Gary Sanford Paxton (born Larry Wayne Stevens; May 18, 1939 – July 16, 2016… Read Full Bio ↴Gary Sanford Paxton (born Larry Wayne Stevens; May 18, 1939 – July 16, 2016) was an American record producer, recording artist, and Grammy and Dove Award winning songwriter. Paxton was a member of Skip & Flip and The Hollywood Argyles and was the producer of two number one Billboard Hot 100 singles, "Alley Oop" for The Hollywood Argyles in 1960 and "Monster Mash" for Bobby "Boris" Pickett in 1962.
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Paxton was adopted at age three and raised in rural poverty on a farm. He endured a troubled childhood, molested at age seven and afflicted by spinal meningitis at eleven. His family moved to Arizona when he was twelve, and he started his first band by fourteen, playing country and rock 'n' roll. He spent his middle teenage years touring the American Southwest with this and other forgotten bands.
Early stardom came as "Flip" in the pop duo Skip & Flip (with Clyde "Skip" Battin), courtesy of a million-selling 1959 smash the two cut in Phoenix, Arizona, "It Was I". In what became a pattern in Paxton's early career, the song was recorded first and the group assembled second: after successfully shopping their demo to a label owner, Gary became "Flip" and Clyde became "Skip", after the man's pet poodles, a "group" put together just to have a name on the record. According to Paxton, he was up picking cherries on an Oregon farm when he heard the song on a transistor radio and realized it had become a hit. The duo made television appearances, toured with superstar deejay Alan "Moondog" Freed, and soon followed their success with another hit, "Cherry Pie". After this second chart appearance, the pair split up.
By 1960, Paxton was living in Hollywood, California and was involved in a number of projects, collaborating with others as a performer, writer, producer, label owner, and audio engineer. He played a major role in the making of two novelty hits in the early 1960s and worked with artists like The Association, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Four Freshmen, and Tommy Roe.
His work throughout this early-'60s period is scattered over various labels, mostly his own, which he seemed to open and close on a constant basis, making regular use of the five studios he owned. Over the years, Paxton built a reputation as an eccentric figure in the recording industry. Brian Wilson was known to admire his talents, and Phil Spector to fear him. His creativity and knack for promotion were legendary, but could also run to excess: once, after a local radio station dismissed one of his records ("Elephant Game (Part One)" by Renfro & Jackson) as "too black", he assembled a protest parade down Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, consisting of fifteen cheerleaders and a live elephant pulling a Volkswagen convertible. He was arrested after the elephant got scared and began to defecate in the street.
In the later 1960s, he gradually turned to the burgeoning Bakersfield sound in country music. By 1967, he had relocated entirely to that city, where he ran a variety of businesses and founded the label Bakersfield International. He moved on to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1970, and in 1971, following his partner's suicide and his own long struggles with drugs and alcohol, he converted to Christianity. He turned his talents to gospel music, becoming part of the hippie countercultural Jesus movement, and has worked in gospel ever since, while maintaining an interest in country.
On December 29, 1980, Paxton was shot three times by hitmen hired by a country singer he was producing, putting him out of the music world for eight years and nearly ending his life. After the trial, he visited the men in prison and forgave them. Paxton left Nashville in 1999 and lived in Branson, Missouri with his fourth wife, Vicki Sue Roberts. He suffered from hepatitis C and almost died from the disease in 1990. Paxton made it very clear that his name is Gary S. Paxton, not "Gary Paxton".
Beyond his early work as part of Skip & Flip, Paxton is best known for his involvement in two novelty hits: the 1960 No. 1 smash "Alley Oop" — written by Dallas Frazier and cut quickly with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, The Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze, "Monster Mash", which Paxton produced and recorded with its author Bobby "Boris" Pickett and another assembled group billed as The Cryptkickers.
In 1965, he produced "Sweet Pea", a hit for Tommy Roe, and "Along Comes Mary", a hit for The Association, winning a Grammy nomination in engineering for his efforts. The following year, he produced another hit for The Association, "Cherish", and another for Roe, "Hooray for Hazel". As Paxton moved toward the Bakersfield sound in the late 1960s, he scored his first country hit in 1967 with "Hangin' On" by The Gosdin Brothers.
In the wake of his conversion to Christianity, Paxton focused his efforts on gospel music. He still kept one foot in the world of secular country during the early 1970s — writing and producing "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" for Don Gibson (a Grammy nominee and a million-plus seller in three different versions) along with two other country-chart hits, and at one point signing with RCA Records as a solo country artist — but gospel was now his chief priority. In 1973 he wrote and produced "L-O-V-E" for The Blackwood Brothers, who took home the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance. In 1975, Paxton won the Best Inspirational Grammy for his album The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton, which contained his oft-recorded devotional song "He Was There All the Time". Appearing on his gospel album covers in a halo of facial hair and a tall-top cowboy hat, Paxton infused his religious work with the same eccentricity, individuality, and hippie humor that had characterized his 60s material in Los Angeles: acting the role of the Jesus freak, likening himself to "an armpit in the body of Christ", and crafting song titles like "When the Meat Wagon Comes for You", "Will There Be Hippies in Heaven?", "I'm a Fool for Christ (Whose Fool Are You?)", and "Jesus Is My Lawyer in Heaven".
