Gary U.S. Bonds
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R&B and rock vocalist Gary Levon Anderson â born June 6, 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida â is better known by his stage name Gary U.S. Bonds. He is best known for his early 1960s hits âNew Orleansâ and âQuarter to Threeâ and his Bruce Springsteen-inspired resurgence in the 1980s. His career began in the 1950s in Norfolk, Virginia when he began singing publicly in a group called The Turks. He signed with producer Frank Guidaâs Legrand Records. Guida renamed him U.S. Bonds, and released the first single, âNew Orleansâ, which went to Number 6 on Billboardâs Hot 100 chart. The next single, âNot Meâ (1961), flopped but his third single for the label, âQuarter To Threeâ went all the way to the top of the Billboard chart. The single âSchool is Outâ hit Number 5. The first four singles were included on Bondsâ 1961 debut album Dance âTil Quarter to Three with U.S. Bonds. From this point, his releases were credited to Gary (US) Bonds throughout the rest of the 1960s (the parenthesis were dropped in the 1970s). In 1961, he released his second album, Twist Up Calypso, which featured the singles âDear Lady Twistâ and âTwist, Twist Senoraâ. Bonds toured Europe in 1963, with the Beatles serving as one of his opening acts. He continued to release a series of singles throughout the 1960s but didnât release a proper third album until Certified Soul in 1969. After a few more singles in the â70s, Bonds seemingly disappeared. However, with Bruce Springsteenâs moral and musical support, he re-emerged in 1981 with the hit single âThis Little Girlâ and the album Dedication, which featured musical assistance from the E-Street Band plus Ben E. King, Ellie Greenwich, and others. Bonds followed up that album with 1982âs On the Line, another album featuring Springsteen and his bandmates. His next album, Standing in the Line of Fire, was released in 1984 and featured Bondsâ new backing band The American Men. Twelve years later, he released the album Nothing Left to Lose. In 2004, he released the album Back in 20, which includes musical assistance from Springsteen and Southside Johnny, He also performed a duet on Southside Johnnyâs album Pills and Ammo (2010).
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Burden
- This Little Girl
- She's A Woman
- U.S. Stomp
- If I Live Through This
- Shine on Lover's Moon
- Shake A Hand
- Take Me Back to New Orleans
- Copy Cat
- I Wanta Holler (But the Town's Too Small)
- Seven Day Weekend
- Soul Food
- Twist, Twist Senora
- Perdido, Pts. 1 & 2
- School Is In
- New Orleans
- Do the Bumpsie
- No More Homework
- Havin' So Much Fun
- Lover's Moon
- Where Did The Naughty Little Girl Go
- I Forgot How Bad My Good Woman Could Be
- Pour Me
- I Got Love
