뉴 크리스티 민스트렐스

섬네일 **뉴 크리스티 민스트렐스**(The New Christy Minstrels)는 포크 분야에서 독특한 지위를 차지하는 대편성의 혼성 팝 포크 그룹이다. 1961년에 남성 8명, 여성 2명, 합계 10명이 레코드를 녹음, 그 호평에 부응하여 다음해에 레귤러 그룹으로서 정식으로 발족하였다. 최초의 리더는 랜디 스파크스였으나, 1964년에 아트 포텔과 교체하였다. 멤버가 자주 바뀌는 것으로도 유명하며, 인원수도 남자 7명, 여자 2명의 9명으로 줄었으나 실력은 저하되지 않았다. 1965년경부터 산 레모 음악제에 출연하는 등 팝화(化)의 방향으로 강력하게 추진시켰다/ 다수 인원의 멤버를 살린 다채로운 편곡과 연출의 교묘함으로 즐기게 해준다는 점에서는 최고의 그룹이다.
# 디스코그래피

## 음반
* *Presenting The New Christy Minstrels* (aka *Exciting New Folk Chorus*) (1962) * *The New Christy Minstrels In Person* (1963) (live album recorded at The Troubador, Los Angeles) * *The New Christy Minstrels Tell Tall Tales! (Legends and Nonsense)* (1963) * *Ramblin' featuring 'Green, Green** (1963) (reissued in an expanded edition on CD in 2016) * *Merry Christmas!* (1963) * *Today and Other Songs from 'Advance to the Rear** (1964) * *Land of Giants* (1964) * *Quiet Sides of the New Christy Minstrels* (1965; anthology assembled by Randy Sparks for release through the Columbia Record Club) * *The New Christy Minstrels Sing and Play Cowboys and Indians* (1965) (recorded in 1964; included *Three Wheels on My Wagon* which became the theme of a children's TV show in the UK) * *Chim Chim Cher-ee and Other Happy Songs* (1965) * *The Wandering Minstrels* (1965) * *In Italy...In Italian* (1966) * *New Kick!* (1966) * *Christmas with the Christies* (1966) * *Greatest Hits* (1966) * *On Tour Through Motortown* (1968) * *Big Hits from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (with Arthur Treacher) (1968) * *The New Christy Minstrels* (1970 RCA Japan; not released in the USA) * *You Need Someone to Love* (1970) * *Keep Japan Beautiful* (1975 Warner/Reprise Japan; not released in the USA) * *The Great Soap Opera Themes* (1976) * *Permanent Wave* (1984; rare limited release) * *Live from Ledbetter's* (1999) (recorded in 1964) * *The Definitive New Christy Minstrels* (1997) * *Merry Christmas, Volume II: 42 Years Later* (2005) * *Recycled: What's Old Is New* (2009) * *Retrospective* (2012) * *Nice Time to Be Alive* (2013) * *Merry Christmas! The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings 1963-1966* (2013)
## 싱글
{| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"|연도 ! width="400" rowspan="2"| 싱글 (A사이드, B사이드)
두 사이드 모두 별도 명기가 없는 한 동일 음반에서 비롯된 것이다 ! colspan="2"|차트 순위 ! rowspan="2"|음반 |- |- | US ! width="40"| US
AC |- | 1962 | align="left"|"This Land Is Your Land"
b/w "Don't Cry, Suzanne" | 93 | — | align="left"|*Exciting New Folk Chorus* |- | rowspan="3"|1963 | align="left"|"Denver"
b/w "Liza Lee" | 127 | — | align="left"|*In Person* |- | align="left"|"Green, Green"
b/w "The Banjo" (Non-album track) | 14 | 3 | align="left"|*Ramblin*' |- | align="left"|"Saturday Night"
b/w "The Wheeler Dealers" | 29 | — | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | rowspan="4"|1964 | align="left"|"Today"
b/w "Miss Katy Cruel" (Non-album track) | 17 | 4 | align="left"|*Today* |- | align="left"|"Silly Ol' Summertime"
b/w "The Far Side of the Hill" (from *The Quiet Sides of The New Christy Minstrels*) | 92 | — | align="left"|Non-album track |- | align="left"|"This Ol' Riverboat" (New recording; non-album track)
b/w "Same Ol' Huckleberry Finn" (Non-album track) | — | — | align="left"|*Today* |- | align="left"|"Gotta Get A'Goin"
b/w "Down the Road I Go" | 111 | — | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | rowspan="4"|1965 | align="left"|"Chim, Chim, Cheree"
b/w "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around" (from *The New Christy Minstrels Sing and Play Cowboys and Indians*) | 81 | 20 | align="left"|*Chim Chim Cher-ee* |- | align="left"|"The River"
b/w "Se piangi, se ridi" (from *In Italy...In Italian*) | — | — | align="left"|Non-album track |- | align="left"|"A Little Bit of Happiness"
b/w "Jim 'N I, Him 'N I, Flying in the Gemini" (Non-album track) | — | — | align="left"|*Chim Chim Cher-ee* |- | align="left"|"Born to Be Free"
b/w "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" (from *The Wandering Minstrels*) | — | — | align="left" rowspan="4"|Non-album tracks |- | rowspan="5"|1966 | align="left"|"Dance My Trouble Away"
b/w "There But for Fortune" | — | — |- | align="left"|"The Music of the World a Turnin'"
b/w "If I Could Start My Life Again" | — | — |- | align="left"|"Beautiful Beautiful World"
b/w "A Corner in the Sun" (from *New Kick!*) | — | — |- | align="left"|"We Need a Little Christmas"
b/w "O Holy Night" | — | — | align="left"|*Christmas with the Christies* |- | align="left"|"It Should Have Been You"
b/w "Sleep Comes Easy" | — | — | align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- | 1967 | align="left"|"I'll Coat Your Mind with Honey"
b/w "Night and Day" | — | — |- | rowspan="4"|1968 | align="left"|"Where Did Our Love Go"
b/w "Stop in the Name of Love" | — | — | align="left"|*On Tour Through Motortown* |- | align="left"|"Ballad for Americans"
b/w "Gallant Men" | — | — | align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- | align="left"|"Alice's Restaurant"
b/w "Summertime Love" | — | — |- | align="left"|"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
b/w "Me Old Bamboo" | 114 | — | align="left"|*Big Hits from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"* |- |1969 | align="left"|"Hey Jude" / "Atlantis"
b/w "Run Wild, Run Free" | — | — | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- |rowspan="3"|1971 | align="left"|"You Need Someone to Love"
b/w "South American Get Away" | — | — | align="left" rowspan="2"|*You Need Someone to Love* |- | align="left"|"Brother"
b/w "I Still Do" (Non-album track) | — | 36 |- | align="left"|"You Are Always on My Mind"
b/w "Where Are You Then" | — | — | align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks |- |rowspan="2"|1972 | align="left"|"Love It Along"
b/w "The Age of Not Believing" | — | — |- | align="left"|"Hallelujah World"
b/w "The Ballad of Tom Eagleton" | — | — |- |}