Paxton's gospel work was released through NewPax Records, another in his long series of labels, founded in 1975 as an outlet for his new ideas in songwriting and engineering. NewPax was closely linked with Paragon Associates, with which it eventually merged. Paxton was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999 on the basis of his innovation and accomplishments in the field and his production and writing for numerous noted artists in the industry.
Paxton passed away at his home in Branson, Missouri on July 16, 2016, at the age of 77. No cause of death was announced.
Discography
Studio albums
1975 - The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
1977 - More from the Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable Gary S. Paxton
1978 - Terminally Weird/But Godly Right
1979 - Gary Sanford Paxton
1979 - The Gospel According to Gary S.
Compilations
1980 - (Some Of) The Best Of Gary S. Paxton (So Far)
2006 - Hollywood Maverick: the Gary S. Paxton Story
2009 - "Grandpa Rock, Volume 1" - 50 years of Gary S. Paxton hits.
2011 - "Vote 'Em Out Boogie" - LuPax CDs. Duet with Jim Lusk.
2014 - "AARP Blues" - LuPax CD's. Duet with Jim Lusk.
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Paxton was adopted at age three and raised in rural poverty on a farm. He endured a troubled childhood, molested at age seven and afflicted by spinal meningitis at eleven. His family moved to Arizona when he was twelve, and he started his first band by fourteen, playing country and rock 'n' roll. He spent his middle teenage years touring the American Southwest with this and other forgotten bands.
Early stardom came as "Flip" in the pop duo Skip & Flip (with Clyde "Skip" Battin), courtesy of a million-selling 1959 smash the two cut in Phoenix, Arizona, "It Was I". In what became a pattern in Paxton's early career, the song was recorded first and the group assembled second: after successfully shopping their demo to a label owner, Gary became "Flip" and Clyde became "Skip", after the man's pet poodles, a "group" put together just to have a name on the record. According to Paxton, he was up picking cherries on an Oregon farm when he heard the song on a transistor radio and realized it had become a hit. The duo made television appearances, toured with superstar deejay Alan "Moondog" Freed, and soon followed their success with another hit, "Cherry Pie". After this second chart appearance, the pair split up.
By 1960, Paxton was living in Hollywood, California and was involved in a number of projects, collaborating with others as a performer, writer, producer, label owner, and audio engineer. He played a major role in the making of two novelty hits in the early 1960s and worked with artists like The Association, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Four Freshmen, and Tommy Roe.
His work throughout this early-'60s period is scattered over various labels, mostly his own, which he seemed to open and close on a constant basis, making regular use of the five studios he owned. Over the years, Paxton built a reputation as an eccentric figure in the recording industry. Brian Wilson was known to admire his talents, and Phil Spector to fear him. His creativity and knack for promotion were legendary, but could also run to excess: once, after a local radio station dismissed one of his records ("Elephant Game (Part One)" by Renfro & Jackson) as "too black", he assembled a protest parade down Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, consisting of fifteen cheerleaders and a live elephant pulling a Volkswagen convertible. He was arrested after the elephant got scared and began to defecate in the street.
In the later 1960s, he gradually turned to the burgeoning Bakersfield sound in country music. By 1967, he had relocated entirely to that city, where he ran a variety of businesses and founded the label Bakersfield International. He moved on to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1970, and in 1971, following his partner's suicide and his own long struggles with drugs and alcohol, he converted to Christianity. He turned his talents to gospel music, becoming part of the hippie countercultural Jesus movement, and has worked in gospel ever since, while maintaining an interest in country.
On December 29, 1980, Paxton was shot three times by hitmen hired by a country singer he was producing, putting him out of the music world for eight years and nearly ending his life. After the trial, he visited the men in prison and forgave them. Paxton left Nashville in 1999 and lived in Branson, Missouri with his fourth wife, Vicki Sue Roberts. He suffered from hepatitis C and almost died from the disease in 1990. Paxton made it very clear that his name is Gary S. Paxton, not "Gary Paxton".
Beyond his early work as part of Skip & Flip, Paxton is best known for his involvement in two novelty hits: the 1960 No. 1 smash "Alley Oop" — written by Dallas Frazier and cut quickly with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, The Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze, "Monster Mash", which Paxton produced and recorded with its author Bobby "Boris" Pickett and another assembled group billed as The Cryptkickers.
