Roy Head
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The LinkPage of the TEXAS Singer Roy Head .
Roy Head has recorded songs in a variety of styles since the 60's and is most closely associated with his giant hit from 1965 Treat Her Right. I traveled and recorded with him all over the country through most of the 80's and 90's and still play with him some now . He's truely a great performer and still travels and plays . He's one of the early rock legends .
Don with Roy at MillerOutdoor Theater - Houston , Texas
By the early
60's Roy had formed his own band called the Traits. He was a
country singer but ventured into rock-and-roll. The group signed with
the Scepter label in 1964, then moved on to a smaller label
called Back Beat. It was here that they would have their most
success on the pop charts. They recorded their song Treat Her Right
and it entered the pop charts in September of 1965. Released as by
Roy Head and the Traits, it reached number two both there and
on the R&B charts .
Although Roy Head was a white singer he had recorded a song in an R&B style, and thus became part of the mid-60's blue-eyed soul movement that also included groups such as the Righteous Brothers and the Boxtops.
Watch a Roy Head Video
below condensed from pictures from the Hall of fame.
Full Screen Version in All Media Links and at bottom of page .
2 more Roy Videos in Media link
Other songs which had been
recorded earlier were reissued, either as by Roy himself or by
Roy Head
and the Traits. Two of these reached the top forty on the pop charts
later in 1965, Just A Little Bit and
Apple Of My Eye. Roy
and his group recorded with other labels, some of which were too small
to promote a record into being recognized nationally. They had three
more minor hits in 1966. They reached the top 100 just once more with a
minor hit in 1971 titled [The World's Going Up In A] Puff Of Smoke.
Roy Head turned his attentions
to the country market in the 70's, and continued to record for a variety
of record labels. The country hits began to come and Roy rode the
country charts into the mid-80's. The most successful country song he
released was The Most Wanted Woman In Town in 1975.
Here are 2 great pictures of Roy with my daughter Breanna
Roy released a number of albums in the late 70's and early 80's, and there were some compilations issued in the 90's. Put his name in your search engine and you can find 30 Roy Head sites .Here are a few of his albums .
Traits 2007 video For Gene Kurtz
Treat Her Right video For Gene Kurtz
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