James Gilreath
James William Gilreath, born on November 14, 1936, in Una, Clay County,
Mississippi, is an American singer. He began his musical career in the early
1960s as a member of 'The Nite-Liters,' a local band that recorded "Nervous" in
1962 on Vee Eight Records. Gilreath's first single, released by the same label
in 1962, featured "I Need It" and "Time Hasn't Helped," but it did not achieve
significant success. His breakthrough came with "Little Band of Gold", released
by Statue Records in early 1963. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot
100 chart and number 19 on the R&B cha...
