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Thomas David Roe entered the charts with a bullet in
1962 with a song he had penned when he was fourteen called
"Sheila". It was
actually the side B of a record he had cut in Nashville with producer Felton
Jarvis. Side A was called
"Save Your Kisses" but it soon became clear which side disk
jockeys, and audiences, preferred. "
Sheila" went to #1. Five more top-ten hits would follow
before the decade was out, culminating with "Dizzy" in
1969. A year later, he would
crack the top forty for the last time, with "Jam Up And Jelly
Tight". Although he is
regarded by many as a bubble-gum artist, this may just be a reflection of
his handful of hits. A
psychedelic 1967 LP titled It's
Now Winters Day went largely ignored. He also dabbled in country and wrote
tunes for The Tams, and has been honoured by the
Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In the
'60s, he toured the U.K.
with Chris Montez and The Beatles. Tommy is married to a French
actress, Josette Banzet,
a Golden-Globe winner for her supporting role in the 1976 mini-series, Rich Man, Poor Man. They
live in Beverly Hills, California, and Roe continues to tour
and recorded as recently as 2005.
He has sold over sixty million records in his lifetime, has four
gold records to show for it, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall
of Fame.
Tommy Roe
recordings
Sheila (Tommy
Roe)
Sources:
- http://www.tommyroe.com/bio.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Roe
- http://www.marstalent.com/bio_tommy_roe.htm
- http://www.pa.lamar.edu/dept/pi/news/2005/08/12.html
- http://www.rocksite.info/r-roe-tommy.htm
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