972-1973 with songs he
either wrote or co-wrote: "The Roadmaster," "She Loves Me (Right Out of My Mind),"
and "The Perfect Stranger." He also penned Bob
Luman's country smash "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" in 1972, and it was
later covered for another hit by Steve
Wariner. Weller's final Top Ten hit was a 1973 cover of Chuck
Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business," and he reached the Top 20 twice more in
1974 with "I've Just Got to Know (How Loving You Would Be)" and "You're Not
Getting Older (You're Getting Better)." In 1975, he left Columbia to record an
album for ABC/Dot but subsequently returned to Columbia and continued to record
for them through the early '80s. He couldn't duplicate his earlier run of
commercial success as a singer but kept up his songwriting; when a few
small-label efforts in the '80s failed to attract much attention, he supplied
material to stars like Reba
McEntire ("They Asked About You"), John
Michael Montgomery ("She Don't Need a Band to Dance"), and George
Jones ("What I Do Best"), among others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Weller
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Songwriter
Style musical : Country-Pop, Traditional Country
No One To
Love (1961)
GAMES
PEOPLE PLAY
(1969)
These
Are Not My People (1969)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
Singles
| 1959 | SP ESCO 400 (US) | . |
Goodbye / Don’t Answer That Quastion |
| 1961 | SP DORE 595 (US) | . |
No One To Love
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| 11/1965 | SP APT 45-25096 (US) | . |
You Better Go Join The Campfire Girls / Walk Away Softly |
| 03/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44800 (US) | . |
Games People Play
/ Home |
| 06/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44916 (US) | . |
These Are Not My People
/ You Never Knew Julie |
| 08/1969 | SP CBS 4438 (GER) |
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| 10/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45026 (US) | . | Down In The Boondocks / Amarillo Texas |
| 01/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45087 (US) | . | I Shook The Hand / We Gotta All Get Together |
| 04/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45138 (US) | . | Listen To The Young Folks / Listen To The Young Folks |
| 1970 | SP CBS 5228 (SCAN) |
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Okie From Muskogee / Down In The Boondocks |
| 11/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45276 (US) | . | The Promised Land / Goodnight Sandy |
| 1971 | SP CBS 5426 (NW) |
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The Promised Land / Goodnight Sandy |
| 05/1971 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45388 (US) | . | Indian Lake / (I'd Do It All) Over You |
| 1971 | SP CBS CBS 7437 (POR) |
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Indian Lake / (I'd Do It All) Over You |
| 08/1971 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45451 (US) | . | Always Something Special / Another Night Of Love |
| 1971 | SP COLUMBIA 13-33172 (US) | . |
Games People Play
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| 01/1972 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45542 (US) | . | Ballad Of A Hillbilly Singer / Good Old Fashioned Music |
| 05/1972 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45624 (US) | . | Roadmaster / Who Do You Love |
| 10/1972 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45723 (US) | . | Angel On My Shoulder / She Loves Me |
| 03/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45827 (US) | . | It Sure Feels Good (To Be Loved Again) / Too Much Monkey Business |
| 07/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45902 (US) | . | Betty Ann And Shirley Cole / The Perfect Stranger |
| 11/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45968 (US) | . | I've Just Got To Know / Georgia Girl |
| 03/1974 | SP COLUMBIA 4-46040 (US) | Sexy Lady / Bobby Crabtree's Grave | |
| 1974 | SP COLUMBIA 13-33251 (US) | . |
She Loves Me (Right Out Of My Mind) / Too Much Monkey Business |
| 1974 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10016 (US) | . | You're Not Getting Older / Are We Makin' Love? |
| 04/1975 | SP ABC / DOT DOA 15554 (US) | . | Love You Back To Georgia / ? |
| 1975 | SP ABC / DOT DOA 15577 (US) | . | Still Making Love To You / Stone Crazy |
| 03/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10300 (US) | . | Ask Any Old Cheater Who Knows / Legend In My Home |
| 06/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10352 (US) | . | Liquor, Love And Life / Celia Brown |
| 09/1976 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10411 (US) | . | Room 269 / I Drank Myself Sober |
| 02/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10482 (US) | . | Strawberry Curls / When You Were Mine |
| 05/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10539 (US) | . | Merry Go Round / One Man Show |
