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Tommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

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, United States
United States

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) is an American
United States

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 pop music
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
.

Best-remembered for his 1962 hit single "Sheila," critic Bill Dahl writes that Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum
Bubblegum pop

Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 to 1972. The chief characteristics of the genre are that it is pop music contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens, is produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, using faceless singers and has an intangible, upbeat "bubblegum" sound....
 artists of the late 1960s, but Roe cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career."

was raised in Atlanta where he attended Brown High School.






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Tommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 pop music
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
.

Best-remembered for his 1962 hit single "Sheila," critic Bill Dahl writes that Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum
Bubblegum pop

Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 to 1972. The chief characteristics of the genre are that it is pop music contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens, is produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, using faceless singers and has an intangible, upbeat "bubblegum" sound....
 artists of the late 1960s, but Roe cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career."

Biography

Roe was raised in Atlanta where he attended Brown High School. Influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally as Buddy Holly was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his The Day the Music Died, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and...
, Roe developed a unique style that, combined with his All-American clean-cut image, made him a popular musical performer throughout the 1960s. His first break came when, like Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee is an United States pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine Vee has had 38 Billboard Hot 100 record chart hit record, 10 of which hit the Top 20....
, he was asked to stand in on a date which Buddy Holly had been booked for, and a year later Roe recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 and released "Sheila" on the tiny Judd Records
Judd Records

Judd Records was started by Jud Phillips, brother of Sun Records co-founder Sam Phillips. Early releases were mostly recorded in Nashville, Tennessee or Memphis, Tennessee, but carried an address of Memphis, New York and Florence, Alabama ....
 label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 in Atlanta. The record
Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
 failed to attract any interest, but within two years Roe had signed a recording contract
Recording contract

A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote....
 with ABC-Paramount Records who re-recorded and re-released the song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
. Roe then had a Billboard #1 hit record in the United States and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 in 1962 with the track. A build up of global sales of "Sheila" meant that the R.I.A.A.
Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of a large number of private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, which the RIAA claims "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recor...
 did not present the gold record
Music recording sales certification

Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music Sound recording has shipped a certain number of copies.Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after the precious materials gold, platinum and diamond ....
 until 1969.

The following year scored a Top 10 hit
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
  with "Everybody", which reached #3, and the critically acclaimed "The Folk Singer" (#4 UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
) written
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 by Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore

Wyatt Merle Kilgore was an United States singer, songwriter, and Talent manager....
 was also popular. However in March 1963, the UK music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
, NME
NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
 reported that Roe and Chris Montez
Chris Montez

Chris Montez , is a Mexican American singer....
 had been upstaged by both The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
 and their fans on their 21 day long UK tour. The Beatles appeared in Northampton
Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and Non-metropolitan district in the East Midlands region of England. It is about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, and lies on the River Nene....
 on 27 March 1963.. Montez commented "Who are these guys The Beatles? I try to keep up with the British scene, but I don't know their work."

Following a more successful tour of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 by his friend Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
, Roe toured there and then moved to England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 where he lived for several years. In 1965, he and Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
 combined with Orbison to create an album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 for the Pickwick International
Pickwick Records

Pickwick Records was an United States record label and Record distributor known for its releases of sound-alike recordings, bargain bin reissues and repackagings under the brands Design, Bravo , Hurrah, Grand Prix, and children's records on the Cricket and Happy Times labels....
 label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
. During the 1960s, he had several more Top 40 hits, including 1966's #6 hit "Hooray for Hazel" (#2 Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
), and #8 hit "Sweet Pea" (#1 Canada). "Sweet Pea" was another self-penned success, with consistent sales over 16 weeks in the U.S. charts. Subsequent sales made this track his second million seller, with a belated gold disc award by R.I.A.A. in March 1969. In 1969, his song "Dizzy
Dizzy (song)

"Dizzy" is a song originally sound recording and reproduction by Tommy Roe which was a worldwide smash hit single in 1969.Songwriter by Roe and Freddy Weller, "Dizzy" was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, reaching chart-topper on the United States Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March 1969, for one week on the UK Singles...
" went to No. 1
List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)

This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1960s. The source for this decade up until March 1960 is the New Musical Express chart, and after that it is the Record Retailer....
 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
, #1 in Canada, as well as to Billboard's #1 in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 This transatlantic
Transatlantic

The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Most often, this refers to the exchange of passengers, cargo, information, or communication between North America and Europe....
 chart-topper sold two million copies by mid-April 1969, giving Roe his third gold disc award.

