Hoagy Lands

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Hoagy Lands ( born Victor Hoagland on May 4, 1936 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an East Coast based soul vocalist who recorded singles for a variety of labels from the early 1960's into the early 1970's. Lands never recorded a full LP, but issued singles for such New York City based labels as Judi, ABC-Paramount, Ivory MGM, Atlantic, Spectrum and Laurie. Lands is said to have contributed as a backing vocalist to The Drifters hit "Under The Boardwalk", as the songs' producer Bert Berns' thought of Hoagy as his personal favorite vocalist. A stellar balladeer, but with a dearth of charting hits, Lands was the only recording artist to consistently work with the influential Berns throughout his music career, from his very first sessions in 1960 to the last days of Bert's life in 1967. Lands was also used by popular New York radio DJ George Hudson in 1962 and 1963 as uncredited vocalist on his George Hudson Presents... series of budget top 40 hit exploitation LPs, where Hoagy sang silly songs and top 40 covers like "On Top Of Old Smoky", "The Roach", "Stand By Me" and "Stranger On The Shore" in the dance music styles of the day With Berns at the helm penning and producing his best known tracks, Lands recorded the sides "My Tears Are Dry," "Lighted Windows," "Baby Come On Home," "It's Gonna Be Morning," "Cry Some Tears," and the sentimental tear jerker "White Gardenia". After Berns death, Lands continued to record for Laurie until 1972, and issued at least three 45s on the lab

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You Heard It Here First!

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The Twisted Wheel Story

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Songs We Taught The Detroit Cobras Disc 2

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