PUCKETT, GARY SHEET MUSIC SIGNED AUTOGRAPH UNION GAP LADY WILLPOWER 1968

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Description: THIS IS AN AUTHENTICALLY AUTOGRAPHED SHEET MUSIC BY GARY PUCKETT.. GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP-LADY WILLPOWER-WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY JERRY FULLER-RELEASED IN 1968-ORIGINALLY SOLD FOR 85 CENTS-PHOTO COVER IS SIGNED BY GARY PUCKETT-CONDITION OF THE SHEET MUSIC AND AUTOGRAPH IS VERY GOOD. Gary Puckett (born 17 October 1942, Hibbing, Minnesota, the same town where Bob Dylan was raised) grew up in Yakima, Washington (adjacent to the city of Union Gap) and Twin Falls, Idaho, graduating from Twin Falls High School. Puckett formed the band in San Diego, California in 1967, and they were quickly signed by Columbia Records. Their first hit was the 1967 single "Woman, Woman" (written by Jim Glaser & Jimmy Payne) reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100), which was followed during the next two years by "Young Girl" (#2), "Lady Willpower" (#2), "Over You" (#7), "Don't Give In To Him" (#15), and "This Girl Is A Woman Now" (#9). Although the band never had a #1 record in the United States, "Young Girl" reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Controversial at the time, it tells the tale of a man trying to resist seduction by an underage girl who has "all the charms of a woman". Dramatically delivered in Puckett's trademark rich tenor and with a memorable strings and brass arrangement, the song was an instant classic and is still much played on radio today. In addition to lead singer Puckett, the original members of The Union Gap included Dwight Bement (keyboards and saxophones), Kerry Chater (electric bass and rhythm guitar), Paul Wheatbread (drums), and Gary "Mutha" Withem (woodwinds and keyboards). Puckett's powerful voice, and the skills of producer/songwriter Jerry Fuller, made this band one of the most familiar sounds on the radio during this period. In addition, many of their songs were loosely linked by a common theme of female empowerment, which was unusual for the era and genre. Another characteristic of The Union Gap that distinguishes it from its contemporaries was the band's (at the time) risqu lyrics. One of the band's gimmicks was that the members often performed dressed in Civil War era Union Army uniforms.

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