O. B. McClinton "O. B. McClinton Country" (Enterprise Records, 1972) (LP)
(Produced by Jim Malloy & Tommy Strong)
O. B. McClinton "Obie From Senatobie" (Enterprise Records, 1973) (LP)
(Produced by O. B. McClinton, Jim Malloy & Tommy Strong)
O. B. McClinton "Live At Randy's Rodeo" (Enterprise Records, 1973) (LP)
(Produced by O. B. McClinton & Tommy Strong)
O. B. McClinton "If You Loved Her That Way" (Enterprise Records, 1974) (LP)
(Produced by Larry Butler, Harold Rekart & Tommy Strong)
O. B. McClinton "The Chocolate Cowboy" (Sunbird Records, 1980) (LP)
O. B. McClinton "O. B." (Brylen Records, 1982) (LP)
This seems to be a straight reissue of the first half of the Sunbird album listed above, which came out two years earlier...
O. B. McClinton "Album #1" (Suffolk Marketing Inc., 1986)
(Produced by Andy DiMartino)
O. B. McClinton "Album #2" (Suffolk Marketing Inc., 1986)
(Produced by Andy DiMartino)
O. B. McClinton "The Only One" (Epic Records, 1987)
O. B. McClinton "Just For You" (CBS Special Products, 1988) (LP)
(Produced by Andy DiMartino)
Mississippi-born singer and composer O. B. McClinton (1949-1987) was one of the few African-American country artists during the early 1970s who tried to follow Charley Pride onto the Nashville charts. He'd had previous success as a R&B songwriter in the 'Sixties, notably penning James Carr's earthshaking classic, "You've Got My Mind Messed Up," although his own attempts to break through as a soul singer were limited to a handful of indie singles which went largely unnoticed at the time. Although he didn't exactly tear up the Country charts either, the records he made were pretty darn good. McClinton's only Top Forty entries came in 1972, with the rest of his chart hits generally peaking in the Back Forty. But don't let the lack of chart success fool you: there's some pretty solid twang to be found on these discs.
