Clint Ballard Jr.
Clint Ballard Jr. | |
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Birth name | Clinton Conger Ballard Jr. |
Also known as | Buddy Clinton |
Born | El Paso, Texas, U.S. | May 24, 1931
Died | December 23, 2008 Denton, Texas, U.S. | (aged 77)
Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
Years active | 1960s–1970s |
Clinton Conger Ballard Jr. (May 24, 1931 – December 23, 2008) was an American
Ballard also pursued a solo singing career. With minor success he recorded under his own name, as well as under the pseudonym Buddy Clinton.
Biography
When Ballard was three years old, he played the piano for
Earlier in his career in 1957, Ballard 'discovered' the
Ballard's own recording career was less successful. In addition to recording several singles under his own name without much success, in 1960 he adopted the alias Buddy Clinton to cut a two-sided single featuring the songs "Take Me to Your Ladder (I'll See Your Leader Later)" and "Joanie's Forever", both co-written by then-unknown composer Burt Bacharach with his writing partner Bob Hilliard.
Ballard wrote one of his most successful songs in 1963, "You're No Good", which was first recorded by Dee Dee Warwick. A competing version recorded by Betty Everett appeared weeks later and was a bigger hit, reaching the Top Ten of the US Billboard R&B chart. A year later, the British group The Swinging Blue Jeans also recorded "You're No Good". Linda Ronstadt's version hit number one on the Billboard chart in 1975.
Ballard's songs were often recorded by artists of the
Ballard later wrote songs for the Ricky Nelson film, Love and Kisses. He also wrote a series of commercial jingles, including a theme for Greyhound Lines.
He died in Denton, Texas, in December 2008, two years after suffering a stroke.[7][8]
He is not to be confused with fellow songwriters Russ Ballard, Glen Ballard or Hank Ballard.
Songwriting credits
- "A Cold, Cold Winter" – Walter Jackson
- "A Miracle" – Gene McDaniels
- "A Very Good Year for Girls" – Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
- "Come Back Little Sheba" – Original cast of Little Sheba
- "Come Out Dancin'" – Ricky Nelson
- "Don't You Even Care (What's Gonna Happen to Me) – The Hollies
- "Fiddle Around" – Jan and Dean
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- "Ginger Bread" – Frankie Avalon
- "Good Timin'" – Jimmy Jones
- "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself" – Michael Haslam, Dee Dee Warwick, The Zombies
- "Hey Lulu" – Shane Fenton
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- "In The Rain" – Billy Eckstine
- "In A Long White Room" (lyrics by Marty Charnin) (Nancy Wilson on 1969 Capitol album Nancy)[9]
- "It Isn't There" – The Swinging Blue Jeans, Johnny Burnette, George Maharis
- "It's Better Than Nothing At All" – Louis Prima
- "It's Just a Little Bit Too Late" – Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders, The Druids
- "It Would Still Be Worth It" – Connie Francis
- "Je Revis" – Frank Alamo
- "Journey's End" – Frankie Laine
- "The Ladder of Love" - The Flamingos, Johnny Nash
- "Little Bitty Girl" – Bobby Rydell
- "My Precious Angel" – Jimmy Jones
- "Now That You've Got Me (You Don't Seem to Want Me)" – The Swinging Blue Jeans
- "Oh No!" – The Browns
- "One of Us (Will Weep Tonight)" – Patti Page
- "She Needs Love" – Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders
- "Speak Her Name" – David and Jonathan, Walter Jackson
- "Stop Crying, Little Girl" – Arthur Prysock
- "Sufferer" – Patti Drew
- "There's Not a Minute" – Ricky Nelson
- "You Ain't Right" – The Frost
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References
- ^ ""Game of Love" at Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 1965.
- ^ ""You're No Good" at Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 1975.
- ^ El Paso Songwriter Clint Ballard Jr. Dies at Age 77, El Paso Times, December 31, 2008
- ^ Obituary: Clinton Conger Ballard Jr., Denton Record-Chronicle, December 28, 2008
- ^ Douglas Martin, Clint Ballard Jr., Writer of Hit Songs, Dies at 77, The New York Times, January 19, 2009
- ^ "Hal Kalin obituary by Alan Clayson". London: Guardian.co.uk. September 27, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
- ^ "About Clint Ballard, Jr". Beardogpublishing.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ "BALLARD, CONGER C., JR. [CLINT] | The Handbook of Texas Online". Tshaonline.org. May 12, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- ^ Credits & sleeve notes by Devra Hall to 2007 Capitol compilation The Very Best of Nancy Wilson : The Capitol Recordings 1960-1976
- ^ "Clint Ballard Jr. songwriting credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2008.