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Line 1: {{short description\|American songwriter}} ~~{{Refimprove\|date=February 2016}}~~ '''Nathaniel Mayer''' (February 10, 1944 – November 1, 2008) was an American [[rhythm and blues]] [[singing\|singer]], who started his career in the early 1960s at [[Fortune Records]] in Detroit. "Nay Dog" or "Nate," as he was also known, had a raw, highly energetic [[human voice\|vocal]] style and wild stage show. '''Nathaniel Mayer''' (February 10, 1944<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book\|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music\|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]\|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)\|Colin Larkin]]\|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]\|date=1992\|edition=First\|isbn=0-85112-939-0\|page=1648}}</ref> – November 1, 2008)<ref name="Record"/> was an American [[rhythm and blues]] [[singing\|singer]], who started his career in the early 1960s at [[Fortune Records]] in his birthplace of [[Detroit]], Michigan.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> "Nay Dog" or "Nate," as he was also known, had a raw, highly energetic [[human voice\|vocal]] style and wild stage show. After a 35-year absence from music, in 2002 Mayer began recording and touring again, releasing albums with [[Fat Possum]], [[Alive Records]] and [[Norton Records]].<ref name="head">{{cite web\|title=Head Heritage, Unsung, Album of the Month, Nathaniel Mayer - Why Don't You Give It To Me?\|url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/nathaniel-mayer-why-dont-you-give-it-to-me\|website=Headheritage.co.uk\|access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref> ~~After a 35-year absence from music, in 2002 Mayer began recording and touring again, releasing albums with [[Fat Possum]], [[Alive Records]] and [[Norton Records]].~~ ==Career== Mayer started his career at [[Fortune Records]], a Detroit [[record label]] owned by Jack and Devora Brown. There he became label-mates with fellow Fortune stars [[Nolan Strong]] and [[Andre Williams (musician)\|Andre Williams]]. Mayer would stay with the label for six years, recording a handful of records.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Johnson\|first1=Gary\|title=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends - NATHANIEL MAYER\|url=http://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/236-nathaniel-mayer\|website=Michiganrockandrolllegends.com\|access-date=12 February 2018\|language=en-gb}}</ref> When Mayer was 18 years old he scored a [[Top 40 (radio format)\|Top 40]] [[chart-topper\|hit]] [[gramophone record\|record]] in 1962 with "Village of Love," credited to Nathaniel Mayer and The Fabulous Twilights.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> It was originally released on [[Fortune Records]], who then leased the record to [[United Artists Records]] for wider distribution.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Follow-ups such as "Leave Me Alone" (1962) and "I Had A Dream" (1963) failed to duplicate the success of "Village of Love" (although both records, especially "Leave Me Alone," sold well regionally). In 1966, Mayer released "I Want Love and Affection (Not The House Of Correction)," a funky offering in the [[James Brown]] vein. He then split with Fortune Records due to differences.<ref name="metrotimes1">{{cite web\|last=Hurtt \|first=Michael \|url=http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=11858 \|title=Fortune-ate comeback \| Local Music \| Detroit Metro Times \|website=Metrotimes.com \|date= \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2016-02-08}}</ref> ==Post Fortune Records== After ~~Mayer’s~~Mayer's Fortune Records days, his whereabouts were practically unknown and only ever confirmed by rumors for several decades. Though he did surface in 1980 to record the "Raise the Curtain High" single. It would be the only release from Mayer between 1966 and 2002. Disappearing into the ghettos of East Detroit for the next two decades, rumors abounded. However, after Norton Records released "I Don't Want No Bald-Headed Woman Telling Me What to Do" in 2002 (a never before released recording from 1968), Mayer was inspired to record and perform again.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ponderosastomp.com/music_more.php/38/Nathaniel+Mayer \|title=Nathaniel Mayer at the Eleventh Annual Ponderosa Stomp - New Orleans - Schedule, Artists, Tickets and Lineup - Stomp #11, Stomp 2013 \|website=Ponderosastomp.com \|date= \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2016-02-08}}</ref> Mayer staged a full-fledged musical comeback in 2002. His once-sweet soul scream had deepened to a rasping growl, giving his latter albums a whole new feel. He played [[nightclub\|club]]s and festivals, gaining a new generation of [[fan (person)\|fans]] with his exciting live shows.<ref name="metrotimes1"/> In 2004, Mayer returned to the [[recording studio\|studio]] to [[sound recording and reproduction\|record]] ''I Just Want to Be Held'' for [[Fat Possum Records]], a [[Mississippi]] label known mostly for releasing records by obscure bluesmen. In 2005, he toured with fellow Fat Possum artist [[The Black Keys]]. In 2006, the Dutch-based [[Stardumb Records]] released a 7" [[single (music)\|single]] featuring three [[songs]] taken from the Fat Possum album.