Artist description Style ranges from Big Band treatments of American classics to personal, self-penned lounge-folk and 50's/60's pop.

Music Style Lounge, 60's pop

Musical Influences Sinatra, Darin, Bennet, Beatles

Similar Artists Nothing compares, nothing comes close

Artist History Carr, whose singing career spans fifty years, began as a regular guest on the Jack Benny radio program. He became a singing sensation with his self-penned 1953 hit 'You Are My Angel'. He later sang with the Jefferson Airplane, and was an intimate of Elton John, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. He also had well-publicized, bizarre encounters with Frank Sinatra and Ed Sullivan. During the 1960's, Carr became renowned for his drug-dependent lifestyle, to the point where Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, commented, "He's a dark, frightening man, and he scared me into temporary sobriety." With the recent launch of a website dedicated to his career (www.dustycarr.com), Dusty Carr is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, especially among the campus crowd. Carr commented, "People who attend college tend to be smart, so it comes as no surprise to me that it's smart people who like me the most. A pinhead can not appreciate talent."

Group Members Always changing - but The Voice remains

Instruments Everything

Albums See http://www.dustycarr.com/rev.htm

Press Reviews Reviews 1953 Let's Have A Good Time! (Silly Sally Records SSR 231A) Excerpt from The New York Times, 'What is Pop?' by Neil Holmes, December 8, 1953 "… which brings us to the latest release from Silly Sally Records (so firmly established as true connoisseurs of chronically lowbrow fair) who appear eager to follow their regular muse and garner the attention of the sophomore crowd. Let's Have A Good Time! is the optimistically titled debut of Dusty Carr, a teenager known to many for his execrable 'performances' on The Milton Berle Show. The 'hit' from the LP, that is, the song that has received the most unwarranted attention, is You Are My Angel, which consists of a terribly ordinary melody superimposed on garish lyrics (and here I truly abuse the word 'lyrics' - with apologies to Mr. Ira Gershwin, et. al.). I shall not attempt to condemn that which will rightfully die…" 1954 Let's Have A Really Good Time! (Silly Sally Records SSR 246A) Excerpt from Time Magazine, 'Looking at Love in Music', by Derby Waits, August 14, 1954 "It is the overanxious obviousness of today's youth-oriented music that is truly distressing. Where Sinatra may imply through nuance and phrasing, performers such as Dusty Carr bludgeon with military directness. When Carr shouts, "Let's have a really good time!" it sounds like an imperative, not an invitation. The song, "Thinkin' 'Bout Somethin' Stupid", replete with corrupt syntax, must be autobiographical."

Location Ottawa, Nevada - USA

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