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Presenting the New Christy Minstrels. Presenting the New Christy Minstrels, also known as Exciting New Folk Chorus, [nb 1] is the debut studio album by the acoustic American folk music group the New Christy Minstrels. It was recorded in mid-April 1962 and released by Columbia Records in October 1962. [3]
- Jim Harbert
- October 1962
- April 1962
- Folk
The New Christy Minstrels are owned and administered by the New Christy Minstrels Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to preserving the group's music. [38] In 2009, a Golden Palm Star on the Walk of Stars was dedicated to Sparks and the New Christy Minstrels.
Accolades to The New Christy Minstrels came early and often. In addition to ranking singles on the pop charts in the early-to-mid 1960s (“Green Green,” “Today,” “Denver,” “This Land is Your Land”), and record sales in the millions, the debut album, Presenting: The New Christy Minstrels, won a Grammy Award in 1963.
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Since the group's founding in 1961, more than 300 musicians have performed as members of The New Christy Minstrels. At the height of their success from 1962-1964, the group's most consistent lineup included founder Randy Sparks with Barry McGuire, Nick Woods, Art Podell, Larry Ramos, Barry Kane, Clarence Treat, Jackie Miller, Gayle Caldwell, and Dolan Ellis, with Ann White, Karen Gunderson ...
Presenting the New Christy Minstrels, also known as Exciting New Folk Chorus, is the debut studio album by the acoustic American folk music group the New Christy Minstrels. It was recorded in mid-April 1962 and released by Columbia Records in October 1962.
Grammy Award-winning ensemble folk group The New Christy Minstrels bring you the best folk music of the 1960s with their hits "This Land Is Your Land," "Green Green," "Today" by Randy Sparks, and "We Need a Little Christmas," launching the careers of Barry McGuire, Kenny Rogers, and many more.
The group's 1962 debut album, Presenting the New Christy Minstrels, won a Grammy Award and remained on the Billboard 200 albums chart for two years. The group sold millions of records, was in demand at concerts and on television shows and helped launch the musical careers of several musicians, including Kenny Rogers, Gene Clark, Kim Carnes ...
