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Terry Shand

American pianist, drummer, vocalist and songwriter. Born: Uvalde, Texas (USA) October 1, 1904 Died: Houston, Texas (USA) November 11, 1977 He began playing piano in silent movies during the 1920's. He recorded for the Decca and Vocalion labels. He wrote numerous songs with [a=Jimmy Eaton]. 1921-1922 he played drums and toured with Peck Kelley. 1933 he sang and played piano with [a=Freddy Martin And His Orchestra]. 1938 he formed his own band playing hotels. He charted 23 times between 1932 and 1977 in the U.S. (and once in the U.K.). He had a #1 hit with "Cry, Baby, Cry" by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra in 1938 (co-written by [a826048]). He also had two #2 songs that same year in "I Double Dare You" by Russ Morgan and "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" by Billie Holiday (both also co-written by Eaton). In all, fourteen of his songs made it to the top 10. Fourteen of his charted songs he collaborated with Eaton on and six times with [a570721]. BMI lists 7 of his song titles, the majority of his titles are listed at ASCAP. • For the Electronic House/Dub vocalist, please use [b][a=Terry Shand (2)][/b]. • For the Executive Producer at [l=Eagle Rock Entertainment]/[l=Eagle Vision], please use [b][a=Terry Shand (3)][/b].