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Biography
distinguish|The Cryin' ShamesRefimprove|date=December 2010'''The Cryan' Shames''' is an United States|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 (US band)|The Prowlers , Denny Conroy and Jim Fairs from The Roosters (US band)|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 The Travellers (band)|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.cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/artist/the-cryan-shames/bio/14071#/artist/the-cryan-shames/bio/14071|title=The Cryan' Shames Biography|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=30 November 2010
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 (song)|Sugar and Spice ," a Tony Hatch song that was a hit in 1963 for the English group The Searchers (band)|The Searchers . The Shames' version reached #49 in the USA (while reaching #4 on local radio WLS).
They signed to Columbia Records|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.
Discography
Singles
Year
Title
Label & number
Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100> Billboard Hot 100 (BB)/ Cashbox (CB)/ WLS Radio Chicago (WLS)
1966
Sugar and Spice (song)>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"
