RCA
Signing to RCA in 1964, Stanton's first single on the label Tribute To The King/That's Right, All Right was released. Tribute To The King - a song written for Barry by fellow musician and good friend Johnny Devlin - was a dedication to rock'n'roll superstar Elvis Presley. With both Presley and Stanton signed to the same record label, it wasn't long before the song was heard by the man himself. A few weeks later Barry was informed that he had received a personal telegram from 'The King' congratulating him on the record. Ecstatic as he was on being told of this, Barry would never lay eyes upon it himself, being told it was being used for promotional purposes by the record company. Unsurprisingly the telegram was mysteriously misplaced, never to be recovered. Truth of this story has been confirmed by several artists, including Devlin, who was A&R Manager for RCA at the time.
His next single My Little Emmy/Dancing Partner was released in 1965. This year would also see Barry become a father with the birth of his son, whom he had to fellow singer and wife Kelly Green who he had met on Six O'Clock Rock. They would go on to have a daughter the following year before splitting up shortly thereafter.
During this time Barry did several interstate tours performing alongside Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs and Ray Brown & The Whispers.
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