Shadden and the King Lears

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This band is from Memphis Tennessee. The lead singer was Shad Williams. He was Born in 1946. The Drummer was Preston "Bubba" Williams, his brother, who was born in 1948. The band was together from the early 1960's until 1968 when Shad quit the band to go to Seminary. The most popular song by the King Lears is "All I want is You". The reason for this is the popularity of the book A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-1975. They had, however, several regional hits including "She's on a Merry Go Round", "Knock on Wood", and "Baby its too Late". The one that changed it all, though, was "Come Back When You Grow", which was made famous by Bobby Vee. "Come Back" was a song Shad came across in a music catalog. He liked the words but did not like the musical composition. He and his brother, along with saxaphonist, Newel, reworked the arrangement and the end result was the song you know today. It became a hit almost instantly and the band began to enjoy quite a bit of success. One night, while on the road to a gig in Louisiana, the band heard the opening notes of the song come on the radio. As Shad turned it up to listen he was stunned - it was NOT HIM SINGING. It was Bobby Vee, who had been famous in earlier years but had suffered low record sales for a while at that point. After contacting their manager and many of the local radio stations/ dj's it was discovered that they had been the victimes of payola. Bobby Vee's manager heard the song one night wh

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