His final Top 10 single, the co-penned track with Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller

Freddy Weller is a country music singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia . His recording career started in 1969, while he was playing guitar in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders....
, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight", was released in November 1969, and peaked at #8 in the U.S. with 14 weeks in the best-sellers. It also reached #5 in Canada. A big hit for the bubblegum
Bubblegum pop

Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 to 1972. The chief characteristics of the genre are that it is pop music contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens, is produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, using faceless singers and has an intangible, upbeat "bubblegum" sound....
 devotees it sold a million copies by January 1970, generating another gold record awarded by the R.I.A.A.

A resident of Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood, California are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, California....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, Roe is married to Josette Banzet
Josette Banzet

Josette Banzet, Marquise de Bruyenne, born in France to a noble family, is an United States actress.She won a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rich Man, Poor Man ....
, an actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 who won a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
 for her performance in the 1976 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 mini-series, Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man is a novel written by Irwin Shaw in 1969. It is the last of the novels of Shaw's middle period before he began to concentrate, in his last works such as Evening In Byzantium, Nightwork, Bread Upon The Waters, and Acceptable Losses, on the inevitability of impending death....
.

In 1986, Roe was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Rockabilly Hall of Fame

The Rockabilly Hall of Fame was established on March 21, 1997 to present early rock and roll history and information relative to the artists and personalities involved in this pioneering United States music genre....
. Although his style of music declined in popularity with the 1970s mass market, Roe maintained a following and continued to perform at a variety of concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
 venues, sometimes with 1960s nostalgia rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
ers such as Freddy Cannon
Freddy Cannon

Freddy Cannon is an United States rock and roll singing....
 and Bobby Vee.

Partial discography


Singles

YearTitle / Songwriter(s)UK
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
AUS
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
CAN
Canadian Singles Chart

The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canadian Online Explorer on Thursdays....
U.S.
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
GER
Media Control Charts

The official Music Charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft ....
RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of a large number of private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, which the RIAA claims "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recor...
 Certification
1962"Sheila" (Tommy Roe) 3 1 1 1 9 Gold
1962"Susie Darlin'" (Robin Luke
Robin Luke

Robin Luke is an United States rockabilly singer. He has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.Luke was living in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii, attending Punahou School, in 1958 when he songwriter and sound recording and reproduction a Billboard Hot 100 hit single with the song, "Susie Darlin," a song named after his then five-year-old...
)		 37 - 21 35 - -
1962"Piddle De Pat'" (Tommy Roe) - - 21 - - -
1963"Everybody
Everybody (song)

"Everybody" is the debut single by United States singer-songwriter Madonna and was released on October 6, 1982 by Sire Records. It appears on her 1983 debut studio album Madonna and was later remixed and included on the 1987 remix compilation You Can Dance....
" (Tommy Roe)		 9 - 3 3 - -
1963"The Folk Singer" (Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore

Wyatt Merle Kilgore was an United States singer, songwriter, and Talent manager....
)		 4 - 34 84 - -
1964"Carol
Carol

Carol may refer to:* Carol, a female or male name, see Carl * Carol I of Romania , king of Romania* Carol II of Romania , king of RomaniaIn fictional characters:...
" (Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music....
)		 - - - 61 - -
1964"Come On" (Ernie Hall / Dan Penn
Dan Penn

Dan Penn is an United States singer, songwriter, record producer and sometime guitar player who co-wrote many soul music hits of the 1960s including "Dark End of the Street" & "Do Right Woman" and "Out of Left Field" & "Cry Like A Baby" ....
)		 - - 23 36 - -
1964"Party Girl" (Buddy Buie
Buddy Buie

