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John Fred and his Playboy Band Agnes English[]
John Fred and his Playboy Band Agnes English[]
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Artist : John Fred And His Playboy Band
Album : Agnes English
Source : Vinyl
Year : 1966
Genre : Classic Pop/Rock
Encoder : Unknown
Codec : LAME 3.96
Bitrate : VBR ~272K/s 44100Hz Stereo
ID3-Tag : ID3v2.3
Ripped By : NMR
Track Listing
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1. Agnes English (2:14)
2. When The Lights Go Out (2:03)
3. No Good To Cry (2:37)
4. Sometimes You Just Can't Win (3:02)
5. Sad Story (4:57)
6. Achenall Riot (2:32)
7. Up And Down (2:37)
8. Judy In Disguise (2:53)
9. Off The Wall (2:03)
10. Out Of Left Field (3:18)
11. She Shot A Hole In My Soul (2:13)
12. Most Unlikely To Succeed (2:24)
Total Playing Time: 32:59 (min:sec)
Total Size : 66.2 MB (69,429,518 bytes)
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John Fred (born John Fred Gourrier, May 8, 1941 – April 14, 2005) was a blue-eyed soul, Cajun swamp pop and bubble-gum pop performer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for the song, "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)".
His group, John Fred and the Playboys, was formed in 1956; their first hit single was 1958's "Shirley". He appeared on Alan Freed's show, but when Dick Clark asked him to sing on American Bandstand, Fred had to turn him down because he had to play in a basketball game.
In 1967, Fred and band member Andrew Bernard co-wrote "Judy in Disguise", a parody of The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". The song became enormously successful, ironically knocking another Beatles song ("Hello, Goodbye") out of the #1 chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in January 1968. Although Fred actually had a well-rehearsed and talented group honed by years on the road, now known as John Fred & His Playboy Band, he was branded as a novelty act and never had another success. Only after years of struggles did Fred obtain full legal rights to "Judy in Disguise" and its royalties. They also covered "You're On My Mind" by The Animals.
Fred continued to perform in bands, coached high school basketball and baseball, remained a fixture at concerts and shows in his hometown, and hosted a popular local radio show, The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll. In 2002, he released his final album, Somebody's Knockin. In 2004, his health began to fail and he received a kidney transplant. Complications ensued, culminating in a long hospital stay, and finally, death in 2005. Fred was survived by his wife, Sandra, and a son.
In April, 2007, Gourrier was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame in Baton Rouge. He has also been inducted into the Delta Music Museum in Ferriday, Louisiana.
