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Gayle McCormick
12+ albums
pop70srnbblues rockbubblegum
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Gayle McCormick (November 26, 1948 – March 1, 2016) was an American singer, best known for her work with the rock band [artistSmith[/artist]. She attended Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri near St. Louis and sang high soprano with the Suburb Choir, a 150-voice unit that performed annually with the St. Louis Symphony. Her recording and performing career stretched from 1965-76. McCormick started her career singing songs by Tina Turner and Etta James before joining Smith. In 1967, she was the lead singer in a band called the Klassmen and released a single called "Without You" which had success in Missouri. In 1969 Smith was formed in Los Angeles, their first album entitled "A Group Called Smith," featured McCormick as the primary vocalist. Smith mainly played and recorded covers of pop and soul songs and made the top five with a remake of "Baby It's You", charting higher than the previous hit version by The Shirelles. Smith's version was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof, part of the Grindhouse double feature. After the group disbanded, McCormick went on to record three solo albums. Gayle McCormick was released on ABC Dunhill in 1971, Flesh & Blood on Decca/MCA in 1972 and One More Hour on Fantasy in 1974. In the fall of 1971, her performance of "It's A Cryin' Shame" charted at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a Top Ten hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1973 Gayle married and relocated to Hawaii. McCormick recorded the tr
