The Remingtons were an American country music group founded in 1991. The original members were Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey, all three of whom were vocalists and guitarists. Griffin was previously a member of the soft rock group Bread, while Mainegra and Yancey had previously been part of another soft rock group called Cymarron. Yancey left in 1992 and was replaced by Denny Henson. The group recorded two albums for BNA Records (then known as BNA Entertainment) and charted five country singles, including the number 10 "A Long Time Ago." The Remingtons broke up in 1993 and all four members continued in other projects.
Biography The Remingtons were founded in 1991 by singers Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey (December 31, 1947 – September 10, 2021). Griffin was a founding member of the soft rock group Bread, and both Mainegra and Yancey previously recorded in Cymarron, another soft rock band. Griffin also recorded in 1990 as one-third of Black Tie, which included country pop singer Billy Swan and former Eagles member Randy Meisner.
The Remingtons were one of the first acts signed to BNA Entertainment (later BNA Records), a country music record label founded in 1991. Their debut album, Blue Frontier, was released that year. It accounted for three straight Top 40 hits on the Billboard country charts, including the number 10 "A Long Time Ago".[ allmusic (((The Remingtons > Charts & Awards > Billboard singles)))] Yancey was replaced in 1992 by Denny Henson, a former member of Dan Fogelberg's backing band, shortly before the group released its second album, 1993's Aim for the Heart. The album still featured several songs written by Yancey, and he played acoustic guitar on the album's cover of Bread's "Everything I Own".
In 1993, The Remingtons was shortlisted for the Academy of Country Music Award for New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year.
Griffin and Yancey, along with Ronnie Guilbeau formed GYG (Griffin, Yancey, Guilbeau) in 2001. They recorded only one album and performed in and around the Nashville area until Griffin was diagnosed with cancer and died in 2005.
Yancey, singer and guitarist, died in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 10, 2021, at age 73.
Discography
Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country US Heat CAN Country Blue Frontier Release date: January 28, 1992 Label: BNA Records 55 23 18 Aim for the Heart Release date: April 6, 1993 Label: BNA Records — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1991 "A Long Time Ago" 10 18 Blue Frontier 1992 "I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed)" 33 35 "Two-Timin' Me" 18 34 1993 "Nobody Loves You When You're Free" 52 85 Aim for the Heart "Wall Around Her Heart" 69 91
Music videos Year Video Director 1991 "A Long Time Ago" Gustavo Garzon 1992 "I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed)" Steve Boyle 1993 "Nobody Loves You When You're Free" "Wall Around Her Heart"
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