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Roy C. Hammond
12+ albums
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Roy C (alternatively Roy-C or Roy "C") (born Roy Charles Hammond, 1939), is an American southern soul singer, songwriter and record executive, best known for his 1965 hit, "Shotgun Wedding". Roy C was born in Newington, Georgia. He began singing tenor with The Genies, a vocal group in Long Beach, Long Island, who were offered a recording contract by the record producer, Bob Shad. Their first single, "Who's That Knockin'", reached #72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958,[1] with Claude Johnson (later of the duo Don and Juan) on lead vocal. The group then moved to Atlantic Records, with Hammond taking over as lead singer, but their recordings were not released, and he was drafted into the Air Force. When he returned to New York in 1965, Hammond organised a studio session to record his own song, "Shotgun Wedding", and released it under the name of Roy Hammond on his own Hammond label, before leasing it to the larger Black Hawk Records under the name Roy C. The record, with its novelty ricochet opening and relatively risqué subject matter for the time, reached #14 on the national R&B chart.[1] It had even greater success when issued in the UK, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1966 and #8 when reissued in 1972.[2] His first album was That Shotgun Wedding Man (1966) on Ember Records.[1] After some unsuccessful follow-ups on the Shout label, Hammond started another new label, Alaga. Working with guitarist J. Hines, he had more success with "Got To Get Enough (Of Your Sweet
top songs
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I'm Gonna Love Somebody Else's Woman (Somebody's Lovin' Mine)
4432Don't Blame The Man
4383She Kept On Walkin'
4174Back Into My Arms
3835I'll Never Leave You Lonely
3646I Wasn't There (But I Can Feel The Pain)
2827I'm Falling In Love Again
2108Open Letter To The President
2059I Found A Man In My Bed
17410Those Days Are Gone
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