| 08/1977 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10598 (US) | . | Nobody Cares But You (mono) / Nobody Cares But You (stereo) |
| 02/1978 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10682 (US) | . | Let Me Fall Back In Your Arms / Snuff Queens |
| 06/1978 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10769 (US) | . | Bar Wars / One Of The Mysteries Of Love |
| 09/1978 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10837 (US) | . | Love Got In The Way / You Win Again |
| 01/1979 |
SP COLUMBIA 13-33368 (US) |
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Bar Wars / Merry-Go-Round |
| 01/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 13-33369 (US) | . |
Room 269 / Nobody Cares But You |
| 01/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10890 (US) | . | Fantasy Island / Take A Little Bit |
| 04/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10973 (US) | . | Nadine / Too Many Memories |
| 07/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11044 (US) | . |
That Run-Away Woman Of Mine / Atlanta |
| 10/1979 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11149 (US) | . | Go For The Night / Two Makes One Wonderful Love |
| 02/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11221 (US) | . | A Million Old Goodbyes Side / Sleep With Me |
| 05/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11266 (US) | . | Explosion / Lost In Austin |
| 10/1980 | SP COLUMBIA 3-11394 (US) | . | Tonight I'm Drinkin / Still Your Fool |
| 1983 | SP BTB TS-5001 (US) | . |
Wild Streak / Serious Fun |
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Albums
| 07/1969 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS-9904 (US) |
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Games People Play / Oakridge Tennessee / Home / Louisiana Redbone / One Woman Can't Hold Me / My My Momma / These Are Not My People / Freeborn Man / You Never Knew Julie / Birmingham / Goodnight Sandy |
| 05/1970 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS-1036 (US) |
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LISTEN TO THE YOUNG FOLKS - Listen To The Young Folks / Children / Look For Me When You See Me Comin' / Sunday Morning Coming Down / I Shook The Hand / Down In The Boondocks / Okie From Muskogee / That Little Boy / Up On Cripple Creek / We Gotta All Get Together / Amarillo Texas |
| 1971 | LP 12" CBS / Sony SOPJ 9 (JAP) |
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Freddy Weller's Greatest Hits - The Promised Land / Good Old Fashioned Music / Stagger Lee / Indian Lake / Up On Cripple Creek / Listen To The Young Folks / Another Night Of Love / Down In The Boondocks / Sunday Morning Comin' Down / Okie From Muskogee / These Are Not My People / Games People Play |
| 04/1971 | LP 12" COLUMBIA C-30638 (US) |
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THE PROMISED LAND - The Promised Land / (Seashores Of) Old Mexico / Stagger Lee / Help Me Make It Through The Night / Another Night Of Love / Indian Lake / Rose Garden / Within My Memory / J Tyler Rosenthal / Good Old Fashioned Music / Train Train (Carry Me Away) |
| 1971 | LP 12" COLUMBIA C-30638 (US) |
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Another Night Of Love - The Promised Land / (Seashores Of) Old Mexico / Stagger Lee / Help Me Make It Through The Night / Another Night Of Love / Indian Lake / Rose Garden / Within My Memory / J Tyler Rosenthal / Good Old Fashioned Music / Train Train (Carry Me Away) |
| 10/1972 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-31769 (US) |
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THE ROADMASTER - Roadmaster / Let's Make The Most Of Tonight, She Loves Me (Right Out Of My Mind) / Lonely Women Make Good Lovers / Who Do You Love / Ballad Of Hillbilly Singer / There's An Angel On My Shoulder / Good God Almighty / Bars Have Made A Prisoner / Sweet Sounds Of Love / Oldie But A Goldie |
| 1972 | LP 12" HARMONY KH-31784 (US) |
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Freddy Weller's Country Collection - Games People Play / Children / Okie From Muskogee / Freeborn Man / Down In The Boondocks / Listen To The Young Folks / Sunday Morning Coming Down / Up On Cripple Creek / Home / These Are Not My People |
| 05/1973 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-32218 (US) |
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TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS - Too Much Monkey Business / It Sure Feels Good / Perfect Stranger / Loving You Comes Easy / Betty Ann And Shirley Cole / You Got What It Takes / Warm Sweet Love / Georgia Girl / Pass Me By / Easy Listening / Don't Play Me No Demo's |
| 02/1974 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-32958 (US) |
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SEXY LADY - Sexy Lady / You're Not Getting Older (You're Getting Better) / Ain't It Good / Put Your Heart Into It / Hot Fire / I've Just Got To Know (How Loving You Would Be) / Love Light / Scarlet Water / Are We Makin' Love / Always Something Special / Lovin' Time |
