TROY SHONDELL - The Many Sides Of (Everest 5206) USA 1961 mono LP
vinyl: VG+ (plays great) | cover: VG++ (small corner bump bottum left, clean)

Rock and roll, swamp rock
Troy Shondell (born Gary Shelton, from Indiana) is an American vocalist, who achieved a modicum of fame and recognition in the early 1960s. He became a transatlantic one-hit wonder, by releasing a single that made the record charts in both the US and the UK. The song, "This Time" sold over one million records, earning gold disc status.
In April 1961, he recorded "This Time". The record was released on the tiny Gaye label and picked up by the small Los Angeles Goldcrest label, selling ten thousand copies during the first week. Six weeks after being released, Shondell flew to Los Angeles and signed with Liberty Records. The track reached no. 22 in the UK Singles Chart.

After this Shondell quietly slipped away from the music industry the following year, despite his third single "Na-Ne-No", being produced by Phil Spector. However, in 1963, The Ides of March originally named themselves The Shon-dells, also in tribute to Troy. Shondell became a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music in Nashville, Tennessee. Shondell was appointed as Assistant Regional Director for ASCAP's Southern Regional Office in Nashville.