Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Singles. His recording has also been named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Albums. In 2001, his recording of "Kansas City" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. He succumbed to a stroke on December 23, 1994 (age 48). Wilbert Harrison died in 1994 in a Spencer, North Carolina nursing home at the age of 65. Carollo and Dennison faded into the category of "Where are they now?", but Hamilton continued writing songs with his wife, Ann, throughout the eighties. He toured for many years with a band known as "Wilbert Harrison and The Roamers" as well as a solo act.

A few minor singles followed (including "Winners and Losers"), but in 1976, the trio disbanded and went their separate ways. In 1970, he had some success with "My Heart Is Yours". The next year, the band decided to take a chance and changed their group name to Hamilton, Joe Frank & Dennison. After this success, Harrison continued to perform and record but it would be another ten years before he recorded "Let's Work Together" that made it on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1975, they had their first US Top 40 hit in four years - a soft-rock ballad called "Fallin' in Love"; this song proved to be even bigger than their last Top 40 hit, reaching US #1, and became their first (and only) song to chart in the UK; it also gave them their second gold record. The song was written in 1951 and was one of the first collaborations by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Soon, they left Dunhill and signed with Playboy Records in the mid-seventies. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Harrison had a Billboard No.1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City".

The trio continued to record and perform with very little success. Wilbert Harrison (born January 5, 1929 – died October 26, 1994) was an American singer. Although the remaining two members found a replacement in Alan Dennison, they did not even change their group name! It is believed that the members thought it would be foolish to jeopardize the small recognition that the struggling band had had. In 1973, Reynolds left the band to join another band called Shango. A series of follow-up singles proved to be unsuccessful.

In 1971, their first two singles "Annabella" and "Daisy Mae" were minor hits, but their third single "Don't Pull Your Love (Out)" was an instant smash climbing up to US #4 and going gold. The band signed with Dunhill Records in 1970. Inspired by the AM rock music of Three Dog Night, the three men quit their jobs as studio musicians at the turn of the decade to form their own band. They recorded with the T-Bones from 1964 to 1966.

They met when they took part in a studio instrumental group called the T-Bones. Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, and Tommy Reynolds began their careers as session musicians. Members were guitarist Dan Hamilton, bassist Joe Frank Carollo, and drummer Tommy Reynolds. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds was an AM soft rock trio from Los Angeles.

1976: "Winners and Losers". 1976: "Everyday Without You". 1976: "Don't Fight the Hands (that Need You)" (US #72). 1975: "Fallin' in Love" (US #1, UK #33).

1971: "Don't Pull Your Love" (US #4). 1971: "Daisy Mae" (US #41). 1971: "Annabella" (US #46). 1976: Love & Conversation.

1975: Fallin' in Love (US #82). 1972: Hallway Symphony (US #191). 1971: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (US #59).