Cymarron

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Cymarron was an American soft rock band from the 1970s, most famous for their song "Rings", a number 17 hit in 1971.[1] The recording went to No. 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number 66 in Australia.[2] "Rings" was also the first single release on Columbia's Entrance label. Cymarron was composed of Rick Yancey, Sherrill Parks, and Richard Mainegra.[3] They named their group after Cimarron Strip - a short-lived TV western from 1967.[3]

The band's only top 20 hit, "Rings" was written by outside songwriters Eddie Reeves and Alex Harvey, and produced by Chips Moman.[3] Moman had earlier hired Yancey as a studio musician. Yancey wrote the flip-side of their popular single, the song "Like Children". The song "Rings" was subsequently covered by both Lobo and Reuben Howell in 1974.[4] The song was also recorded in 1983 by Leo Kottke for his album, Time Step. Cymarron achieved little other success, despite releasing another album and several other singles.[3]

In 1991, Yancey and Mainegra joined Jimmy Griffin in forming the country music band The Remingtons.[5] Yancey and Griffin also performed together as GYC until Griffin's death in 2005.[6]

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  1. ^ "HOT 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1971-08-14. p. 56. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 80. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 611. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  4. ^ "Cymarron - Songs". Allbutforgottenoldies.net. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ Jones, Roben (2010-11-12). Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios. ISBN 9781604734027.
  6. ^ "Music". Drewreid.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

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