The Royal Guardsmen
The Royal Guardsmen from Ocala, FL -- Bill Balough (bass), John Burdette (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar) -- enjoyed their brief reign of pop fame in 1966-1968 by recording a series of songs taking off from the Peanuts cartoon character Snoopy and his fantasy about aerial dog fighting with German World War I flying ace Baron Von Richthofen. The million-selling "Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron" was the first and most successful of these novelty records in the fall of 1966, and its follow-up, "The Return of the Red Baron," also made the Top 40.
"Snoopy's Christmas" topped the seasonal charts at the end of 1967. After a few non-Snoopy singles were less successful, the Guardsmen released "Snoopy for President" in the summer of 1968, but the fad was over. The group scored a final Top 40 hit with its two-year-old, reissued debut single, "Baby Let's Wait," in the winter of 1968-1969. The original group split in 1969; a version with some replacement members continued for another year.
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Diskografie
10 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Snoopy And His Friends The Royal Guardsmen
Rock - Erschienen bei Capitol Records am 01.01.1967
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Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
Rock - Erschienen bei Capitol Records am 01.01.1966
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Snoopy's Christmas & It Kind Looks Like Christmas
Weihnachtsmusik - Erschienen bei Capitol Records am 01.01.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best Of The Royal Guardsmen
Rock - Erschienen bei CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) am 01.01.1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Return Of The Red Baron
Pop - Erschienen bei Capitol Records am 01.07.1967
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Snoopy For President
Pop - Erschienen bei Capitol Records am 01.07.1968
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Snoopy VS. Osama
Rock - Erschienen bei Barry Winslow am 01.01.2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Snoopy's Adventures - 20 Hits Of The Royal Guardsmen
Lounge - Erschienen bei The Music Factory am 21.09.2023
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Alive and Well
Country - Erschienen bei Star Creek Records am 05.04.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo