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'''Terry Robert Kirkman''' (December 12, 1939 – September 23, 2023) was an American musician and songwriter best known as a [[lead vocalist|vocalist]] for the pop group [[the Association]] and the writer of several of the band's hit songs such as "[[Cherish (Association song)|Cherish]]", "[[Everything That Touches You]]", and "Six Man Band". As a member of the Association, he was inducted into the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Kirkman |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/720834-Terry-Kirkman |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref>
'''Terry Robert Kirkman''' (December 12, 1939{{cn}} – September 23, 2023) was an American musician and songwriter best known as a [[lead vocalist|vocalist]] for the pop group [[the Association]] and the writer of several of the band's hit songs such as "[[Cherish (Association song)|Cherish]]", "[[Everything That Touches You]]", and "Six Man Band". As a member of the Association, he was inducted into the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Kirkman |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/720834-Terry-Kirkman |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Terry Robert Kirkman was born in [[Salina, Kansas]], and was raised in [[Chino, California]]. His parents both had a musical background. His father Gordon had performed in bands as a [[soprano saxophone]] player and singer, and his mother Lois played the [[Organ (music)|organ]] and [[piano]] at church and in [[silent movie]] theaters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Searles |first=Malcolm C. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Association-cherish-Malcolm-C-Searles/dp/1789013615 |title=The Association 'Cherish' |date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78901-361-0 |pages=5 |language=English}}</ref> He first learned how to play brass instruments as a child, during the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Searles |first=Malcolm C. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Association-cherish-Malcolm-C-Searles/dp/1789013615 |title=The Association "Cherish" |date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78901-361-0 |pages=6 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=110. 1960S SOFT POP BAND THE ASSOCIATION’S 2 FOUNDING MEMBERS RATE EVERYTHING THEY EVER RELEASED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED, SHOCKING 13-HR INTERVIEW (W/ TERRY KIRKMAN & JULES ALEXANDER) – PART 1 (1962-1966) |website=Discograffiti.com|url=https://discograffiti.com/podcast/110-1960s-soft-pop-band-the-associations-2-founding-members-rate-everything-they-ever-released-in-an-unprecedented-shocking-13-hr-interview-w-terry-kirkman-jules-alexander-part-1-1962/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> After graduating from [[Chino High School]] in 1957, he attended [[Chaffey College]] as a music major.<ref name="searles7">{{Cite book |last=Searles |first=Malcolm C. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Association-cherish-Malcolm-C-Searles/dp/1789013615 |title=The Association 'Cherish' |date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78901-361-0 |pages=7 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1959-1961: Notes & Comments |url=https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1958-1961.html?fbclid=IwAR3zeEbyioXU6adYRuoSmb-71pGq2H5-_AMK76c_L4s7KAcGSEgbYR2Vy7E |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Donlope.net}}</ref> He met [[Frank Zappa]] in college and they performed gigs together at local [[coffee house]]s from 1959 to 1961.<ref name="searles7" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Childs |first1=Marti |last2=March |first2=Jeff |title=Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1 |date=13 July 2011 |publisher=EditPros LLC |isbn=978-1-937317-01-0 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Where_Have_All_the_Pop_Stars_Gone_Volume/wtqQxO35HisC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=zappa+kirkman&pg=PA35&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
Terry Robert Kirkman was born{{when?}}{{cn}} in [[Salina, Kansas]], and was raised in [[Chino, California]]. His parents both had a musical background. His father Gordon had performed in bands as a [[soprano saxophone]] player and singer, and his mother Lois played the [[Organ (music)|organ]] and [[piano]] at church and in [[silent movie]] theaters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Searles |first=Malcolm C. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Association-cherish-Malcolm-C-Searles/dp/1789013615 |title=The Association 'Cherish' |date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78901-361-0 |pages=5 |language=English}}</ref> He first learned how to play brass instruments as a child, during the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Searles |first=Malcolm C. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Association-cherish-Malcolm-C-Searles/dp/1789013615 |title=The Association "Cherish" |date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78901-361-0 |pages=6 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=110. 1960S SOFT POP BAND THE ASSOCIATION’S 2 FOUNDING MEMBERS RATE EVERYTHING THEY EVER RELEASED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED, SHOCKING 13-HR INTERVIEW (W/ TERRY KIRKMAN & JULES ALEXANDER) – PART 1 (1962-1966) |website=Discograffiti.com|url=https://discograffiti.com/podcast/110-1960s-soft-pop-band-the-associations-2-founding-members-rate-everything-they-ever-released-in-an-unprecedented-shocking-13-hr-interview-w-terry-kirkman-jules-alexander-part-1-1962/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> After graduating from [[Chino High School]] in 1957, he attended [[Chaffey College]] as a music major.<ref name="searles7">{{Cite book |last=Searles |first=Malcolm C. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Association-cherish-Malcolm-C-Searles/dp/1789013615 |title=The Association 'Cherish' |date=2018-10-05 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78901-361-0 |pages=7 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1959-1961: Notes & Comments |url=https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1958-1961.html?fbclid=IwAR3zeEbyioXU6adYRuoSmb-71pGq2H5-_AMK76c_L4s7KAcGSEgbYR2Vy7E |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Donlope.net}}</ref> He met [[Frank Zappa]] in college and they performed gigs together at local [[coffee house]]s from 1959 to 1961.<ref name="searles7" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Childs |first1=Marti |last2=March |first2=Jeff |title=Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1 |date=13 July 2011 |publisher=EditPros LLC |isbn=978-1-937317-01-0 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Where_Have_All_the_Pop_Stars_Gone_Volume/wtqQxO35HisC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=zappa+kirkman&pg=PA35&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>


