The Remingtons

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title: "The Remingtons" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["country-music-groups-from-tennessee", "bna-records-artists", "musical-groups-established-in-1991", "musical-groups-disestablished-in-1993", "vocal-trios", "musical-groups-from-nashville,-tennessee", "1991-establishments-in-tennessee"] description: "American country music group" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Remingtons" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American country music group ::

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Field	Value
name	The Remingtons
image	Remingtons promo photo.jpg
caption	A promotional picture of the Remingtons, ca. 1991
alt	A black-and-white photo of the Remingtons
background	group_or_band
origin	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
genre	Country
years_active	1991–1993
label	BNA
spinoff_of
past_members	Jimmy Griffin
Richard Mainegra
Rick Yancey
Denny Henson
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| name = The Remingtons | image = Remingtons promo photo.jpg | caption = A promotional picture of the Remingtons, ca. 1991 | alt = A black-and-white photo of the Remingtons | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Nashville, Tennessee, United States | genre = Country | years_active = 1991–1993 | label = BNA | spinoff_of = | past_members = Jimmy Griffin Richard Mainegra Rick Yancey Denny Henson The Remingtons were an American country music group founded in 1991. The original members were Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey, all three of whom were vocalists and guitarists. Griffin was previously a member of the soft rock group Bread, while Mainegra and Yancey had previously been part of another soft rock group called Cymarron. Yancey left in 1992 and was replaced by Denny Henson. The group recorded two albums for BNA Records (then known as BNA Entertainment) and charted five country singles, including the number 10 "A Long Time Ago." The Remingtons broke up in 1993 and all four members continued in other projects.

Biography

The Remingtons were founded in 1991 by singers Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey (December 31, 1947 – September 10, 2021). Griffin was a founding member of the soft rock group Bread, and both Mainegra and Yancey previously recorded in Cymarron, another soft rock band. Griffin also recorded in 1990 as one-third of Black Tie, which included country pop singer Billy Swan and former Eagles member Randy Meisner.

The Remingtons were one of the first acts signed to BNA Entertainment (later BNA Records), a country music record label founded in 1991. Their debut album, Blue Frontier, was released that year. It accounted for three straight Top 40 hits on the Billboard country charts, including the number 10 "A Long Time Ago". Yancey was replaced in 1992 by Denny Henson, a former member of Dan Fogelberg's backing band, shortly before the group released its second album, 1993's Aim for the Heart. The album still featured several songs written by Yancey, and he played acoustic guitar on the album's cover of Bread's "Everything I Own".

In 1993, The Remingtons was shortlisted for the Academy of Country Music Award for New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year.

Griffin and Yancey, along with Ronnie Guilbeau formed GYG (Griffin, Yancey, Guilbeau) in 2001. They recorded only one album and performed in and around the Nashville area until Griffin was diagnosed with cancer and died in 2005.

Yancey, singer and guitarist, died in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 10, 2021, at age 73.

Discography

Albums

::data[format=table] | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | US Country | US Heat | CAN Country | Blue Frontier | Aim for the Heart | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 55 | 23 | 18 | | | | | | | — | — | — | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | | | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | US Country | CAN Country | "A Long Time Ago" | "I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed)" | "Two-Timin' Me" | "Nobody Loves You When You're Free" | "Wall Around Her Heart" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1991 | 10 | 18 | Blue Frontier | | | | | | | | | 1992 | 33 | 35 | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 34 | | | | | | | | | | | 1993 | 52 | 85 | Aim for the Heart | | | | | | | | | 69 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | ::

Music videos

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Year	Video	Director	"A Long Time Ago"	"I Could Love You (With My Eyes Closed)"	"Nobody Loves You When You're Free"	"Wall Around Her Heart"
1991	Gustavo Garzon
1992	Steve Boyle
1993
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References

References

1. "Obituary Ricky Yancey".
2. "The Remingtons Biography | OLDIES.com". oldies.com.
3. "Jimmy Griffin, of Bread and the Remingtons, Dead at 61". [[CMT (American TV channel).
4. (1993). "The insider's country music handbook". Gibbs-Smith.
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6. Whitburn, Joel. (2008). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008". Record Research, Inc.
7. (1993). "Aim for the Heart". BNA Records.
8. (February 13, 1993). "ACM Announces Nominations".
9. "The Remingtons Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". [[Prometheus Global Media]].
10. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums". [[RPM (magazine).
11. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles". [[RPM (magazine).

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