R&B and rock vocalist Gary Levon Anderson – born June 6, 1939 in Jacksonville,
Florida – is better known by his stage name Gary U.S. Bonds. He is best known
for his early 1960s hits “New Orleans” and “Quarter to Three” and his Bruce
Springsteen-inspired resurgence in the 1980s. His career began in the 1950s in
Norfolk, Virginia when he began singing publicly in a group called The Turks. He
signed with producer Frank Guida’s Legrand Records. Guida renamed him U.S.
Bonds, and released the first single, “New Orleans”, which went to Number 6 on
Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The next sin...