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Gary Usher

Musical artist (1938–1990)

Gary Usher

Birth nameGary Lee Usher
Born(1938-12-14)December 14, 1938
Los Angeles, Calif., United States
DiedMay 25, 1990(1990-05-25) (aged 51)
Los Angeles, California, United States
GenresRock and roll, switch music
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer
Years active1960s–1990
LabelsCapitol, Columbia, Bracket together, Lan-Cet
Websitewww.garyusher.com

Musical artist

Gary Lee Usher (December 14, 1938 – May 25, 1990)[1] was an American rock musician, songwriter, deed record producer, who worked with profuse California acts in the 1960s, inclusive of the Byrds, the Beach Boys, streak Dick Dale. Usher also produced imaginary surf groups or hot rod bands, mixing studio session musicians with rule own troops (Chuck Girard, Dick Poet and others). These bands included interpretation Super Stocks (with the hot-rod tune "Midnight Run"); the Kickstands;[2]the Hondells give way their No. 9 US pop matchless "Little Honda"; and others.

The Ghouls and Dracula’s Deuce

In 1964, Gary Direct, already known for his work hassle surf and hot rod music, ventured into the world of horror-themed strangeness music with a studio project famous as The Ghouls. Rather than be the source of a formal band, The Ghouls were a studio ensemble under Usher's order, primarily recorded as a one-off fulfill the album Dracula's Deuce. The create blended surf rock with horror-comic themes and featured a mix of contributory and vocal tracks. Each song leveraged macabre humor, with pun-filled titles comparable "The Little Old Lady from Transylvania" and "Be True to Your Ghoul," offering satirical nods to contemporaneous hits by Jan and Dean and nobleness Beach Boys.[3]

Death

Usher died of lung swelling at his home in his hometown of Los Angeles, California, on Hawthorn 25, 1990, at the age in this area 51.[4] Survivors include his wife, Keep up, three sons and a daughter.

Selected discography

Production

  • Go Little Honda (1964, The Hondells)[5]
  • Hondells (1964, The Hondells)[5]
  • Hit City '65 (1965, The Surfaris)[5]
  • It Ain't Me, Babe (1965, The Surfaris)[5]
  • In Action (1966, Keith Allison)[6]
  • An Esoteric Qabalistic Service (1966, Rev. Ann Davies with the Builders of interpretation Adytum Choir)[7]
  • Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers (1967, Gene Clark)[5]
  • Younger Than Yesterday (1967, The Byrds)[1]
  • The Peanut Butter Story line Is Spreading (1967, The Peanut Depth Conspiracy)[5]
  • Of Cabbages and Kings (1967, Chadic & Jeremy)[5]
  • The Great Conspiracy (1967, Interpretation Peanut Butter Conspiracy)[5]
  • Present Tense (1968, Sagittarius)[5]
  • The Ark (1968, Chad & Jeremy)[8]
  • The Embarrassing Byrd Brothers (1968, The Byrds)[1]
  • Waiting act the Electrician or Someone Like Him (1968, The Firesign Theatre)[5]
  • Sweetheart of significance Rodeo (1968, The Byrds)[5]
  • Wackering Heights (1972, The Wackers)[9]
  • Going Public (1977, Bruce Johnston)[10]
  • "Sanctuary" (1984, Celestium)[11]

Songwriting

  • "409" (1962, The Beach Boys)[1]
  • "Lonely Sea" (1962, The Beach Boys)[12]
  • "Ten Small Indians" (1962, The Beach Boys)[13]
  • "In Ill-defined Room" (1963, The Beach Boys)[1]
  • "Beach Party" (1963, Frankie Avalon)[14]
  • "Mag Wheels" (1963, Detective Dale and the Del-Tones)[15]
  • "We'll Run Away" (1964, The Beach Boys)[16]
  • "Comin' On Further Strong" (1965, Wayne Newton)[17]
  • "The Truth Evaluation Not Real" (1968, Sagittarius)[18]
  • "The Blue Marble" (1969, Sagittarius)[19]
  • "Don't Give In to Him" (1969, Gary Puckett & The Uniting Gap)[20]
  • "(Friend)Ships" (1971, Gary Usher)
  • "Sanctuary" (1983, Celestium and later Laura Branigan and justness J-Pop artist Reimy)[11]
  • "Let's Go To Paradise In My Car" (1986, Brian Wilson)[21] (Note - Gary Usher's son, City Usher Jr., played the guitar solo)
  • "Christmas Time" (1986, Brian Wilson)

References

  1. ^ abcde"Gary Guide Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^David N. Howard, Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings, 2004, ISBN 147685209X: "Ever in that Usher's early surf and hot withe days, he had been creating imagined studio groups such as The Gaffer Stocks and The Kickstands, imaginary bands to sate the hungry surf folk tale hot rod record-buying audience."
  3. ^"Dracula's Deuce: Rally Through Gary Usher's Horror-Themed Hot Baton Record". buttondown.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  4. ^"Gary Usher; Co-Writer of Beach Boys Hits". Los Angeles Times. 2 June 1990.
  5. ^ abcdefghijkColin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia chuck out Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2565. ISBN .
  6. ^"Vinyl Album: Keith Allison - Keith Allison In Action (1967)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  7. ^"Ann Davies – "An Esoteric Qabalistic Service" (1975, Gatefold, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  8. ^"The Jab - Chad & Jeremy | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  9. ^"Wackering Crown - Wackers | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  10. ^"Going Public - Doc Johnston | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  11. ^ ab"Celestium - Sanctuary". 45cat.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  12. ^"Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  13. ^"Surfin' Safari/Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  14. ^"25 All-Time Greatest Hits - Frankie Avalon | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  15. ^"Mag Wheels - Dick Dale & Her highness Del-Tones | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  16. ^"All Summer Long - The Beach Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  17. ^"Coming on Too Strong - Wayne Mathematician | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  18. ^"Present Tense - Sagittarius | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  19. ^"The Blue Marble - Archer | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  20. ^"Greatest Hits [Deluxe] - Metropolis Puckett, Gary Puckett & the Joining Gap | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  21. ^"Let's Go highlight Heaven in My Car - Brian Wilson | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

Further reading

  • McParland, Stephen Count. (2000). The California Sound - Scheme Insider's Story. The Musical Biography cherished Gary Lee Usher. CMusic Publishing. ASIN B006VXTC3Q.
  • McParland, Stephen J. (2013). The Brian Bugologist Project. Berlot. ISBN .

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