The Newbeats

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The Newbeats were a popular music vocal trio, best known for their 1964 hit, "Bread and Butter", which was released on the Hickory Records label.

The group's members were Larry Henley (born Lawrence Henley, 30 June 1941[1], Arp, Texas); and the brothers Dean (born 17 March 1939, Hahira, Georgia) and Mark Mathis (born 9 February 1942, Hahira).

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"Bread and Butter" was the group's first hit. Written by Bob Finnigan, Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow, the 12-bar blues reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies in the U.S. [1] Three more singles followed in 1964 and 1965, but they had no further hits before disbanding in 1974. Henley is probably now best known as the co-songwriter of "Wind Beneath My Wings". In 2002, Bruce Channel and Ricky Ray Hector recorded a project with Larry Henley, billed as Original Copy.[2]

The Newbeats' track "Bread and Butter", features on the soundtrack to the 1998 comedy-drama film, Simon Birch and was used for an ad campaign for Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread.

[edit] Hits

  • "Bread and Butter" - #2 U.S.; #15 UK
  • "Everything's Alright" - #16 U.S.
  • "Break Away (From That Boy)" - #40 U.S.
  • "Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" - #12 U.S.; #10 UK

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 393. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.