Bruce Channel, whose last name is pronounced like the perfume and fashion house, is a Texas-born rock and roller who caught the wave of celebrity in 1961 with a song he wrote as well as recorded, Hey! Baby. (Where, one wonders, would rock or blues music be today if deprived of the word "baby"?) This No.1 hit was recorded with the aid of a fine harmonica accompaniment by Delbert McClinton.
Channel and McClinton met the English rock group The Beatles before the young
Brits became known in America, and John Lennon reportedly asked if they could help him learn to play harmonica. Channel never repeated his success as a singer and instead has concentrated mainly on song writing for other performers. He lives in Nashville.
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