Artist's albums
The Essential John Gary
2001 · album
The Very Best Of John Gary
1997 · compilation
John Gary Sings Cole Porter
1994 · album
New Singing Sensation
2009 · album
Sings Especially for You
1967 · album
Spanish Moonlight
1967 · album
John Gary On Broadway
1967 · album
That Warm and Tender Glow
1968 · album
Sings/Swings
1968 · album
That's the Way It Was
1969 · album
Holding Your Mind
1968 · album
Love of a Gentle Woman
1969 · album
The John Gary Christmas Album
1963 · album
Catch a Rising Star
1963 · album
So Tenderly
1964 · album
Encore
1964 · album
A Little Bit Of Heaven
1965 · album
A Little Bit Of Heaven
1965 · album
Sings Your All-Time Favorite Songs
1965 · album
The Nearness of You
1965 · album
A Heart Filled with Song
1966 · album
Choice
1966 · album
The One and Only
1966 · album
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Biography
A pleasing vocalist with a warm delivery reminiscent of Andy Williams or Tony Bennett, John Gary unfortunately came along just at the beginning of the British Invasion and never managed to make much of an impression on the adult vocal audience. Born in 1932 in Watertown, New York, he was a singer on Don McNeill's radio show Breakfast Club before signing a contract with RCA Records in 1962. Though only one single charted on the U.S. pop charts -- the Top 100 "Soon I'll Wed My Love" in 1964 -- John Gary did reach the Top 20 with mid-'60s LPs such as The Nearness of You, Encore, and A Little Bit of Heaven, and fared even better on the easy listening charts (with albums including the number one Cold) and Cash Box, where Gary albums hit the Top Ten twice. He also covered a wide repertoire for the time, from show tunes to country hits and romantic ballads -- though, remarkably, very few of the novelty pop songs which dragged down fellow vocalists. Gary died January 4, 1998. ~ John Bush, Rovi