The Shacklefords

The Shacklefords were a short-lived folk-pop act led by two from the more interesting figures in the L.A. music picture from the 1960s — Lee Hazlewood, the idiosyncratic vocalist, songwriter, and manufacturer most widely known for his collaborations with Nancy Sinatra, and Marty Cooper, who was simply a songwriter and manufacturer worked with famous brands Bobby Time, Brian Hyland, Tommy Roe, Bobby Bare, the Marathons, and Chubby Checker. The Shacklefords’ tale starts in the middle-’40s, when Lee Hazlewood was a high-school mature in Huntsville, TX; he started dating a fellow pupil, Naomi Shackleford, and both fell in like. Over time in university, Hazlewood became a member of the Military, but he and Shackleford remained jointly, and after he finished his hitch in the assistance, Lee and Naomi had been wedded in 1953. Hazlewood was known as up for additional service through the Korean Battle, and he arrived an assignment being a disk jockey for MILITARY Radio in Japan and Korea. Hazlewood pursued a profession in radio after time for america, which got him to Az, where he shortly produced a name for himself being a songwriter and manufacturer, cutting effective singles with Sanford Clark and Duane Eddy. By 1963, Hazlewood got relocated to LA, and after launching his first single record he teamed up with Marty Cooper, a previous pop vocalist who’d have scored some hits being a songwriter and manufacturer. Hazlewood and Cooper made a decision to come up with a vocal group in the design of the favorite folk works of your day, like the Kingston Trio as well as the Limelighters; Shackleford’s maiden name was selected as the combo’s moniker. Later on that 12 months, Mercury Information released the group’s 1st recording, Until You’ve Noticed the Shacklefords, You Ain’t Noticed Nothin’ However, which presented Gracia Nitzsche (after that wife of mentioned arranger and maker Jack port Nitzsche), Albert Rock, Cooper, and Hazlewood, followed by such L.A. program heavyweights as Hal Blaine and Wayne Burton. The recording wasn’t successful, however in 1966 the Shacklefords had been resurrected for another LP, The Shacklefords Sing, released by Capitol Information, which didn’t fare much better available on the market compared to the debut. Between 1966 and 1968, the Shacklefords released three singles on Lee Hazlewood’s LHI Information label, but by this time around Hazlewood was occupied with his single profession and his use Nancy Sinatra, as well as the Shacklefords had been never noticed from once again. In 2008, the English Rev-Ola label reissued The Shacklefords Sing on Compact disc, as the rest of their catalog continues to be out of printing.