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The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels (1996, Vanguard) [99] Today/Ramblin (1997, Collectables, Sony Music Special Projects) [100] The Definitive New Christy Minstrels (1998) [101] Coat Your Minds with Honey, Hits & Highlights 1962–1968 (1999, Raven Records, Australia) [102] Live from Ledbetter's (1999, recorded in 1964) [103]
He composed "Today"; [4] this was a hit for the New Christy Minstrels from their 1964 album of the same title for Columbia Records (CL 2159/CS 8959). He co-composed " Green, Green " with Barry McGuire for the 1963 album Ramblin (CL 2055/CS 8855). [ 5 ]
The final song on The New Christy Minstrels' May 1964 Columbia Records album Today, [4] the title track was released as the single Columbia 43000 with the B side "Miss Katy Cruel". The record peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard magazine "Hot 100" chart and No. 4 on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart.
To find a new group for the remaining members of the Surf Riders, Jim Glover and Mike Crumm, Sparks created The Back Porch Majority. [2] Sparks intended The Back Porch Majority to be a performing group similar to, but a little smaller than The New Christy Minstrels, and a group that The New Christy Minstrels could draw new members from. [2]
The New Christy Minstrels In Person: 1962 The New Christy Minstrels Tell Tall Tales! (Legends and Nonsense) 1963 Ramblin' Featuring Green, Green: 1963 Merry Christmas! 1963 Today and Other Songs from 'Advance to the Rear' 1964 Land of Giants: 1964 The New Christy Minstrels Sing and Play Cowboys and Indians: 1965 Chim Chim Cher-ee: 1965 The New ...
Randy Sparks, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and founder of the folk music group the New Christy Minstrels, died Feb. 11 at an assisted-living facility in San Diego. He was 90. His son ...
In 1963 McGuire, with Randy Sparks (founder of the New Christy Minstrels), co-wrote and sang lead vocal on the band's first and biggest hit single: "Green, Green". McGuire left the Christys in January 1965 after recording the album Cowboys and Indians , although on the 1965 album Chim Chim Cher-ee he sang on the title cut.
Kim Carnes (/ k ɑːr n z /; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles.A veteran writer of many of her own hits, as well as those for numerous other artists, she began her career in 1966 as a member of folk group The New Christy Minstrels, before embarking on a solo career as a songwriter and performer in the early 1970s, playing in local clubs.