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Roy Head | Associated Press
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Roy Kent Head was born in Three Rivers, Texas, on January 9, 1943. In 1955 he moved to San Marcos where he formed a group, The Traits, who first recorded in 1958 while they were still at school. Their hits on the Back Beat label were recorded at Gold Star Studios (later renamed SugarHill) in Houston. His son is Sundance Head. He is best known for the recording “Treat Her Right”, 1965, produced by Huey Meaux of Houston. Roy Head had a number of country record chart entries in the 1970s and 1980s.
Roy Head died in Porter, Texas on September 21, 2020.
Variety reports: “Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top paid tribute to Head as a “rock ’n’ soul phenomenon who had been one of our early and continuing inspirations. Roy will always be remembered for his music, his drive and the fact that, as he liked to put it, he was most happy when he was ‘a-wigglin’ and a-gigglin’.””
“Apple of My Eye” (US Back Beat 555,1965; UK Vocalion VP 9254, January 1966), Chart Position: US Pop No. 32 in 1965.
Variety: Obituary: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/roy-head-dead-treat-her-right-rocker-once-upon-time-hollywood-1234779102/
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