Gene Chandler

 Właśc. Eugene Dixon, ur. 6.07.1937r w Chicago w stanie Illinois, USA. W pamięci fanów pozostał dzięki niezwykle chwytliwemu nagraniu "Duke Of Earl", które w 1962 r. osiągnęło 1. pozycję na amerykańskiej liście przebojów. Singel, którego sprzedaż osiągnęła l milion egzemplarzy, w istocie zarejestrowała grupa The Dukays, kwintet kierowany przez Chandlera (Eugene Dixon, Shirley Jones, James Lowe, Earl Edwards i Ben Broyles).

 

Jego wytwórnia wolała jednak lansować artystów solowych, stąd na okładce płytki pojawiło się wyłącznie nazwisko lidera. Tak rozpoczęła się jedna z najdłuższych karier w muzyce soul. Choć image "strojnisia" przeszkadzał mu nieco w zdobyciu jeszcze większego powodzenia, jednak seria znakomitych piosenek autorstwa Curtisa Mayfielda uratowała całą sytuację.
 

Przebojami roku 1963 r. były single "Rainbow" i "Man's Temptation", ale partnerstwo z Mayfieldem rozkwitło w nagraniach "Just Be True" (z 1964 r.) i wspaniałym "Nothing Can Stop Me" (z 1965 r.), obu notowanych w amerykańskiej Top 20. Później pod egidą producenta Carla Davisa Chandler nagrał między innymi "(The) Girl Don't Care", "There Goes The Lover" i w duecie z Barbarą Acklin - "From The Teacher To The Preacher". Po jego przejściu w 1970 r. do wytwórni Mercury dużym przebojem stał się singel "Groovy Situation", a nawiązana w tym czasie współpraca z Jerrym Butlerem okazała się niezwykle inspirująca.
 

Kariera Chandlera odżyła znów w czasie boomu disco, gdy singel "Get Down" stał się światowym hitem. Kolejne piosenki "When You're Number l" i "Does She Have A Friend" podtrzymały to powodzenie, a nagrania dla wytwórni Salsoul z Jaime Lynn i grupą Fastfire przeniosły jego karierę w lata 80-te.