<ref>[http://www.fatpossum.com/artists/mayer.html ] {{~~wayback~~webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620132844/http://www.fatpossum.com/artists/mayer.html \|date=~~20080620132844~~June 20, 2008 }}</ref> Mayer's last sessions were released across two albums, 2007's ''Why Don't You Give It To Me?'' and 2009's ''Why Won't You Let Me Black?'', both on [[Alive Records]] and featuring [[Dan Auerbach]] of [[The Black Keys]], Matthew Smith of [[Outrageous Cherry]], [[Troy Gregory]] of [[The Dirtbombs]], and Dave Shettler of [[SSM (band)\|SSM]] and [[The Sights]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Black Keys, Dirtbombs Guest On Nathaniel Mayer Album\|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051504/black-keys-dirtbombs-guest-on-nathaniel-mayer-album\|website=Billboard.com\|access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref> ''Why Don't You Give It To Me?'' was Julian Cope's Album of the Month on his Head Heritage site in May 2008.<ref name="head" /> [[The Detroit Cobras]] remade "Village of Love" in 1996.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Detroit Cobras - Village Of Love\|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Detroit-Cobras-Village-Of-Love/release/2365008\|website=Discogs.com\|access-date=12 February 2018\|language=en}}</ref> While "Leave Me Alone" was covered by The Hard Feelings in 2001.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Hard Feelings - Soul Party!\|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Hard-Feelings-Soul-Party/release/1467447\|website=Discogs.com\|access-date=12 February 2018\|language=en}}</ref> Eve Monsees, The Exiles<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/Eve-Monsees-And-The-Exiles-Eve-Monsees-And-The-Exiles/release/9946707\|title=Eve Monsees And The Exiles - Eve Monsees And The Exiles\|website=Discogs.com}}</ref> and the [[Gibson Brothers]] have all recorded "I Had A Dream."<ref>{{cite web\|title=Gibson Bros.* - Memphis Sol Today!\|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gibson-Bros-Memphis-Sol-Today/release/453325\|website=Discogs.com\|access-date=12 February 2018\|language=en}}</ref> [[The Detroit Cobras]] remade "Village of Love" in 1996. While "Leave Me Alone" was covered by The Hard Feelings and [[Holly Golightly (singer)\|Holly Golightly]]. Eve Monsees, The Exiles and the [[Gibson Brothers]] have all recorded "I Had A Dream." In 2014, Nathaniel Mayer was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/236-nathaniel-mayer\|title=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends - NATHANIEL MAYER\|website=Michiganrockandrolllegends.com}}</ref> ==Death== Within a year after completing his first European tour, Mayer suffered multiple strokes. After months of hospitalization, Nathaniel Mayer died on November 1, 2008, in Detroit, Michigan.<ref name="Record">{{cite web~~\|author=Name (required)~~ \|url=https://ontherecordmag.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/soul-singer-nathaniel-mayer-dies-following-series-of-strokes/ \|title=Soul singer Nathaniel Mayer dies following series of strokes \| On the record magazine \|website=Ontherecordmag.wordpress.com \|date= \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2016-02-08}}</ref> ==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Going Back To...The Village of Love'' (1963, Fortune Records; CD is a 1996 [[compilation album\|compilation]] with ~~additional~~11 bonus tracks, Gold Dust Records, [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Bootleg recording\|bootleg]] import)▼ * ''I Want Love and Affection (Not the House of Correction)'' (~~1962~~1966, ~~rereleased~~Fortune; re-released on Vampi Soul in 2011) ▲''Village of Love'' (1963, Fortune Records; CD is a 1996 [[compilation album\|compilation]] with additional tracks, Gold Dust Records, [[Italy\|Italian]] [[Bootleg recording\|bootleg]] import) ''I Just Want to Be Held'' (2004, Fat Possum Records) * "''Anthology: I Want Love and Affection'' - [2xLP / CD digipack] (2006, ~~Vampisoul~~Vampi Soul) * ''Why Don't You Give It To Me?'' (2007, Alive-Naturalsound Records) * ''Why Won't You Let Me Be Black?'' (2009, Alive-Naturalsound Records) ===Singles=== * "My Last Dance With You" / "My Little Darling" (1961) Fortune 542 * "Village Ofof Love" / "I Want Aa Woman" (1962) Fortune 545; United Artists 449 * "~~Leave~~Hurting ~~Me Alone~~Love" / "~~Hurting~~Leave ~~Love~~Me Alone" (1962) Fortune 547; United Artists 487 * "Mr. Santa Claus (Bring Me My Baby)" / "Well, I've Got News (For You)" (1962) Fortune 550 * "Well, I've Got News (For You)" / "Work It Out" (1963) Fortune 550 * "I Had Aa Dream" / "I'm Not Gonna Cry" (1963) Fortune 554 * "Going Back To The Village Ofof Love" / "My Last Dance With You" [re-make] (~~1963~~1964) Fortune 557 * "A Place I Know" / "Don't Come Back" (1964) Fortune 562 * "I Want Love and Affection (Not the House of Correction)" / "From Now On" (1966) Fortune 567 * "Raise ~~The~~the Curtain High" / "Super Boogie" (1980) Love Dog 101 * "I Don't Want No Bald Headed Woman Telling Me What To Do" / "I Don't Want No Bald Headed Woman Telling Me What To Do" (instrumental) (2002; recorded 1968) Norton 107 * "Ride In My 225" / "Mister Santa Claus" ([live)] (2005) Norton 126 * "I Found Out" (2006) Stardumb Records Line 56 ⟶ 57: {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Nathaniel}} [[Category:~~American~~1944 ~~male singers~~births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]]▼ [[Category:Songwriters from Michigan]] [[Category:American soul musicians]] [[Category:Fat Possum Records artists]] ~~[[Category:1944 births]]~~ ▲[[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:Musicians from Detroit, Michigan]]▼ [[Category:Alive Naturalsound Records artists]] [[Category:20th-century American singers]] ▲[[Category:~~Musicians~~Singers from Detroit~~, Michigan~~]] [[Category:20th-century American male singers]] [[Category:American male songwriters]] [[Category:20th-century American songwriters]]