Country Artist Johnny Carver

Discovered by Del Shannon, Johnny Carver got a deal with Imperial Records. His debut single for Imperial, was “Think About Her All The Time” b / w “One Way Or The Other” (Imperial 66173) in mid-1966. Both sides were written, produced and arranged by Shannon, who was a longtime fan of Country music. Carver’s composition “New Lips” was recorded by Roy Drusky in 1967. His self-titled debut album was released later that year, and contained the minor hit “Your Lily White Hands”; he had a few more modest successes with Country Pop offerings like 1968’s “I Still Didn’t Have the Sense to Go” and 1969’s “That’s Your Hang Up.”

In 1972, he moved to ABC and had a major Country hit with a version of Tony Orlando and Dawn’s “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree”. A string of Top 40 Country hits followed over the next five years, including the Top Tens “You Really Haven’t Changed” (1973), “Don’t Tell (That Sweet Old Lady of Mine)” (1974), and another Country cover of a Pop hit, the Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight” (1976). Carver’s last Top 40 hit was 1977’s “Living Next Door to Alice”, and his final charting single was a 1981 cover of ABBA’s “S.O.S.”. He subsequently became a regular performer in Branson, Missouri.