| 词条 | Gayle McCormick |
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| name = | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|11|26}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|3|01|1948|11|26}} | death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | instrument = Vocals | genre = Rock, blues | years_active = 1965–1976 | associated_acts = Smith }}Gayle McCormick (November 26, 1948 – March 1, 2016) was an American singer, best known for her work with the rock band Smith. She attended Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri near St. Louis and sang high soprano with the Suburb Choir, a 150-voice unit that performed annually with the St. Louis Symphony.[1] Her recording and performing career stretched from 1965-76. McCormick started her career singing songs by Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and Tina Turner before joining Smith.[2] The KlassmenIn 1967, she was the lead singer in a band called Steve Cummings and The Klassmen.[3]The band released a single in 1967 called "Without You" which had success in Missouri, and a second and final single in 1968 called "Wonderous Time". SmithIn 1969 Smith was formed in Los Angeles, their first album entitled A Group Called Smith, featured McCormick as the primary vocalist. Smith mainly played and recorded covers of pop and soul songs and made the top five with a remake of "Baby It's You",[4] charting higher than the previous hit version by The Shirelles. Smith's version was also featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof, part of the Grindhouse double feature. SoloAfter the group disbanded, McCormick went on to record three solo albums. Gayle McCormick was released on ABC Dunhill in 1971. The following album, Flesh & Blood on Decca/MCA at Bolic Sound Studios in 1972[5] and One More Hour on Fantasy in 1974. In the fall of 1971, her performance of "It's A Cryin' Shame" charted at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a Top Ten hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1973 Gayle married and relocated to Hawaii.[6][7] McCormick recorded the tracks "Coming In Out of the Rain" and "Simon Said" for a 1975 single on the Shady Brook label; it scraped the lower reaches of the Adult Contemporary chart that fall. McCormick also contributed backing vocals to Jimmy Rabbitt and Renegade's Waylon Jennings-produced 1976 self-titled Capitol LP from which the single "Ladies Love Outlaws" was drawn.[8] DeathIn 2015, McCormick was hospitalized for pneumonia and during the treatment it was discovered that she had cancer which had metastasized from a tumor in a lung to the rest of her body. McCormick died of cancer March 1, 2016 in suburban St. Louis. She was 67 years old.[9][10] References1. ^Jancik, Wayne, "The Billboard book of one-hit wonders", Billboard Books, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0823076222}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McCormick, Gayle}}2. ^{{cite book |last1=Leitheiser |first1=Kevin |title=In Conversation With Gayle McCormick |date=December 1982 |publisher=Goldmine Magazine |page=7 |edition=79}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/6898257/gayle-mccormick-dies-smith-singer-dead|title=Gayle McCormick, Singer Behind Smith's 'Baby It's You,' Dies at 67|website=Billboard.com|accessdate=October 14, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p41602/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Smith|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=April 7, 2010}} 5. ^{{cite book |last1=Leitheiser |first1=Kevin |title=In Conversation With Gayle McCormick |date=December 1982 |publisher=Goldmine Magazine |page=7 |edition=79}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jonnieking.net/gpage28.html|title=The Gayle Mccormick Tribute|website=Jonnieking.net|accessdate=March 7, 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/gayle-mccormick-biography/|title=Gayle McCormick|author=Strong, MC|website=The Great Rock Bible|date=March 2016}} 8. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Rabbitt-And-Renegade-Jimmy-Rabbitt-And-Renegade/release/2811057 Jimmy Rabbitt And Renegade, Capitol Records ST-11491] 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/gayle-mccormick-lead-singer-of-the-band-smith-dies-at-67/ar-BBqm0CG?ocid=spartandhp |title=Gayle McCormick, lead singer of the band Smith, dies at 67 |website=Msn.com |date=November 1, 1969 |accessdate=March 7, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023858/http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/gayle-mccormick-lead-singer-of-the-band-smith-dies-at-67/ar-BBqm0CG?ocid=spartandhp |archivedate=March 7, 2016 |df= }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jonnieking.net|title=WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL JONNIE KING WEBSITE!|last1=King|first1=Jonnie|website=Jonnieking.net|accessdate=June 11, 2015}} 9 : 1948 births|2016 deaths|American sopranos|American female rock singers|Musicians from St. Louis|Dunhill Records artists|Deaths from lung cancer|Deaths from cancer in Missouri|Singers from Missouri |
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