The yacht-rockin’ duo LeBlanc & Carr earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1978 when their soft rock ballad “Falling,” also recorded at Wishbone Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, spent 10 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #13. #LennyLeBlanc #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
"Falling" is a 1977 song by #LennyLeBlanc and #PeteCarr. It was their highest-charting single, peaking at number 13 in the United States during the winter of 1978. It was the first of two charting singles from their Midnight Light LP. "Falling" spent 28 weeks on the American charts. On #CashBox.
There were follow-up singles from Midnight Light, but nothing matched “Falling” (“Something About You” peaked at #48 on the #Billboard #Hot100). Pete Carr, always more at home behind the console than out front doing the promo grind, was not happy. #LennyLeBlanc #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
Wishbone Recording Studio
The album’s release credits show that Midnight Light was a very ‘Muscle Shoals-meets-New York’ project… recorded & mixed at Wishbone Studio in Muscle Shoals, mastered at Sterling Sound in NYC… and produced/arranged by Pete Carr. #LennyLeBlanc #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
LeBlanc & Carr Midnight Light album cover
Big Tree label head Doug Morris suggested LeBlanc & Carr form a duo, and they became an actual act… not just two session guys who knew each other. That led to Midnight Light (their only album), released on Big Tree and distributed by Atlantic Records. #LennyLeBlanc #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
In 1976, Lenny LeBlanc released the original version of “Sharing the Night Together” (produced by Pete Carr). The song would become famous after Dr. Hook covered it in 1978. #LennyLeBlanc #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
Pete Carr promo photo
Pete Carr leaned into what Muscle Shoals offered: studio work. He eventually relocated there to pursue that path full-time… becoming a vital figure in Muscle Shoals history, serving as the lead guitarist for the legendary studio ensemble known as the Swampers. #PeteCarr #MuscleShoals #OneHitWondered
FAME Recording Studios - Muscle Shoals, AL
After the first two albums didn’t land, Hour Glass went to Rick Hall’s FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and recorded tracks that finally sounded closer to what they could really do… but the label still passed, and the band basically collapsed. #HourGlass #PeteCarr #AllmanBrothers #OneHitWondered
In the late ‘60s, Duane & Gregg Allman took a weird detour into label-shaped pop-soul with the LA soul group Hour Glass… When they needed a bassist on their 2nd album, they added Pete Carr (who they knew from the Northern Florida music scene). #HourGlass #PeteCarr #AllmanBrothers #OneHitWondered
The week ending February 4, 1978, the yacht-rockin’ duo LeBlanc & Carr earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their soft rock ballad “Falling” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #39. The single spent 10 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13. #LennyLeBlanc #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
"Falling" is a 1977 song by #LennyLeBlanc and #PeteCarr. It was their highest-charting single, peaking at number 13 in the United States during the winter of 1978. It was the first of two charting singles from their Midnight Light LP. "Falling" spent 28 weeks on the American charts. On #CashBox.
"Falling" is a 1977 song by #LennyLeBlanc and #PeteCarr. It was their highest-charting single, peaking at number 13 in the United States during the winter of 1978. It was the first of two charting singles from their Midnight Light LP. "Falling" spent 28 weeks on the American charts. On #CashBox.
#OneHitHistory As one half of the soft rock duo LeBlanc & Carr, Pete Carr earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1978 with “Falling.” It spent 10 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #10. #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly Motorcycle Mama was produced by the Muscle Shoals legend Pete Carr… a studio guitarist & engineer/producer. If you don’t know the name, you’ve definitely heard his playing... he'd worked with everyone from Bob Seger & Rod Stewart to Paul Simon. #PeteCarr #OneHitWondered
In memory of
Pete Carr
4/22/50~6/27/20
#petecarr #sessionmusician #leblancandcarr #muscleschoalsrhythmsection #joanbaez #bobseger #paulsimon #willienelson #joecocker #bozscaggs #rodstewart #barbrastreisand #wilsonpickett #hankwilliamsjr
Happy heavenly birthday to
Pete Carr
#petecarr #sessionmusician #leblancandcarr #muscleschoalsrhythmsection
Four tracks on side B were recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound. Sun Spot Baby and Night Moves were favorites of mine since I was a child. Pete Carr’s guitar on night moves is sublime.
#muscleshoalsmusic
#bobseger #petecarr #muscleshoalssound
