THE NEWBEATS
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Their mother taught brothers Dean and Mark Mathis the guitar as children, and they soon mastered other musical instruments - piano, bass guitar and drums. They both played in the band at Bremen High School, Georgia and decided on a career in the music industry upon leaving education. Dean joined Paul Howard's Western Swing Band in 1956 as pianist, then joined Dale Hawkins' band where his brother enrolled playing bass. They then started their own eight piece band and played in their hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. It was here that they met Larry Henley who auditioned for the band. After about eighteen months they jointly made a demo of a song entitled "Bread and Butter", sent it to Hickory Records and were asked to formally record the track. "Bread and Butter" was the group's first hit. Written by Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow, the record reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies in the U.S. Three more singles followed in 1964 and 1965. Brief stints at Buddha and Playboy followed before the Newbeats dissolved in 1974. Several of the Groups singles were rediscovered by the Northern Soul movement in the early 1970s. Henley is probably now best known as the co-songwriter of "Wind Beneath My Wings". The Newbeats' track "Bread and Butter", features on the soundtrack to the 1998 comedy-drama film, Simon Birch; and was used for an advertisement campaign for Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread. It was also featured in the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
MEMBERS:
Larry Henley - Lead Singer
Dean Mathis - Piano, Guitar
Mark Mathis - Bass
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France
Hickory EP 6095
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Germany
Hickory DL 20 930
Value: 15 €
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Holland
Hickory NG 568
Value: 10 €
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Germany
Hickory DL 23 002
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