Leroy Van Dyke CD: Walk On By - Bear Family Records

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1-CD with 36-page booklet, 30 tracks. Playing time approx. 70 mns. 'Walk On By' picks up Leroy... more

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Leroy Van Dyke: Walk On By

1-CD with 36-page booklet, 30 tracks. Playing time approx. 70 mns.

'Walk On By' picks up Leroy van Dyke's story as he joined Mercury in 1961 and scored the biggest hit of his career with the international smash hit, 'Walk On By'. The most important Mercury recordings are here, including If A Woman Answers, Night People, Dim Dark Corner, Party Doll, Fireball Mail and the German language version of Walk On By.

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Interpret: Leroy Van Dyke
Album titlle: Walk On By
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Price code AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127157799
weight in Kg 0.115

Dyke, Leroy Van - Walk On By CD 1
01	Walk On By	Leroy Van Dyke
02	If A Woman Answers (Hang Up The Phone)	Leroy Van Dyke
03	Black Cloud	Leroy Van Dyke
04	Happy To Be Unhappy	Leroy Van Dyke
05	Night People	Leroy Van Dyke
06	Big Man In A Big House	Leroy Van Dyke
07	Faded Love	Leroy Van Dyke
08	Save Me The Moonlight	Leroy Van Dyke
09	My World Is Caving In	Leroy Van Dyke
10	Handful Of Friends	Leroy Van Dyke
11	I Got A Conscience	Leroy Van Dyke
12	A Broken Promise	Leroy Van Dyke
13	Dim Dark Corner	Leroy Van Dyke
14	I Sat Back And Let It Happen	Leroy Van Dyke
15	Geh nicht vorbei (german)	Leroy Van Dyke
16	Just Before Dawn	Leroy Van Dyke
17	Now I Lay Me Down	Leroy Van Dyke
18	Heartaches By The Number	Leroy Van Dyke
19	Sea Of Heartbreak	Leroy Van Dyke
20	Love Letters In The Sand	Leroy Van Dyke
21	Sugartime	Leroy Van Dyke
22	Don't Forbid Me	Leroy Van Dyke
23	Honeycomb	Leroy Van Dyke
24	How Long Must You Keep Me A Secret	Leroy Van Dyke
25	Party Doll	Leroy Van Dyke
26	Conscience I'm Guilty	Leroy Van Dyke
27	The Day The Preacher Comes	Leroy Van Dyke
28	Fireball Mail	Leroy Van Dyke
29	If You Don't, Somebody Else Will	Leroy Van Dyke
30	Put Your Little Hand In Mine(english/spanish)	Leroy Van Dyke

Leroy Van Dyke Born on October 4, 1929 in Spring Fork, Missouri, USA. Studied animal... more

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"Leroy Van Dyke"

Leroy Van Dyke

Born on October 4, 1929 in Spring Fork, Missouri, USA. Studied animal husbandry and journalism at the University of Columbia until 1952. kEUR

He was a participant in the Korean War, where he also appeared on the ground with Marilyn Monroe as an entertainer of troops. Came to the US charts in 1956 with'Auctioneer' (rank 29) on Dot Records, was a permanent guest on TV music shows. In 1961 he went to Nashville, switched to Mercury Records and had a No.-5 goal with'Walk On By'.

In 1962 the German version'Don't go by' was also recorded in the country Mecca, but it flopped here (Rex Gildo skimmed off the cream, which put him on rank 14 of the hit parade). Van Dyke became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, performed live with his band The Auctioneers. Today he lives with his second wife Gladys as a farmer in Spring Fork and is a sporadic guest in country & western shows. From the Bear Family book - 1000 pinpricks by Bernd Matheja - BFB10025 -

Leroy Van Dyke

A native of Spring Fork, Missouri, LEROY VAN DYKE served in Korea as a counter-intelligence agent before he considered a musical career. During his army service he wrote a song based on his cousin's auctioneering experiences and sang it on the Morris B. Sacks' Amateur Hour on WGN-TV, Chicago. He lost the contest but won a Dot recording contract.

The Auctioneer went Top 10 Country and Top 30 Pop in 1957. There were no more hits on Dot as Van Dyke forsook novelties for lightweight rockabilly. "I didn't particularly like it," he told Rich Kienzle, "but they wanted me to record it...Wood tried to push me into a rockabilly thing that was really out in left field and none of that stuff worked."

What did work was Walk On By, which brought Van Dyke back to the charts on Mercury in 1961. From his Dot recordings, though, we've picked Chicken Shack, a version of Amos Milburn's Chicken Shack Boogie from 1949, that (pace Van Dyke) works a treat. The rest of his Dot recordings can be found on 'The Auctioneer' (BCD 15647).

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