Bruce Trivia: Got his start as a performer on the radio show "Louisiana Hayride".
Bruce Trivia: "Hey! Baby" went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 as well as to #2 on the R&B Chart and the U.K. singls chart, and was featured in the film "Dirty Dancing".
Bruce Trivia:Delbert McClinton played the harmonica part on "Hey! Baby", and inspired John Lennon's harmonica playing on "Love Me Do", the first Beatles single.
Bruce Trivia: He is a successful songwriter who has written successful singles like John Conlee's "As Long As I'm Rockin' With You" .
Bruce Trivia: His birth name was Bruce McMeans, born Nov. 28, 1940 in Jacksonville, Texas.
Bruce Trivia: In 1978, Bruce moved to Nashville and began writing songs for Nashville recording artists. Since then his successes as a writer include number one records for ...
... T.G. Shepherd on Party Time, Janie Fricke on Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby, John Conlee As Long As I’m Rockin’ With You, Anne Murray’s re-make of Hey! Baby, and Mel McDaniel’s smash, Stand Up.
Bruce Trivia: Although he is mostly remembered by the oldies music lovers as a "one-hit wonder" for his chart-topping hit "Hey! Baby" in 1962, ...
... Bruce Channel has actually placed six more charting singles throughout his career, including "Number One" (1962), "Come on Baby" (1962), "Somewhere in This Town" (1962), ...
... "Going Back to Louisiana" (1964), "Mr. Bus Driver" (1967) and "Keep On" (1968) (#12 UK).