(1938-12-14)December 14, 1938 Los Angeles, California, United States
Died
May 25, 1990(1990-05-25) (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Rock and roll, surf music
Occupation(s)
Songwriter, record producer
Years active
1960s–1990
Labels
Capitol, Columbia, Together, Lan-Cet
Website
www.garyusher.com
Musical artist
Gary Lee Usher (December 14, 1938 – May 25, 1990)[1] was an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer, who worked with numerous California acts in the 1960s, including the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and Dick Dale. Usher also produced fictitious surf groups or hot rod groups, mixing studio session musicians with his own troops (Chuck Girard, Dick Burns and others). These bands included the Super Stocks (with the hot-rod song "Midnight Run"); the Kickstands;[2] the Hondells with their No. 9 US pop single "Little Honda"; and others.
^David N. Howard, Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings, 2004, ISBN 147685209X: "Ever since Usher's early surf and hot rod days, he had been creating fictitious studio groups such as The Super Stocks and The Kickstands, imaginary bands to sate the hungry surf and hot rod record-buying audience."
Gary Lee Usher (December 14, 1938 – May 25, 1990) was an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer, who worked with numerous California acts...
the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. The Hondells were a band manufactured by GaryUsher, originally consisting of session musicians. Their hit song, "Little Honda...
Gary Dale Puckett (born October 17, 1942) is an American singer. He is best remembered for being the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, who...
mythology. Other proponents included songwriters and/or record producers GaryUsher, Curt Boettcher, Bruce Johnston, Terry Melcher, and Roger Christian. The...
engaged his former collaborator GaryUsher in writing songs and recording demos for his prospective solo album at Usher's studio. They recorded about a...
"In My Room" is a song written by Brian Wilson and GaryUsher for the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album Surfer Girl...
for A&M, the band chose to bring in producer GaryUsher to help guide them through the album sessions. Usher, who had a wealth of production experience...
hot rod movement beside Wilson, including songwriter-producer-musician GaryUsher and songwriter-disc jockey Roger Christian. Wilson then co-wrote "Surf...
vocals), were noticed by the A&R representative for Columbia Records, GaryUsher, while they were working in El Monte, California. Columbia signed the...
"Our Car Club"), and three individually co-authored with collaborators GaryUsher ("In My Room"), Roger Christian ("Little Deuce Coupe"), and Bob Norberg...
Hoover, who served as chief usher for 24 of his 42 years in the White House. The second-longest serving chief usher is Gary J. Walters, who spent 21 years...
Song Songwriter(s) Recorded Album Year "409" † Brian Wilson Mike Love GaryUsher 1962 Surfin' Safari 1962 "4th of July" Dennis Wilson 1971 Good Vibrations...
They were discovered on the amateur talent show circuit by producer GaryUsher, who featured Blake on his 1961 single "You’re the Girl"/"Driven Insane"...
instrumental breaks. Upon hearing the band's composition, record producer GaryUsher was convinced that he could rearrange "My World Fell Down" into a major...
group Bigshot, which was signed to Together records, the label set-up by GaryUsher and Boettcher in 1969. The others members of Bigshot included drummer...
their manager, Melcher was replaced as producer by Allen Stanton and then GaryUsher, although he would work with the Byrds again on their Ballad of Easy Rider...
2:12 "All Summer Long" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:05 "In My Room" (B. Wilson/Usher) – 2:13 Side B "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 2:18 "Help Me, Rhonda"...
by Landy in March 1990. She phoned GaryUsher to explain why his messages were not being returned, to which Usher warned: "If Landy knows that you're...
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