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The soundtrack, performed by the New Christy Minstrels, was released in May 1964 as Today and Other Songs from 'Advance to the Rear'. [21] It was the first complete soundtrack to be recorded in the folk music style.
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. [5] [6]
Presenting the New Christy Minstrels won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus in 1962 and occupied the Billboard 200 album chart for two years, peaking at number 19. [4] [5] The album included a cover version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1962. [6]
Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" was voted best Christmas song in TODAY Show's holiday hits bracket. Here's the full breakdown of the bracket results.
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 ...
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 ]
Between 1969 and 1971, Meeuwsen performed and traveled with the singing group The New Christy Minstrels, but left the group to enter the Miss America pageant preliminary competitions. [9] [10] After winning the 1972 Miss Appleton and 1972 Miss Wisconsin competitions, Meeuwsen competed in the 1973 Miss America Competition.
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 ...