== The Association ==
== The Association ==

Revision as of 06:26, 27 September 2023

Terry Kirkman
Kirkman in 1966
Background information
Birth nameTerry Robert Kirkman
Born(1939-12-12)December 12, 1939[citation needed]
Salina, Kansas, U.S.
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 23, 2023(2023-09-23) (aged 83)
Montclair, California, U.S.
GenresFolk rock, sunshine pop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, woodwind
Years active1960s–1984
Formerly ofThe Association

Terry Robert Kirkman (December 12, 1939[citation needed] – September 23, 2023) was an American musician and songwriter best known as a vocalist for the pop group the Association and the writer of several of the band's hit songs such as "Cherish", "Everything That Touches You", and "Six Man Band". As a member of the Association, he was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.[1]

Early life

Terry Robert Kirkman was born[when?][citation needed] in Salina, Kansas, and was raised in Chino, California. His parents both had a musical background. His father Gordon had performed in bands as a soprano saxophone player and singer, and his mother Lois played the organ and piano at church and in silent movie theaters.[2] He first learned how to play brass instruments as a child, during the Second World War.[3][4] After graduating from Chino High School in 1957, he attended Chaffey College as a music major.[5][6] He met Frank Zappa in college and they performed gigs together at local coffee houses from 1959 to 1961.[5][7]

The Association

Main article: The Association

As a salesman visiting Hawaii in 1962, Kirkman met Jules Alexander, who was in the U.S. Navy at the time, and the two resolved to meet when Alexander would be discharged from his military duties.[8]

Kirkman moved to Los Angeles with Alexander in 1963.[9] Kirkman and Alexander founded the folk group the Inner Tubes, which at one time included both Cass Elliott and David Crosby. The Inner Tubes slowly merged from a small group into a 13-piece band called the Men.[10]

The Men disbanded in February 1965 and Kirkman and five other members formed their own band. To find a new name, they perused a dictionary and chose "the Association" after it was suggested by Kirkman's fiancée.[11] The Association quickly gained fame with their songs “Cherish” and “Along Comes Mary” from their 1966 debut album And Then... Along Comes the Association.[12]

Kirkman contributed vocals to many songs, including "Never My Love", "Cherish", and "Everything That Touches You". He performed with the group at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.[13] His "Requiem for the Masses", a song written about the war in Vietnam, featured requiem-style vocals.[14]

The Association were nominated for a Grammy Award six times, three times each in the 9th (1967) and 10th Annual Grammy Awards (1968).[15]

