This Los Angeles-based group, initially called the Smiths, comprised of Gayle McCormick (b. 1949; vocals), Rick Cliburn (guitar), Alan Parker (guitar), Larry Moss (keyboards), Jerry Carter (bass) and Robert Evans (drums). Their brand of folksy pop is best heard on A Group Called Smith, which included their 1969 US Top 5 hit, a cover version of the Shirelles hit, "Baby It's You", produced pseudonymously by Del Shannon. The sextet also contributed their version of "The Weight" to the million-selling soundtrack of Easy Rider when rights to the Band's original version, as featured in the film, were withheld from the attendant album. By 1970 McCormick, Moss and Carter had been joined by Jade Hass (bass) and Ed Beyer (keyboards), but the group's short-lived fame was fading and they broke up soon afterwards, leaving McCormick to pursue a solo career.
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A Group Called Smith - The Weight (04:31)
Album : A group called Smith (1969) - Dunhill Records and Easy Rider Soundtrack (1970) Larry Knechtel (Mamas and Papas) on piano, James Cliburn : Lead guitar and vocals, Gayle McCormick : Background vocals, Jerry...
"I'll Hold Out My Hand" Gayle McCormick/A Group Called Smith (03:07)
Gayle McCormick was one of the best blue eyed soul singers of the late 60's. "I'll Hold Out My Hand" is from the album, A Group Called Smith, released in 1969 on Dunhill Records, from song writers Al Gorgoni and Chip...
A group called Smith - Mojaleskey Ridge (02:33)
Album : A group called Smith (1969) - Dunhill Records , Gayle McCormick : Vocals, Larry Moss : Keyboards, Jerry Rich Cliburn : Lead Guitar, vocals, Jerry Carter : Bass, vocals, Bob Evans : Drums
A Band Called Smith (Baby Its You) (03:21)
California. McCormick had started her career singing songs by Tina Turner, Etta James and others of that ilk. Shannon arranged "Baby It's You" for the group and got them signed to the ABC-Dunhill label. Smith released...
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Discography
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- A Group Called Smith - 1969 (Stateside-Dunhill)
- Minus Plus - 1970 (Stateside-Dunhill)