In 1965, he produced "Sweet Pea", a hit for Tommy Roe, and "Along Comes Mary", a hit for The Association, winning a Grammy nomination in engineering for his efforts. The following year, he produced another hit for The Association, "Cherish", and another for Roe, "Hooray for Hazel". As Paxton moved toward the Bakersfield sound in the late 1960s, he scored his first country hit in 1967 with "Hangin' On" by The Gosdin Brothers.
In the wake of his conversion to Christianity, Paxton focused his efforts on gospel music. He still kept one foot in the world of secular country during the early 1970s — writing and producing "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" for Don Gibson (a Grammy nominee and a million-plus seller in three different versions) along with two other country-chart hits, and at one point signing with RCA Records as a solo country artist — but gospel was now his chief priority. In 1973 he wrote and produced "L-O-V-E" for The Blackwood Brothers, who took home the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance. In 1975, Paxton won the Best Inspirational Grammy for his album The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton, which contained his oft-recorded devotional song "He Was There All the Time". Appearing on his gospel album covers in a halo of facial hair and a tall-top cowboy hat, Paxton infused his religious work with the same eccentricity, individuality, and hippie humor that had characterized his 60s material in Los Angeles: acting the role of the Jesus freak, likening himself to "an armpit in the body of Christ", and crafting song titles like "When the Meat Wagon Comes for You", "Will There Be Hippies in Heaven?", "I'm a Fool for Christ (Whose Fool Are You?)", and "Jesus Is My Lawyer in Heaven".
Paxton's gospel work was released through NewPax Records, another in his long series of labels, founded in 1975 as an outlet for his new ideas in songwriting and engineering. NewPax was closely linked with Paragon Associates, with which it eventually merged. Paxton was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999 on the basis of his innovation and accomplishments in the field and his production and writing for numerous noted artists in the industry.
Paxton passed away at his home in Branson, Missouri on July 16, 2016, at the age of 77. No cause of death was announced.
Discography
Studio albums
1975 - The Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable, Different World of Gary S. Paxton
1977 - More from the Astonishing, Outrageous, Amazing, Incredible, Unbelievable Gary S. Paxton
1978 - Terminally Weird/But Godly Right
1979 - Gary Sanford Paxton
1979 - The Gospel According to Gary S.
Compilations
1980 - (Some Of) The Best Of Gary S. Paxton (So Far)
2006 - Hollywood Maverick: the Gary S. Paxton Story
2009 - "Grandpa Rock, Volume 1" - 50 years of Gary S. Paxton hits.
2011 - "Vote 'Em Out Boogie" - LuPax CDs. Duet with Jim Lusk.
2014 - "AARP Blues" - LuPax CD's. Duet with Jim Lusk.
Witchcraft
Gary Paxton Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Witchcraft' by these artists:
6.1 Collecting panic attacks I crash against you in my dreams th…
Alcoholika La Christo She is the rain she is the moon She is the…
Bathory I drink the blood From cup of death I sip the milk…
Ben l'Oncle Soul Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Bill Evans Those fingers in my hair that sly come hither stare That…
Bill Evans And Orchestra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Bill Evans Trio Those fingers in my hair that sly come hither stare That…
Bill Evans Trio feat. Eddie Gomez Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Bing Crosby That smile, so heavenly That sly come hither stare That st…
bohnes Those fingers in my hair That′s like come hither Stare that …
Book Of Love I've tried and tried To capture you What more can one Mere m…
Buddy Emmons Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Chris Connor Those fingers in my hair, That sly come-hither stare, That s…
Christopher Cronk I'll show my flame But you'll never know my wick Maybe I'm…
Crotty Corman & Phipps Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Crux Until the life comes to an end You must to…
David Campbell Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Davis Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Denis Solee & The Beegie Adair Trio Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
dj joke-r In your flames i burn I will not run this…
Doyle You used your witchcraft on me I knew it from the…
Dream Map The day is turning into night The darkness taking over Don’t…
Edwyn Collins Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Ella Fitzgerald Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Elvis Presley Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Emilia Mitiku Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Ericdoa Hi, I′m Dante You better run fast, I need like eight…
Evans Bill Trio Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Frank Sinatra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Frank Sinatra & Jimmy Buffett Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Frank Sinatra / Nelson Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Frank Sinatra Nelson Riddle Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Frank Sinatra With Anita Baker Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Frank Sinatra With Nelson Riddle And Orchestra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Frank Sinatra/Nelson & Orchestra Riddle Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
froofyu It’s my Witchcraft, i’m not fuckin’ miserable Poisoning it h…
Futuristic Polar Bears Strange powers Taking over me Heart's pounding Like I'm in …
