George Stanford

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George Simon Stanford is an American singer and songwriter. He was signed to Mercury Records and is best known as the lead vocalist of the band Townhall.

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Education

Stanford is a graduate of Harriton High School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, where he played trombone in his high school jazz band.

Career

Stanford attended the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) [1] to study music but dropped out to play with the Philadelphia rock act Townhall. He played 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). [2] 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. [3] [ better source needed ]

After he departed from the label, he formed his own independent label, Gbones Music, and released the EP Roll Away in 2010, which included his single "Meet Me in L.A.". [4] He followed it up with the Las Palmas EP in 2012 [5] [ better source needed ] 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. [6] 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. He released his single "Pressure Makes Diamonds" in October 2015 and premiered it on Pat Monahan's show on SiriusXM's The Pulse. [7] He premiered the song "I Got Famous" on his official social media in May. [8]

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. [9] The following month, he announced he had signed with Round Hill Music, [10] [11] as a songwriter. He announced a new single release for November titled "Starring You". [12] In 2017, he continued to tour and released three more digital singles, "Better Man", "Future Classic" and "Moving On."

In 2018, his song "Magic Hour" was featured in the television series Kevin (Probably) Saves the World [13] and Chicago P.D. [14] He released a new digital single "Holding On" on May 23, 2018.

Later that year, he announced a new EP recorded in an old Los Angeles church titled Alone at the Pilgrim [15] set for release in November. [16] [17] He also premiered a new digital single titled "Rebellionaire" on October 10. [18]

In November, he began premiering a series of videos from the Alone at the Pilgrim sessions, produced by TAR+FEATHER, leading up to the EP's release on December 7.

Personal life

He is married and has two children. [19] [20] [21]

Discography

Solo career

YearAlbum
2008Big Drop
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: June 3, 2008
  • Formats: CD, Digital
  • Label: Mercury Records
2014Something Better
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: August 29, 2014
  • Formats: CD, Digital
  • Label: George Stanford

With Townhall

YearAlbum
2001Live at the Point
  • Live album
  • Released: September 1, 2011
  • Formats: CD
  • Label: Home Grown
2003New Song
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: February 25, 2003
  • Formats: CD, Digital
  • Label: Townhall
2005American Dreams
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: June 28, 2005
  • Formats: CD
  • Label: 33rd Street


EPs

YearAlbum
2007The EP
  • EP
  • Released: 2007
  • Formats: CD
  • Label: Smash Records
2010Roll Away
  • EP
  • Released: March 12, 2010
  • Formats: CD, Digital
  • Label: Gbones Music
2012Las Palmas
  • EP
  • Released: July 21, 2012
  • Formats: CD, Digital
  • Label: Gbones Music
2018Alone at the Pilgrim
  • EP
  • Released: December 7, 2018
  • Formats: Digital
  • Label: George Stanford

Singles

YearSingleChart positionsAlbum
U.S.
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"

Videos

References

  1. "George Stanford Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & ..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  2. "George Stanford Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & ..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  3. "George Stanford – Big Drop". Discogs. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. "George Stanford – Roll Away". Discogs. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. "George Stanford – Las Palmas". Discogs. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  6. Sail Across the Sun [@TrainCruise] (16 October 2014). "Recently named as an Amazon 'Artist on the Rise', @georgestanford has released his sophomore LP, 'Something Better'!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. Stanford, George (2015-10-02). "Live from Las Palmas: "Pressure Makes Diamonds" debuts tonight on SiriusXM!!". Georgestanford.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. "I Got Famous - George Stanford". YouTube. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. "George Stanford - Thrilled to say that I landed two..." Facebook.com. 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. "George Stanford - I'm working with Round Hill Music now..." Facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  11. "Round Hill Music | George Stanford". roundhillmusic.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. "Hotel Café | Tickets!". Hotelcafe.com. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  13. "George Stanford on Twitter: "My Song "Magic Hour" is on a hot streak! Check it out tonight on ABC's "Kevin (Probably) Saves The World"". Twitter.com. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  14. "George Stanford on Twitter: "Hey Friends! Give a listen for "Magic Hour" tonight on "Chicago PD" on NBC! "". Twitter.com. 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  15. "George Stanford's Instagram post: "Super Rare vintage stereo Neumann SM69 mic courtesy of @losredstar for the "Alone at the Pilgrim" sessions. This captured that room in all..."". Instagram.com. 2018-08-13. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  16. "George Stanford on Instagram: "Alone at the Pilgrim Coming in November 🤙🏼 ..."". Instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  17. "ALONE AT THE PILGRIM: coming nov. — george stanford". Georgestanford.com. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  18. "Rebellionaire". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  19. "George Stanford Live @ The Foundry on Melrose |". Soundsofthecityblog.com. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  20. Stanford, George (2012-12-02). "Live from Las Palmas: Christmas for Two". Georgestanford.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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