Single

Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
The girl's a devil/The big lie	The Dukays	05.1961	-	64[13]	NAT 4001	[Written by: Bernice Williams ][produced by Bill Sheppard Productions]
Duke of Earl/Kissin' in the kitchen	The Dukays	01.1962	-	1[3][15]	Vee-Jay 416	[1[5][13].R&B; Chart][Written by: Gene Chandler/Earl Edwards/Bernice Williams ][produced by Bill Sheppard]
Nite owl/Festival of love	The Dukays	01.1962	-	73[5]	NAT 4002	[Written by: Bernice Williams ][produced by Bill Sheppard Productions]
Nite owl/Festival of love	The Dukays	03.1962	-	88[1]	Vee-Jay 430	[Written by: Bernice Williams ][produced by Bill Sheppard Productions]
Walk on with the duke/London town	The Duke Of Earl	04.1962	-	91[2]	Vee-Jay 440	[Written by: Finizzo, Pirollo, Spano, Nahan, Testa, Carter][produced by Pam Productions]
Tear for tear/Miracle after miracle	Gene "Duke Of Earl" Chandler	10.1962	-	114[4]	Vee-Jay 461	[Written by: Ted Cooper, Carl Spencer, Ed Zolas ]
Rainbow/You threw a lucky punch	Gene Chandler	02.1963	-	47[12] side B:49[8]	Vee-Jay 468	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][side B:Written by: Don Covay/Smokey Robinson/Ronnie White]
Check yourself/Forgive me	Gene Chandler	05.1963	-	119[3]	Vee-Jay 511	[Written by: Williams, Franklin, Bryant, Gordy Jr.][produced by Calvin Carter]
Man's temptation/Baby that's love	Gene Chandler	08.1963	-	71[7]	Vee-Jay 536	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][17[9].R&B Chart]
Think nothing about it/Wish you were here	Gene Chandler	02.1964	-	107[4]	Constellation 112	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][produced by Bill Sheppard][26[7].R&B Chart]
Soul hootenanny Pt.1/Pt.2	Gene Chandler	05.1964	-	92[2]	Constellation 114	[Written by: J. Reed, L. Dixon][produced by Bill Sheppard][23[7].R&B Chart]
Just be true/A song called soul	Gene Chandler	07.1964	-	19[10]	Constellation 130	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][produced by Bill Sheppard][4[16].R&B Chart]
Bless our love/London town	Gene Chandler	09.1964	-	39[9]	Constellation 136	[Written by: Billy Butler ][produced by Bill Sheppard][4[12].R&B Chart]
What now/If you can't be true[Find a part time love]	Gene Chandler	12.1964	-	40[8]	Constellation 141	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][produced by Bill Sheppard][18[2].R&B Chart]
You can't hurt me no more/Everybody let's dance	Gene Chandler	03.1965	-	92[1]	Constellation 146	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][produced by Bill Sheppard][40[2].R&B Chart]
Nothing can stop me/The big lie	Gene Chandler	04.1965	-	18[12]	Constellation 149	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][produced by Bill Sheppard][3[15].R&B Chart]
(Gonna Be) Good Times/No one can love you [Like i do]	Gene Chandler	08.1965	-	92[3]	Constellation 160	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][produced by Bill Sheppard][40[2].R&B Chart]
Here come the tears/Soul hootenanny Pt.2	Gene Chandler	09.1965	-	102[6]	Constellation 164	[Written by: Gerald Sims][produced by Bill Sheppard]
Rainbow '65 Part.I/Part. II	Gene Chandler	11.1965	-	69[8]	Constellation 158	[Written by: Curtis Mayfield ][2[12].R&B Chart]
[I'm just a] Fool for you/Buddy ain't it a shame	Gene Chandler	03.1966	-	88[2]	Constellation 167	[Written by: Carl Davis/Gerald Sims][produced by Carl Davis]
I fooled you this time/Such a pretty thing	Gene Chandler	11.1966	-	45[8]	Checker 1155	[Written by: Gene Chandler/Kenny St. Lewis][produced by Carl Davis][3[14].R&B Chart]
Girl don't care/My love	Gene Chandler	02.1967	-	66[9]	Brunswick 55 312	[Written by: Keni Lewis, E. Dixon][produced by Carl Davis][16[9].R&B Chart]
To be a lover/After the laughter	Gene Chandler	06.1967	-	94[4]	Checker 1165	[Written by: Karl Tarleton][produced by Carl Davis][9[10].R&B Chart]
There goes the lover/Tell me what can i do	Gene Chandler	09.1967	-	98[1]	Brunswick 55 339	[Written by:Carl Davis/Otis Leavill][produced by Carl Davis][46[2].R&B Chart]
Show Me The Way To Go/Love Won't Start	Gene Chandler And Barbara Acklin	03.1968	-	-	Brunswick 55 366	[Written by:Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis][produced by Carl Davis][30[7].R&B Chart]
River Of Tears/It's Time To Settle Down	Gene Chandler	06.1968	-	-	Checker 1199	[Written by:E. Record][produced by Carl Davis][19[10].R&B Chart]
