Gayle McCormick Album Covers

Gayle McCormick Album Covers

Best remembered as the singer on the scorching 1969 hit Baby It's You, Gayle attended Pattonville High School near St Louis when my father was the principal there. I've always been a fan of hers because of that. What a voice . . .

Comments

[bill feeney]

Gayles music was with me all during my time in Nam
My girlfriend Cathy Jackson sent the record to me in the mail. I was a medic in a dust off company and we all had good stereos from the PX. When the guys saw the cover with Gayle on it well you had to be there. We played and taped the hell out of the first 2 smith records. Hope she is well and happy as we are getting on Gayle and I are the same age ---cheers

[conner]

Can't someone get in touch with her in St. Louis and do a little update interview and post it here? Is she married, how's her mom? Is she still doing karaoke, why hasn't someone from a major publication done an update on her (The Enquirer could fashion a human interest story on her).

[scottina]

She recorded "I Just Wanna Make Love To You" with Smith in 1969 and in 1975 or so on "One More Hour" did "Why Can't I Just Make Love To You".

[smith fan]

And she did two different songs with the title "It's a Cryin' Shame"!!!!

[johnmac]

A Group Called Smith...that was a moment in time. The Hammond B3, Gayle on vocals, I can close my eyes and I am there again. This gal got me through some tough times overseas 70-72. She was one of the best right with Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, Tracy Nelso and Mother Earth moving the bay area.
I can put on the record, and I am there again. Seeing her eyes closed, head back that hair, that voice, everyone who saw her fell in love. Thank you Gayle, I hope you are well and happy. This is one guy who came back and kept a memory that had something happy in it. I hope if you ever read any of this stuff, that you realize that your music mattered. It really did make a difference in someones life.

[A. Torres]

Last i heard she was living in Homewood. Her mother (Ethel) was living in Maryland Heights (Galaxy Pl). Gayle is wonderfull. I Love her.

[johnmac]

just bought "A Group Called Smith" CD on ebay for $35. Guy who had it is from England. I presume he burned the CD but I will let you know as to quality.

[conner]

I wish she'd record again. Maybe she should contact former friend and label-mate Chuck Negron from 3 Dog Night. They'd sound good together on an r&b-tinged duet!

[david, northern ireland]

hi there, just a quick comment to say i've only got into smith (and gayle) in the last few months but the cd is avaliable on amazon.co.uk (and presumably amazon.com)...good luck in getting it, everyone is right about how great it is

[johnmac]

David, thanks for the information. I ordered a copy because the ebay one was a knockoff without all of the songs.

[MZ]

A bunch of us St. Louis area veteran rockers are putting together our "dream" band -- 9-piece classic rock/cover band with killer brass section, and WE WANT GAYLE MCCORMICK! We were playing out around here back when she was still with the Klassmen. GAYLE: IF YOU'RE OUT THERE ANYWHERE, PLEASE EMAIL ME!! When auditioning women singers we've played your "Baby It's You" for every one of them and said, "If you can sing this, like Gayle did, you're in this band; if not, forget it." So far, not surprisingly, no one matches up with you. We're going for the real thing now! Gayle, please respond! I'd bet my vintage '67 Rickenbacker you can still do it. MZ - michealz@sbcglobal.net. PLEASE!

[johnmac]

Follow up on CD from Amazon.com/UK.
This is a poor cd with only 10 of the original 15 tracks. Do not buy if you think it is the original.
Many of the tracks are miss labled and out of order and the recording quality is poor at best.

[johnmac]

Follow up on CD from Amazon.com/UK.
This is a poor cd with only 10 of the original 15 tracks. Do not buy if you think it is the original.
Many of the tracks are miss labled and out of order and the recording quality is poor at best.

[conner]

MZ - why don't you try contacting Gayle through her mom or send a letter to the above areas of St. Louis that people thought she was living in? She probably doesn't go on the internet. Or, without scaring her or stalking, go to Circuit City or Sears in that mall mentioned above and see if they know where she is? She told me on the phone she and her mom go on those gambling boat tour thingies. Is she licensed through Itunes? Her stuff is owned by Universal Music, I believe, who bought Dunhill Records.

[rambutan]

I just heard this woman for the first time, through Spectropop. Really like the song "Without You", which is probably different from the material you all are talking about. You can hear the power in her voice even from that song.

[conner]

"Without You" by Gayle McCormick? I thought I knew everything she recorded, but don't remember anything by that title. I would love someone to get in touch with her and post a pic of her. Imagine what she must look like today. The last pic anyone has seen is from the "One More Hour" sessions from mid-70s.

[Mike]

Song Baby its you on Time Life AM GOLD 1969

[Cindy M]

Hey...I had heard "Baby, It's You" on the radio over the July 4th weekend and remembered hearing that version years ago...I loved it then and love it now. I never knew who the group was until last week when I looked it up on the net and came across Smith and Gayle McCormick.

* I also just bought "A Band Called Smith" cd from someone in England via eBay...paid alot of $, but haven't listened to it yet. The way the auction was going, it seemed like it was "worth" alot of money. When I took it out of the packaging, it looked like they had just made album copies and printed a cover. It said it was "new and sealed", so I figured that meant it was new from 1995. NOT! I should have delved into it further, but I didn't know any better, actually.

* I would also like to purchase the actual 1995 cd with all 15 songs on it, if anyone knows where I could get one, as well.

Thanks...

[rambutan]

following up on conner's reply from 6/19: the song "Without You" is listed as being recorded by Gayle McCormick and the Klassmen in 1967. It's a locally released 45, so it's probably nowhere to be found except by collectors.

[conner]

Right...I have heard of that Klassmen single and it did turn up on eBay. There are probably not many of them around. I wish Gayle would do an interview with someone and let us know what's up with her. There's a tribute website to her, but she doesn't participate.

[conner]

Cindy M: you can find the 1995 Smith compilation CD on eBay. It's good, but doesn't have enough of their sophomore album (which is better, to my mind) "Minus Plus".

[frank]

Been in love with the song baby its you since i was i guess 10 or 11 years old, Gayles voice is awesome to say the least. I dont think i have ever even heard another one of her recordings, but hopefully will in the future. i think that Johnette Napolitono of Concrete Blonde has a similar voice as Gayles very strong and rememberable. its a shame that singers like the ones today get all the notice with not even close to the talent of a Gayle.thanks for the oppurtunity to voice my thoughts.

[karl]

I was fortunate enough to like the band and to purchase both of the first two Smith LP's - A Group Called Smith is great, but Minus-Plus was my favorite. I have looked for YEARS to find anything other than single version of Baby It's You on CD. From what I read here, it doesnt look very promising i will ever find either LP on CD. It is a real shame because i would much rather like having all the songs re-mastered, but I guess i have no choice except to rip them to my PC and burn my own CD.

[conner]

Keep checking on eBay. They occasionally have the SMITH CD compilation under Gayle McCormick. So search under her name. I also thought "Minus Plus" was superior, as it is all originals or obscure songs which aren't covers of hit songs, like on "A Group Called Smith."

[Camp]

The year 1965. I had a paper route and I was 12. Gayle's house was on that route. Occasionally she would answer the door to accept the Sunday edition from me. I remember standing on the porch admiring her as she would hand me the 25 cents. She isn't just a beautiful singer, but a beautiful person as well. She always had a beaming smile for this awkward adolescent.