| 06/1975 | LP 12" ABC DOT DOSD-2026 (US) |
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FREDDY WELLER - Love You Back To Georgia / Still Making Love To You / Salty Dog Blues / I'll Never Find A Love Like That Again / That's You / Stone Crazy / Let's Get Back In Touch / Show 'em The Way To Your Love / Have You Ever Done It / Three Legged Dog |
| 10/1975 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-33883 (US) |
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FREDDY WELLER'S GREATEST HITS - Games People Play / Down In The Boondocks / Indian Lake / Roadmaster / These Are Not My People / Promised Land / Too Much Monkey Business / She Loves Me (Right Out Of My Mind) / Perfect Stranger / Sexy Lady |
| 07/1976 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-34244 (US) |
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LIQUOR LOVE AND LIFE - Liquor Love And Life / Celia Brown / What A Time / Room 269 / Fallin' In Love Tonight / You're The Only One To Ever Love Me Good Enough To Make Me Want To Stay Home / Ask Any Old Cheater Who Knows / Legend In My Home / I Drank Myself Sober / When You Were Mine |
| 06/1977 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-34709 (US) |
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ONE MAN SHOW - Strawberry Curls / Merry-Go-Round / Nobody Cares But You / But I Do / Cry On Your Pillow / (After Sweet Memories) Play Born To Lose Again / Love Doctor / One Man Show / Whiskey And Daisy / I Just Can't Get Over You (Getting Over Me). |
| 11/1978 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC-35658 (US) |
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LOVE GOT IN THE WAY - Bar Wars / Oh Oh Oh / Love Got In The Way / One Of The Mysteries Of Love / Fantasy Island / Take A Little Bit / You Win Again / Rock-A-Bye Baby / Dizzy / Legend Of Paul Revere And The Raiders |
| 02/1980 | LP 12" COLUMBIA JC-36231 (US) |
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GO FOR THE NIGHT - Go For The Night / Tonight I'm Drinkin' / Lost In Austin / Night Man / Explosion / Still Your Fool / Sleep With Me / Atlanta / Let's Strike Tonight / Million Old Goodbyes |
| 1982 | LP 12" 51-WEST Q-16237 (US) |
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RAMBLIN' MAN - On The Road Again / Save The Last Dance For Me / (I'm A) Ramblin' Man / Drivin' My Life Away / Party Time / Southern Nights / Maybelline / Love A Rainy Night / Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) / Stand By Me |
| 1987 | LP 12" BULLDOG BDL 3003 (UK) |
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Back On The Steet - Midnight Driver / Right In The Prime Of Her Love / Shootin' From The Heart / Trying To Get Around To 'Em All / If You Knew How Much I Wanted You / Back On The Street / Time Machine / Intensive Care / You Believed In A Dreamer / Midnight Crises / One Dream At A Time / Atlanta |
| 1998 | LPC 12" Sony A-28909 (US) |
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Freddy Weller Sings His Big Ones - Games People Play / These Are Not My People / The Promised Land / Indian Lake / She Loves Me (Right Out Of My Mind) / Another Night Of Love / Too Much Monkey Business / The Perfect Stranger / I've Just Got To Know (How Loving You Would Be) / You're Not Getting Older (You're Getting Better) |
| 1998 | CD Young World Music ? (US) |
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Greatest Hits (And Then Some) - Games People Play / Promised Land / Indian Lake / She Loves Me Right Out Of My Mind / Roadmaster / Perfect Stranger / Another Night Of Love / Down In The Boondocks / These Are Not My People / Lonely Women Make Good Lovers / Your Memory Walks Through Walls / Searching For The Great American Honky Tonk Queen / Garden / Lovin' Time / Rock 'n' Roll Time Capsule |
| 1999 | CD Music Mill MMIL 70011 (US) |
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Greatest Hits - Games People Play / The Promised Land / Indian Lake / She Loves Me Right Out Of My Mind / The Roadmaster / The Perfect Stranger / Another Night Of Love / Down In The Boondocks / These Are Not My People / Lonely Women Make Good Lovers |
| 03/2003 | CD Collectors' Choice Music CCM330-2 (US) |
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THE VERY BEST OF FREDDY WELLER - Home / Games People Play / These Are Not My People / Down In The Boondocks / Promised Land / Indian Lake / Another Night Of Love / Ballad Of A Hillbilly Singer / Roadmaster / She Loves Me (Right Out Of My Mind) / Too Much Monkey Business / Perfect Stranger / I've Just Got To Know (How Loving You Would Be) / Sexy Lady / You're Not Getting Older (You're Getting Better) / Nobody Cares But You / Bar Wars / Love Got In The Way / Fantasy Island / Nadine / Go For The Night / Legend Of Paul Revere And The Raiders |
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