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...Jones, helped in part by the fact that Dickens was one of the more welcoming stars on hand when the Possum made his Opry debut in 1956. And so when Jones was under pressure in the early '60s to churn out record after record for his new label, United Artists, he chose to do a tribute to Dickens. He has paid several complete-disc homages to other singers (Bob Wills, Hank Williams and Leon Payne among them), but this one, originally released in 1964, is the most successful. Maybe because he was awed by Wills and Williams, he tended...
...Behind the Music knows, the road to stardom has many detours. In 1991 Steve Greenberg, then a talent scout at Atlantic, signed the Men. Two albums sold fewer than 20,000 copies each; when Greenberg left, Atlantic dropped the band. Greenberg rescued them with a deal at his new label, Mercury. "It became a standing joke in the music industry," he says, "that whenever I moved to a new label, the first thing I did was sign Baha Men." But this time out sales were even worse; the group's second and final CD for Mercury sold a humiliating...
...Paging their guardian angel. Greenberg launched his own label, S-Curve, and signed the group as his first act. "I knew that whenever people were exposed to their music, they really liked it," he says. "I was finally in the position to get them the exposure they'd lacked...
...January 1962, Jones and producer Pappy Daily moved from Mercury to United Artists, and by the end of February they had recorded and released Jones' first album for the new label (no messing around in those days). "Three's a Crowd" is the opening track - and it should be. It's a dandy. If this song doesn't send shivers through every part of your person, then you're as cold as Australian beer. No matter that the song - written by Jones' frequent collaborator Darrell Edwards and another - is often clich?d and doesn't always make sense. "I've been...
...beat; almost talking at points, he never fails to surprise with a speeded-up phrase or a well-placed drawn-out note. At the same time, he never makes mush of the lyrics; one of his great assets is that the listener understands every word. Moving to the new label seems to have reinvigorated Jones, who is at his vocal peak on this and the several albums that followed over the next couple of years. He also receives just the right amount of studio support. On "Three's a Crowd," in particular, there is great piano and pedal steel work...