SMITH
''A GROUP CALLED SMITH''
1969
50:01
1/Let's Get Together
Maurice Dollison / Chester Powers / Chick Webb/3:30
2/I Don't Believe (I Believe)
Jeffrey Thomas/3:40
3/Tell Him No
Rod Argent/3:24
4/Who Do You Love?
Bo Diddley / Ellas McDaniel/2:56
5/Baby It's You
Burt Bacharach / Hal David / Mack David / B. Williams / Barney Williams/3:25
6/The Last Time
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards/5:38
7/I Just Wanna Make Love to You
Willie Dixon / Kenny Lynch / Bob Wackett/2:37
8/Mojaleskey Ridge
Harvey Price / Joel Sill / Dan Walsh/2:31
9/Let's Spend the Night Together
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards/3:52
10/I'll Hold Out My Hand
Al Gorgoni / Chip Taylor/3:04
11/The Weight
Robbie Robertson/4:30
12/Take a Look Around
Jerry Carter / Rick Cliburn/2:25
13/What Am I Gonna Do?
Carole King / Toni Stern/2:53
14/Gonna Be Alright Now
Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter/2:47
15/It's a Cryin' Shame
Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter/2:49
Jerry Carter /Bass, Vocals
Rick Cliburn /Guitar, Vocals
Robert Evans /Drums
Jud Huss /Bass, Vocals
Larry Knechtel /Piano
Dennis Lambert /Producer
Gayle McCormick /Vocals
Larry Moss /Keyboards
Alan Parker /Guitar, Vocals
Brian Potter /Producer
Joel Sill /Producer
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Their debut album, featuring "Baby It's You." The CD reissue adds five significant bonus tracks: the singles "Take A Look Around" and "What Am I Gonna Do," Gayle McCormick's solo singles "Gonna Be Alright Now" and "It's A Cryin' Shame," and Smith's version of "The Weight.''
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Basically a mainstream pop/rock band with hard rock and soul-influenced arrangements, Smith hit the Top Ten in 1969 with their drastically revised cover of the Shirelles' "Baby It's You." Featuring three lead singers and a B-3 Hammond organ, their strongest asset was their most frequent vocalist, Gayle McCormick, an accomplished female blue-eyed soul belter. Most of their material consisted of covers of popular rock and R&B tunes, and they broke up after a couple of albums, though the singles "What Am I Gonna Do" (co-written by Carole King) and "Take a Look Around" made the middle of the charts. McCormick had a couple of small hits in 1971 and made a few albums in the early '70s as a soloist.
''A GROUP CALLED SMITH''
1969
50:01
1/Let's Get Together
Maurice Dollison / Chester Powers / Chick Webb/3:30
2/I Don't Believe (I Believe)
Jeffrey Thomas/3:40
3/Tell Him No
Rod Argent/3:24
4/Who Do You Love?
Bo Diddley / Ellas McDaniel/2:56
5/Baby It's You
Burt Bacharach / Hal David / Mack David / B. Williams / Barney Williams/3:25
6/The Last Time
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards/5:38
7/I Just Wanna Make Love to You
Willie Dixon / Kenny Lynch / Bob Wackett/2:37
8/Mojaleskey Ridge
Harvey Price / Joel Sill / Dan Walsh/2:31
9/Let's Spend the Night Together
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards/3:52
10/I'll Hold Out My Hand
Al Gorgoni / Chip Taylor/3:04
11/The Weight
Robbie Robertson/4:30
12/Take a Look Around
Jerry Carter / Rick Cliburn/2:25
13/What Am I Gonna Do?
Carole King / Toni Stern/2:53
14/Gonna Be Alright Now
Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter/2:47
15/It's a Cryin' Shame
Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter/2:49
Jerry Carter /Bass, Vocals
Rick Cliburn /Guitar, Vocals
Robert Evans /Drums
Jud Huss /Bass, Vocals
Larry Knechtel /Piano
Dennis Lambert /Producer
Gayle McCormick /Vocals
Larry Moss /Keyboards
Alan Parker /Guitar, Vocals
Brian Potter /Producer
Joel Sill /Producer
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger
Their debut album, featuring "Baby It's You." The CD reissue adds five significant bonus tracks: the singles "Take A Look Around" and "What Am I Gonna Do," Gayle McCormick's solo singles "Gonna Be Alright Now" and "It's A Cryin' Shame," and Smith's version of "The Weight.''
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Basically a mainstream pop/rock band with hard rock and soul-influenced arrangements, Smith hit the Top Ten in 1969 with their drastically revised cover of the Shirelles' "Baby It's You." Featuring three lead singers and a B-3 Hammond organ, their strongest asset was their most frequent vocalist, Gayle McCormick, an accomplished female blue-eyed soul belter. Most of their material consisted of covers of popular rock and R&B tunes, and they broke up after a couple of albums, though the singles "What Am I Gonna Do" (co-written by Carole King) and "Take a Look Around" made the middle of the charts. McCormick had a couple of small hits in 1971 and made a few albums in the early '70s as a soloist.