Nothing can stop me	Gene Chandler	06.1968	41[4]	-	Soul City S.C. 102 [UK]	[Written by:Carl Davis/Otis Leavill]
There was a time/Those were the good old days	Gene Chandler	09.1968	-	82[3]	Brunswick 55 383	[Written by:James Brown/Bud Hobgood][produced by Carl Davis, Gene Chandler][22[10].R&B Chart]
From the teacher to the preacher/Anywhere but nowhere	Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin	10.1968	-	57[8]	Brunswick 55 387	[Written by:Barbara Acklin/Carl Davis/Eugene Record][produced by Carl Davis][16[11].R&B Chart]
Groovy situation/Not the marrying kind	Gene Chandler	07.1970	-	12[15]	Mercury 73 083	[gold-US][Written by:Herman Davis/Russ Lewis][produced by Gene Chandler][8[15].R&B Chart]
Simply call it love/Give me a chance	Gene Chandler	11.1970	-	75[5]	Mercury 73 121	[Written by:Gene Chandler/James Thompson][produced by Gene Chandler][29[7].R&B Chart]
You just can't win [By making the same mistake]/She is grooving	Gene & Jerry	01.1971	-	94[3]	Mercury 73 163	[Written by:Wylie Dixon/Ron Simmons/Simtec Simmons][produced by Gene, Jerry ][32[4].R&B Chart]
You're a lady/Stone cold feeling	Gene Chandler	06.1971	-	116[3]	Mercury 73 206	[Written by:L. Thompson, E. Dixon][produced by Gene Chandler][14[10].R&B Chart]
Ten and two [Take this woman off the corner]/Everybody is waiting	Gene & Jerry	07.1971	-	126[1]	Mercury 73 195	[Written by: J. Spencer][produced by Gene And Jerry][44[2].R&B Chart]
Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get To Go)/Pillars Of Glass	Gene & Jerry	01.1972	-	-	Mercury 73 258	[Written by:E. Record, R. Gipson][produced by Gene Chandler][47[2].R&B Chart]
Tomorrow I May Not Feel The Same/Give Me The Cue	Gene & Jerry	04.1978	-	-	Chi-Sound 1168	[Written by: L. Thompson, E. Dixon][produced by Carl Davis][51[12].R&B Chart]
Get down/I'm the traveling kind	Gene Chandler	04.1979	11[11]	53[9]	Chi-Sound 2386	[Written by:James Thompson][produced by Carl Davis][3[22].R&B Chart]
When you're #1/I'll remember you	Gene Chandler	10.1979	43[5]	99[2]	20th Century 2411	[Written by:James Thompson, Eugene Dixon][produced by Carl Davis][31[11].R&B Chart]
Do What Comes So Natural/That Funky Disco Rhythm	Gene Chandler	11.1979	-	-	20th Century 2428	[Written by:Vince Willis][produced by Carl Davis][73[4].R&B Chart]
Does she have a friend?/Let me make love to you	Gene Chandler	06.1980	28[9]	101[6]	Chi-Sound 2451	[Written by:Bob Stone, Mark Gibbons][produced by Carl Davis, Gene Chandler][28[15].R&B Chart]
Lay Me Gently/You've Been So Sweet To Me	Gene Chandler	10.1980	-	-	Chi-Sound 2468	[Written by:Albert Thompson, Barbara Acklin][produced by Carl Davis, Gene Chandler][73[3].R&B Chart]
I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving Worthwhile/Time Is A Thief	Gene Chandler	05.1982	-	-	Chi-Sound 1001	[Written by:Jimmy Levine, Lowrell Simon][produced by Carl Davis, Gene Chandler][40[9].R&B Chart]
You're The One/ I Keep Coming Back For More	Jaime Lynn And Gene Chandler	05.1983	-	-	Salsoul 7051	[Written by:S. Miller, L. Lewittes, D. Lewittes, R. Limas][produced by G. Chandler, D. Lewittes][89[4].R&B Chart]
Haven't I Heard That Line Before/ You'll Never Be Free Of Me	Gene Chandler	10.1985	-	-	FastFire 7003	[Written by:Diane Womack, Barbara Acklin, Karriem Muhammad][produced by Donald Burnside, Archie Russell, Gene Chandler][61[8].R&B Chart]
Lucy/ Please You Tonight	Gene Chandler	02.1986	-	-	FastFire 7005	[Written by:Lionel Richie][produced by Donald Burnside, Archie Russell, Gene Chandler][43[10].R&B Chart]

Albumy

Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
The Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler	03.1962	-	69[8]	Vee-Jay 1040	[produced by Bill Sheppard]
Gene Chandler-Live on stage in '65	Gene Chandler	01.1966	-	124[3]	Constellation 1425	[produced by Bill Sheppard]
The Gene Chandler situation	Gene Chandler	10.1970	-	178[9]	Mercury 61 304	[produced by Gene Chandler]
Gene & Jerry-One & One	Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler	03.1971	-	143[5]	Mercury 61 330	[produced by Gene Chandler,Jerry Butler]
Get down	Gene Chandler	11.1978	-	47[20]	Chi-Sound 578	[produced by Carl Davis]
When you're #1	Gene Chandler	08.1979	-	153[3]	20th Century 598	[produced by Carl Davis]
Gene Chandler '80	Gene Chandler	06.1980	-	87[18]	20th Century 605	[produced by Carl Davis, Gene Chandler]