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    Bloom, Bobby (1946-28th February 1974)

    He was born in 1946 in New York.  He had a partnership with John Barry and made several solo recordings as well as singing back-up vocals on songs by the TV cartoon group The Archies .  He co-wrote the hit "Mony, Mony" for Tommy James and had a solo hit with "Montego Bay" which reached No. 8 in the US and No. 3 in the UK in the 1970 charts.   He died on 28th February 1974 in an accidental shooting after suffering from depression.

     

    The Archies Recordings

    Bang Shang-A-Lang (Jeff Barry )                                                                               

    Truck Driver (Jeff Barry )                                                                                           

     

    Source:

    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bloom

     

    Here's his sole hit "Montego Bay"...

     

     

     

     



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