# Sam Neely
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{{short description|American singer-songwriter (1948–2006)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sam Neely
| image = Sam Neely.png
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| caption = Sam Neely in 1972
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| native_name =
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| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|8|22}}{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
| birth_place = [Cuero](/source/Cuero%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), U.S.
| origin =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|7|19|1948|8|22}}
| death_place = [Corpus Christi](/source/Corpus_Christi%2C_Texas), Texas, U.S.
| genre = [Country](/source/Country_music), [folk](/source/folk_music)
| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, performer
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| years_active = 1958-1984
| label = [A&M](/source/A%26M_Records), Astro, [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Records), [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records), [MCA](/source/MCA_Records), Taliesyn
| associated_acts = The Buckle
}}
'''Sam Neely''' (August 22, 1948 – July 19, 2006) was an American [country](/source/country_music) and [folk music](/source/folk_music) musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and performer.
Born in [Cuero](/source/Cuero%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), Neely began playing guitar at age ten. After moving with his family to [Corpus Christi](/source/Corpus_Christi%2C_Texas), Texas, he began playing in bands, including local group, Buckle. He made an appearance on the ''[Merv Griffin Show](/source/Merv_Griffin_Show)'' in 1968 and was asked to write a song for the film, ''[Tilt](/source/Tilt_(1979_film))''; though the movie was not released until 1978, it did include Neely's track, "Long Road to Texas".[[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p25305/biography|pure_url=yes}} Sam Neely] at [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)]
Neely scored a string of minor hits in the 1970s on the country and pop charts and released a few albums which saw sales success. In 1978, he moved back to Corpus Christi and became the house musician for the Electric Eel. In 1983, he made a comeback on [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records).
On July 19, 2006, Neely collapsed and died while mowing his lawn at his home in Corpus Christi.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} He was 57. A funeral mass was held at [St. Patrick Catholic parish](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Corpus_Christi) in Corpus Christi on July 23, 2006.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
==Select discography==
===Albums===
{|class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album
!colspan="1"|Chart Positions
|-
!width="60"|[US](/source/Billboard_200)
[[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p25305/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], Allmusic.com]
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|1971
|''Long Road to Texas''
|align="center"|—
|-
|1972
|''Loving You Just Crossed My Mind''
|align="center"|147
|-
|1973
|''Two''
|align="center"|175
|-
|1974
|''Down Home''
|align="center"|202
|-
|1981
|''Two of a Kind''
|align="center"|—
|-
|2000
|''Son of the South''
|align="center"|—
|-
|2002
|''Sam Neely''
|align="center"|—
|}
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Song
!colspan="2"|Peak chart
positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
!width="45"|[US Country](/source/Hot_Country_Songs)
!width="45"|[US](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
[{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2010|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=27|year=2011|isbn=978-0-89820-188-8}}]
|-
| 1972
|"Loving You Just Crossed My Mind"
|align=center|—
|align=center|29
|-
|1973
|"Rosalie"
|align=center|—
|align=center|43
|-
|rowspan=2|1974
|"Sadie Take a Lover"
|align=center|—
|align=center|103
|-
|"[You Can Have Her](/source/You_Can_Have_Her)"
|align=center|49
|align=center|34
|-
|1975
|"Sanctuary (promo)" [{{cite web | url=https://recordsale.de/en/artists/sam-neely/albums/sanctuary | title=Sanctuary - Sam Neely | 7inch | Recordsale }}]
|align=center|—
|align=center|—
|-
|1975
|"[I Fought the Law](/source/I_Fought_the_Law)"
|align=center|61
|align=center|54
|-
|1977
|"[Sail Away](/source/Sail_Away_(Sam_Neely_song))"
|align=center|98
|align=center|84
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|"The Party's Over (Everybody's Gone)"
|align=center|78
|align=center|—
|-
|"[When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back](/source/When_You_Leave_That_Way_You_Can_Never_Go_Back)"
|align=center|77
|align=center|—
|-
|1984
|"Old Photographs"
|align=center|81
|align=center|—
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1948 births
Category:2006 deaths
Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:MCA Records artists
Category:20th-century American singer-songwriters
Category:People from Cuero, Texas
Category:Country musicians from Texas
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