Two years later he signed with Mercury Records, and had another R&B hit with “Don’t Blame the Man”. Hines, he had more success with “Got to Get Enough (Of Your Sweet Love Stuff)” making the R&B charts in 1971. His first album, That Shotgun Wedding Man, was released on Ember Records in 1966.Īfter some unsuccessful follow-ups on the Shout label, Hammond started another new label, Alaga. It had even greater success when issued in the United Kingdom, reaching number 6 on the UK Singles Chart in 1966 and number 8 when reissued in 1972. The record, with its novelty ricochet opening and subject matter that was relatively risqué for the time, reached number 14 on the national Billboard R&B chart.
When he returned to New York City in 1965, Hammond organised a studio session to record his own song, “Shotgun Wedding”, and released it under the name Roy Hammond on his own Hammond label, before leasing it to the larger Black Hawk Records under the name Roy C.
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