Terry Cashman

Terry Cashman (born Dennis Minogue, July 5, 1941, in New York) is a record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball." While the song is well recognized today, it was all but ignored by typical Top 40 radio during its chart life, making only the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Cashman was the lead singer for a band called The Chevrons in the late 1950s through the early 1960s. He also played Minor League Baseball in the Detroit Tigers organization at around the same time.

In 1967, Cashman teamed up with Gene Pistilli and Tommy West to form the pop-folk group Cashman, Pistilli and West. Their debut album, Bound to Happen (1967), included the Cashman-Pistilli composition "Sunday Will Never Be the Same", a #9 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Spanky and Our Gang that year and #7 in Canada.

Cashman, Pistilli and West also had a #22 hit single (#15 in Canada), "Medicine Man", under the name The Buchanan Brothers. The follow-up "Son of a Lovin' Man" hit #50 in Canada.

In the fall of 1972, Cashman & West's song "American City Suite" hit #27 on the Billboard chart and #25 on the Canadian RPM chart. Cashman, Pistilli and West (later reduced to Cashman & West) enjoyed modest success, recording six albums through 1975. The Cashman-West team also produced all the hit recordings of singer-songwriter Jim Croce. In 1975 they launched Lifesong Records, which would have hits including "Shannon" by Henry Gross and "Ariel" by Dean Friedman.

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