In August 1969, a collection of poems penned by the seven members of the Association was released as the book Crank Your Spreaders.[16][17][18]

Kirkman left the Association at the end of 1972, and returned when the band was reformed in 1979, after previously splitting up the year before. After growing tired of touring, Kirkman left the band in 1984. Subsequently, on rare occasions he performed in guest appearances with the band. He was present when he and the Association's other surviving members were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003 and when the band were recipients of the Rock Justice Awards on January 18, 2019, at Village Studios in Los Angeles.[19]

A series of interviews that he and Jules Alexander took part in, in early 2023, were released in separate parts, starting on September 1, 2023. The fourth part of these interviews was released a day before his death.[20]

Personal life and death

In the years following his departure from the Association, Kirkman retired from the music industry, and worked in California as an addictions counselor.[21][22]

Kirkman lived in Montclair, California, with his wife Heidi. He died from congestive heart failure on September 23, 2023, at the age of 83, following a long illness.[23]

Discography

Main article: The Association § Discography
Terry Kirkman (bottom right) with The Association in 1968.

Albums

Title Year
And Then... Along Comes the Association 1966
Renaissance 1966
Insight Out 1967
Birthday 1968
The Association 1969
Stop Your Motor 1971
Waterbeds in Trinidad! 1972

Nominations

As a member of the Association, he has been nominated for a Grammy Award six times, three times each in the 9th and 10th Annual Grammy Awards:

9th Annual Grammy Awards (1967)

Category Song Note
Best Contemporary Group Performance Cherish [15]
Best Contemporary Recording Cherish
Best Performance By A Vocal Group Cherish

10th Annual Grammy Awards (1968)

Category Song/Album Note
Best Contemporary Group Performance Windy [15]
Best Contemporary Album Insight Out
Best Performance By A Vocal Group Never My Love

See also

References

  1. ^ "Terry Kirkman". Discogs. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  2. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  3. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association "Cherish". Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  4. ^ "110. 1960S SOFT POP BAND THE ASSOCIATION'S 2 FOUNDING MEMBERS RATE EVERYTHING THEY EVER RELEASED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED, SHOCKING 13-HR INTERVIEW (W/ TERRY KIRKMAN & JULES ALEXANDER) – PART 1 (1962-1966)". Discograffiti.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  6. ^ "1959-1961: Notes & Comments". Donlope.net. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Childs, Marti; March, Jeff (July 13, 2011). Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? -- Volume 1. EditPros LLC. ISBN 978-1-937317-01-0.
  8. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  9. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  10. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  11. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 38, 40. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  12. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (October 5, 2018). The Association 'Cherish'. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-78901-361-0.
  13. ^ "Monterey Pop Festival 1967 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  14. ^ McGlynn, Tim. "Terry Kirkman – Requiem for the Masses". Schaumburg High School Choir. Schaumburg High School. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  15. ^ a b c "Terry Kirkman - Grammy". Grammy.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  16. ^ group), Association (Musical (1966). Crank Your Spreaders. Price, Stern, Sloan Pub.
  17. ^ "The Association - Crank Your Spreaders". 45worlds. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  18. ^ "THE ASSOCIATION : CRANK YOUR SPREADERS. RARE PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED BAND PUBLICATION. Los Angeles: Price/Stern/Sloan and Beechwood Music Corporation, 1969. by The Association (band): Very Good. Paperback (1969) | Once Read Books". Abebooks.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  19. ^ "The Association – Inductees – The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation". December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  20. ^ "113. 1960S SOFT POP BAND THE ASSOCIATION'S 2 FOUNDING MEMBERS RATE EVERYTHING THEY EVER RELEASED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED, SHOCKING 13-HR INTERVIEW (W/ TERRY KIRKMAN & JULES ALEXANDER) – PART 4 (1971-2023)". Discograffiti.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  21. ^ "Terry Kirkman biography". Last.fm. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  22. ^ "Terry Kirkman". Linkedin.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  23. ^ Staff, Best Classic Bands (September 24, 2023). "Terry Kirkman, Co-Founder of the Association, and Composer of 'Cherish,' Dies". Best Classic Bands. Retrieved September 24, 2023.

External links

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