The Cryan' Shames

The Cryan' Shames
Not to be confused with The Cryin' Shames.

The Cryan' Shames is an American garage rock group from Hinsdale, Illinois. They originally formed as The Travelers, with founding members Tom Doody ("Toad"), Gerry Stone ("Stonehenge"), Dave Purple ("Grape") of The Prowlers, Denny Conroy and Jim Fairs from The Roosters, Jim Pilster ("J.C. Hooke", so named because he was born without a left hand and wore a hook), and Bill Hughes. In 1966, upon learning that another band already had the name The Travelers, they needed to find another name; J.C. Hooke remarked that their difficulty in doing so was "a cryan' shame," and thus named the band.[1]

After signing with Bob Monaco, the promotion manager for Destination Music, their first hit single was "If I Needed Someone", which was not released in the US (but included on their debut album). It was soon followed by "Sugar and Spice," a Tony Hatch song that was a hit in 1963 for the English group The Searchers. The Shames' version reached #49 in the USA (while reaching #4 on local radio WLS).

They signed to Columbia in 1966, and while they never were to become a national success, their singles and albums continued to sell well in the Chicago area.

The group disbanded in December 1969, but reunited again and continues to tour. Jim "J.C. Hooke" Pilster and Tom Doody (Toad) are the only remaining original members in the current lineup. Two members of The Cryan' Shames have since died: bassist Dave Purple in June 2001, and his replacement Isaac Guillory, on December 31, 2000.

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Discography

Singles

Year
Title
Label & number
Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 (BB)/Cashbox (CB)/WLS Radio Chicago (WLS)
1966 "Sugar and Spice"
B-side: "Ben Franklin's Almanac"
Destination 624
BB #49 / CB #52 / WLS #4
1966 "I Wanna Meet You"
B-side: "We Could Be Happy"
Columbia 43836
BB #85 / CB #65 / WLS #6
1967 "Mr. Unreliable"
B-side: "Georgia"
Columbia 44037
BB #127 / WLS #7
1967 "It Could Be We're in Love"
B-side: "I Was Lonely When"
Columbia 44191
BB #85 / CB #70 / WLS #1
1968 "Up on the Roof"
B-side: "The Sailing Ship"
Columbia 44457
BB #85 / CB #70 / WLS #10
1968 "Young Birds Fly"
B-side: "Sunshine Psalm"
Columbia 44545
BB #99 / CB #86 / WLS #15
1968 "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones"
B-side: "The Warm"
Columbia 44638
BB #115 / CB #73 / WLS #11
1969 "First Train To California"
B-side: "A Master's Fool"
Columbia 44759
1969 "Rainmaker"
B-side: "Bits and Pieces"
Columbia 45027

Albums

Year
Title
Label & number
Billboard & Cashbox chart positions
1967 Sugar And Spice Columbia CL 2589 (Mono) / CS 9389 (Stereo)
BB #192
1968 A Scratch In The Sky Columbia CL 2786 / CS 9586
BB #156 / CB #78
1969 Synthesis Columbia CS 9719
BB #184, CB #83

References

  1. ^ "The Cryan' Shames Biography". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/the-cryan-shames/bio/14071#/artist/the-cryan-shames/bio/14071. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 

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