Mae West: Roy Head

MAE WEST decided to record “Treat Her Right” for her LP “Way Out West” in 1966. Then a chart-busting hit, “Treat Her Right” had been written by Roy Head and Gene Kurtz during the previous year (in April 1965).
• • Roy Head [9 January 1941 — 21 September 2020] • •
• • Born on Thursday, 9 January 1941 in Three Rivers, Texas, Rocker Roy Head, who later forged a long career in country music, died Monday morning (Sept. 21, 2020) at age 79 — — and wrote a song that Mae West recorded.
• • Robert K Oermann wrote: Roy Head is best known for his 1965 pop/rock hit “Treat Her Right.”
• • Robert K Oermann wrote: Head recorded a few rockabilly tunes, then broke through with the R&B barn burner “Treat Her Right.” The single rose to the upper reaches of the charts, prevented from hitting No. 1 by The Beatles’ “Yesterday.”
• • Robert K Oermann wrote: The song became a big country hit for Barbara Mandrell in 1971. “Treat Her Right” was also covered by Mae West along with Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy “Crash” Craddock, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Robert Plant, Tom Jones, Otis Redding, George Thorogood, The Box Tops, Doug Sahm, Sandy Nelson, Joe Stampley and Los Straightjackets. ...
• • Robert K Oermann wrote: Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of fame in 2007.
• • Source: Music Row; published on Tuesday, 22 September 2020.
• • Wednesday, 9 October 1935 • •
• • Mae West was on the front cover of the Cornell Daily Sun on Wednesday, 9 October 1935.
• • "G-Men Get a 'Come Up' Glance When Investigating Threats to Mae" • •

• • Los Angeles, October 8, AP — G-men made a vain effort today to inquire into the latest real-life drama starring Mae West, nonchalant despite the assertedly harrowing experiences of receiving dire threats from extortionists and helping capture a suspect. ...
• • Source: Cornell Daily Sun, issue 15, cover price 3 cents; published on Wednesday, 9 October 1935.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood correspondent Mike Connolly wrote: Mae West is still wig-waggin Mickey Hargitay, erstwhile Top Banana in her muscleman lineup before Jayne Mansfield latched onto him (or did Mickey latch onto Jayne?)  Anyway, Mae wants the Mick to sign that release showing he's no longer under contract to her.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Let go of the things that can’t possibly matter to you, and you’ll always have room for the better things that come along.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Chinese daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West, American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s, was in serious condition at a Los Angeles hospital. The 87-year-old screen siren, whose entertainment career spanned seven decades, was believed to have suffered a blood clot.  ...
• • Source: South China Morning Post; published on Saturday, 13 September 1980
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,579th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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