Gabor Szabo Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
George Benson Those fingers in my hair that sly come hither stare That…
Gorilla Pulp I felt the pain you feel I swear i'm helpin' you …
Graveyard Club My broken heart the world forgot I keep your picture with…
Groove Nazar Seems like I'm drowning In a sea of doubt I am caught…
HÄSTSPARK Witches and deamons Are coming for you And there’s nothing y…
Helen O'connell Those fingers in my hair, That sly come-hither stare, That s…
Hi Fi And The Roadburners Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Hot Shot Kixxx Deep down the same old song There is a place that…
iLLFaith I ain't with no riff-raff My bitch got that witchcraft Askin…
Inquisicion Inside the acrid mass of smoke, Incandescent Magic Leaves …
Irv Cottler Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
It's It's so easy to see the stars It's so easy…
Jimmy Bruno Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
King Gizzard The Lizard Wizard In the fields once green and gold Where the summer's breeze…
Kitty Corbin Why is it when I ask you to stay You make…
L.A.S.E.R. I see you in the night Like a fire, you’re shining…
La Femme interstellar full moon witchcraft change change stellar tran…
La//Haine I see you in the night Like a fire, you’re shining…
Landau Eugene Murphy Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Lil Castle Lay me down In the castle In the moonlight She got that…
LIVING ROOM - Frank Sinatra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Lucki Eck$ Shit she keep swingin on the base all week You know…
Make Believe Thanks to whoever made my shoes here Wherever you may be…
Mark Murphy Those fingers in my hair, That sly come-hither stare, That s…
Marvin Gaye Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Marvin Gaye [feat. Witchcraft] You try to get away you got to get somewhere You…
Matt Costa You put a spell on me girl Some kind of southern…
Meat Wave I come here for council I leaned out your window burning…
Mental Exile The words do not want to come out It can't be…
Nelson Riddle Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Nelson Riddle Frank Sinatra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Nightcore It's in your eyes, A color fade out Looks like a…
Nightcore/Pendulum It's in your eyes, a colour fade out Looks like a…
Obtained Enslavement I am the face of the sky... ...And thou shall worship…
Patience & Prudence Ooh wee, ooh wee ooh wee oh! If there were Witchcraft…
Pendulum It's in your eyes, a colour fade out Looks like a…
Pendulum (www.primemusic.ru) It's in your eyes, a colour fade out Looks like a…
Pendulum Pendulum It's in your eyes, a colour fade out Looks like a…
Pendulum搀 It's in your eyes, a colour fade out Looks like a…
R.E.K In your flames i burn I will not run this…
Riga Recording Studio Orchestra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Robert Davi That smile, so heavenly That sly come hither stare That st…
Robert Martin I can have whatever I want, that's what she said…
Robert Palmer Those fingers in my hair that sly come hither stare That…
Robert Smith Those fingers in my hair That sly Come hither stare That str…
Rosemary Clooney That smile, so heavenly That sly come hither stare That stri…
Ross Evana Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That s…
Sarah Vaughan Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That s…
Scaterd Few (Some religions think that the egg is the symbol of…
Scythe Woods of darkness I have to bring you a gift The…
Shaggy Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Sinatra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Starlite Orchestra & Singers Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
Steve Tyrell Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Stormwitch Are you standing on the turning point Do you feel everythin…
Terrace Martin I can have whatever I want, that's what she said…
The Coral Witchcraft, it's her hobby She has put a spell on me Witchcr…
The Jordanaires Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
The Murray McEachern Septet & Helen O'Connell Those fingers in my hair, That sly come-hither stare, That s…
The Rat Pack Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
The Red Widows Hidding from him lost In the crowd I cry I need…
The Smokey Honey Bluesband I️ don't wanna hurt you I️ just wanna love something I️ don'…
The Spiders Don't do that, please stop it, please stop it now…
The Spiders [feat. Witchcraft] You try to get away you got to get somewhere You…
The Starlite Singers Those fingers in my hair That sly come-hither stare That str…
The Temptations I heard her when she slammed the door I didn′t bat…
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Toosii (Hell you talm bout Neen'? Midlow) Uh, witchcraft got me st…
Trippelgänger Someone is messing with my mind A shadow creeps up from…
Trippie Redd (I'm shy, oh my God) Drown in that water, drown in…
typ:t.u.r.b.o. In your flames i burn I will not run this…
Witchcraft You try to get away you got to get somewhere You…
witchkross I was baptized by pagan rites of a witch Bewitched by…
Witchtrap Die in my side of Satan which i belive all…
Wolfmother Wrote a letter to you and threw it away, Spirit tried…
Wonderwall Sing yeah It's a long long time ago It was a strange…
X-Ceed I don't have answers I got no purpose I'm an empty aircraft …
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► Pendulum It's in your eyes, a colour fade out Looks like a…
Frank Sinatra Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
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It Had To Be You It had to be you, it had to be you. I…
Mother-In-Law The worst person I know, mother-in-law, mother-in-law She wo…
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