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Eugene Church (January 22, 1938 – April 3, 1993)
[1] was an American
R&B
singer and songwriter.
Church was born in
St. Louis ,
Missouri .
[1] In the 1950s, he collaborated with
Jesse Belvin releasing
singles on
Modern Records as The Cliques . Their 1956 single, "The Girl in My Dreams" b/w "I Wanna Know Why", peaked at #45 on the
Billboard Hot 100 .
[2]
Late in the 1950s, he released four singles of his own, as Eugene Church & the Fellows. The first two were
U.S.
hits : "
Pretty Girls Everywhere " went No. 6 R&B, No. 36
Pop , and "Miami" hit No. 14 R&B and No. 67 Pop.
[3] They were followed by "Good News" and "Mind Your Own Business", neither of which charted. Church later pursued a career in
gospel music in
Dallas ,
Texas , and returned to
secular music in the 1990s in
doo-wop revues.
[4]
Church died from
cancer in
Los Angeles ,
California in April 1993, at age 55.
[1]
Discography
Modern Records 987 - '"Girl of My Dreams" / "I Wanna Know Why" 1956
Modern Records 995 - "I'm in Love (With a Girl)" / "My Desire" 1956
Specialty Records 604 - "Open Up Your Heart" / "How Long" 1957
Contender Records - "It's True" (with The Hollywood Saxons) 1958
Knight Records 2012 - "Deacon Dan Tucker" / "Little Darling" 1958
Class Records 235 - "
Pretty Girls Everywhere " / "For the Rest of My Life" 1958
Class Records 254 - "Miami" / "I Ain't Goin' For That" 1959
Class Records 261 - "Jack of All Trades" / "Without Soul" 1959
Class Records 266 - "The Struttin' Kind" / "That's What's Happnin'" 1960
Rendezvous 132 - "Good News" / "Polly" 1960
King Records 5545 - "Mind Your Own Business" / "You Got the Right Idea" 1961
King Records 5589 - "That's All I Want" / "Geneva" 1962
King Records 5610 - "Light of the Moon" / "I'm Your Taboo Man" 1962
King Records 5659 - "The Right Girl, the Right Time" / "Pretty Baby Won't You Come on Home" 1962
King Records 5715 - "Time Has Brought About a Change" / "
Sixteen Tons " 1963
References
International National Artists