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George Simon Stanford (born May 8) [1] [2] is an American singer and songwriter, who was signed to Mercury Records. He was a member and lead vocalist for the band "Townhall".
Stanford is a graduate of Harriton High School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, where he played trombone in his high school jazz band.
Stanford attended the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) [3] to study music but dropped out to play with the Philadelphia rock act, Townhall, playing with them for five years, producing one live album and two studio albums (Live at the Point, 2003's New Song and 2005's American Dreams). [4] In 2006, Stanford moved to Los Angeles and was offered a record deal with Epic Records. He relocated to Smash/Mercury Records the following year, moved back to Philadelphia, and released his debut album, Big Drop, in June 2008. It was preceded by an EP and the lead single "My Own Worst Enemy" which was featured on VH1's "You Oughta Know" program. [5]
After his departure from the label, he formed his own independent label, Gbones Music, and released the EP Roll Away in 2010, with his biggest single to date, "Meet Me in L.A.". [6] He followed it up with the Las Palmas EP in 2012 [7] and an artist residency at The Piano Bar in Hollywood.
His second studio album, Something Better was released in 2014 and included the track "Happy As You Are" which was featured on Amazon.com's "Artists on the Rise" series. [8] Later that year, he premiered a holiday track called "It's Christmas Time (Midnight Ridin)".
In 2015, he worked on the soundtrack to the feature film "The Grace of Jake" starring Jordin Sparks and Michael Beck. [9] He released his single "Pressure Makes Diamonds" in October of 2015, and premiered it on Pat Monahan's show on SiriusXM's The Pulse. [10] He premiered the song "I Got Famous" on his official social media in May. [11]
In August 2016, Stanford announced he had scored two original songs for the upcoming J.K. Simmons film "The Bachelors" set for release in 2017. [12] The following month, he announced he had signed with Round Hill Music, [13] [14] as a songwriter. In a September email blast, he announced a new single release for November titled "Starring You". [15] In 2017, he continued to tour in addition to releasing three more digital singles, "Better Man", "Future Classic" and "Moving On."
In 2018, his song "Magic Hour" received placements in the television series Kevin (Probably) Saves the World [16] and Chicago P.D. , [17] He released a new digital single "Holding On" on May 23, 2018. [18]
In August, he announced a new EP recorded in an old Los Angeles church titled Alone at the Pilgrim [19] set for release in November. [20] [21] Additionally, he premiered a new digital single titled "Rebellionaire" on October 10. [22]
In November, he began premiering a series of videos from the Alone at the Pilgrim sessions each week produced by TAR+FEATHER, [23] leading up to the release of the EP on December 7. [24]
| Year | Album |
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| 2008 | Big Drop
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| 2014 | Something Better [28]
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| Year | Album |
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| 2001 | Live at the Point
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| 2003 | New Song
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| 2005 | American Dreams
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| 2007 | The EP
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| 2010 | Roll Away
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| 2012 | Las Palmas
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| 2018 | Alone at the Pilgrim
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| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album |
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| 2008 | "My Own Worst Enemy" | — | Big Drop |
| 2009 | "Meet Me In L.A." | — | Roll Away - EP |
| 2010 | "Lemonade" | — | Non-album singles |
2012 | "Things I Don't Need" | — | Las Palmas - EP |
| "Christmas For Two" | — | Non-album singles | |
2013 | "It's So Easy" | — | |
| "You'll Never Know" | — | ||
2015 | "Pressure Makes Diamonds" | — | |
2016 | "I Got Famous" | — | |
| "Today For Tomorrow" | — | ||
2017 | "Better Man" | — | |
| "Starring You" | — | ||
| "Future Classic" | — | ||
| "Movin' On" | — | ||
2018 | "Holding On" | — | |
| "Rebellionaire" | — |
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