The New Music Sundays: Gary "US" Bonds "New Orleans" GO SAINTS!

Gary US Bonds talks about how the song broke and his relationship with the Beatles:

Gary U.S. Bonds was born Gary Anderson in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up in Norfolk Virginia. He started singing in church and with a group called The Turks. When The Turks joined Legrand Records they changed his name to US Bonds to get more air play, that back fired when people thought it was a band name so Gary was added. "New Orleans" was his first big hit and "Quarter to Three" his only gold record. Bonds was a stealth releaser such that he had charted 3 times on the pop charts before anyone knew he was black. In 1963 he toured Europe with the Beatles as an opening act. Always a songwriter he was nominated for the Country Music Association's "Song of the Year" in 1972 for "She's All I Got", co-written by Jerry Williams, Jr. (better known as Swamp Dogg)and sung by Johnny Paycheck.

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