Hoagy Lands
Hoagy Lands was an American soul singer.Biography
Born Victor I. Hoagland Sr., in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, to an Afro-Cuban father and an African American mother of American Indian descent, Lands formed a group at Roosevelt Junior High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey that was called TNB Dynaflows.
His recording career spanned from the late 1950s on into the mid-1970s, recording a few duets with Lily Field. He made appearances in England shortly before his death in 2002, in Orange, New Jersey, following heart surgery.
His grandson is recording artist Jaheim.Discography
- Ivory – Oo-Be-Do / You're Only Young Once – 1959
- Judi 054 – Cry Some Tears / Lighted Windows – 1961
- ABC-Paramount 10171 – Cry Some Tears / Lighted Windows – 1961
- MGM K-13041 – My Tears Are Dry / It's Gonna Be Morning – 1961
- MGM K-13062 – Goodnight Irene / It Ain't Easy As That – 1961
- ABC-Paramount 10392 – Tender Years / I'm Yours – 1963
- Atlantic 2217 – Baby Come On Home / Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand – 1964
- Laurie 3349 – Theme From The Other Side / Friends And Lovers Don't Go Together – 1966
- Laurie 3361 – Theme From The Other Side / September – 1967
- Laurie 3372 – Yesterday / Forever in My Heart- 1967
- Laurie 3381 – The Next in Line / Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone – 1967
- Laurie 3463 – Two Years and a Thousand Tears / White Gardenia – 1968
With Lily Fields
- Stardust 028 – I'm Yours / The Tender Years – 1963
- Spectrum 116 – Beautiful Music / Crying Candle – 1969
- Spectrum 118 – Sweet Soul / A Boy in a Man's World – 1970
- Spectrum 122 – Do You Know What Life Is All About / Why Didn't You Let Me Know – 1972
- Spectrum 129 – Reminisce / Why Didn't You Let Me Know – 1972
- Spectrum 130 – A Man Ain't No Stronger Than His Heart / Do It Twice – 1972
- Paramount 0232 – Mary Ann / Pledging My Love – 1973
- Spectrum 140 – The Bell Ringer / – 1976
In popular culture
Lands' recording of Lighted Windows was played over the end titles of Season 4, Episode 8 of Orange Is the New Black in June 2016.