Buddy Buie is a songwriter, producer, and publisher. He is most commonly associated with Roy Orbison, The Classics IV and The Atlanta Rhythm Section....
)		 - - - 85 - -
1966"Sweet Pea
Sweet Pea (disambiguation)

Sweet Pea may refer to:*Sweet pea, a flowering plant*Sweet Pea, nickname for Pernell Whitaker*Swee'Pea, a cartoon character*"Sweet Pea", a song by singer and songwriter Tommy Roe...
" (Tommy Roe)		 - 36 1 8 - Gold
1966"Hooray for Hazel" (Tommy Roe} - 30 2 6 - -
1967"It's Now Winters Day" (Tommy Roe) - - 13 23 - -
1967"Little Miss Sunshine" (Tommy Roe) - - - 99 - -
1967"Sing Along With Me" (Tommy Roe) - - - 91 - -
1969"Dizzy
Dizzy (song)

"Dizzy" is a song originally sound recording and reproduction by Tommy Roe which was a worldwide smash hit single in 1969.Songwriter by Roe and Freddy Weller, "Dizzy" was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, reaching chart-topper on the United States Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March 1969, for one week on the UK Singles...
" (Tommy Roe / Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller

Freddy Weller is a country music singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia . His recording career started in 1969, while he was playing guitar in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders....
)		 1 2 1 1 4 Gold
1969"Heather Honey" (Tommy Roe) 24 8 6 29 23 -
1969"Jack and Jill" (Tommy Roe / Freddy Weller) - 22 10 53 - -
1970"Jam Up and Jelly Tight" (Tommy Roe / Freddy Weller) - 4 5 8 - Gold
1970"Pearl" (Tommy Roe / Freddy Weller) - - 17 50 - -
1970"Stir It Up and Serve It" (Tommy Roe / Freddy Weller) - - - 50 - -
1970"We Can Make Music" (Lou T. Josie) - - - 49 - -
1971"Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee

Lee Shelton was a African American cab driver and a pimp convicted of murdering William "Billy" Lyons on Christmas Eve, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri....
" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price is an American vocalist. His first sound recording and reproduction, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" was a huge hit single on Specialty Records in 1952, and although he continued to turn out gramophone record, none were as popular until several years later, when he refined the New Orleans beat and achieved a series of national hits....
)		 - - 17 25 - -
1972"Mean Little Woman, Rosalie" (Unknown) - - - 92 - -
1973"Working Class Hero
Working Class Hero

"Working Class Hero" is a song from John Lennon's first post-The Beatles solo album, 1970's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band....
" (John Lennon
John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
)		 - - - 97 - -


Legacy

  • Sheila
    Sheila (singer)

    Sheila is the stage name of a France pop music singer, who became successful as a solo artist in the 1960s and 1970s and later fronted a disco act called Sheila B....
    's stage name
    Stage name

    A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
     was taken from the title of her first release, which was a French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
     cover
    Cover version

    In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
     of the song, "Sheila".
  • In 1991 The Wonder Stuff
    The Wonder Stuff

    The Wonder Stuff are a band originally based in Stourbridge, West Midlands , in the Black Country, England....
     and Vic Reeves
    Vic Reeves

    Vic Reeves is an England comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer . He is known for his surrealism and non sequitur sense of humour....
     released a cover of "Dizzy", which topped the UK Singles Chart.


See also

  • List of artists who reached number one in the United States
  • List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
    List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

    The following is a list of artists that have had 5 no.1's in the United Kingdom. The amount of no.1s which each artist/group scored can be found in brackets next to the name of that act....
  • List of acts who appeared on American Bandstand
    List of acts who appeared on American Bandstand

    List of acts who appeared on the television show American Bandstand....
  • List of performers on Top of the Pops
    List of performers on Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops is a long-running United Kingdom UK singles chart television programme It was originally shown each week on BBC and is now licensed for national versions around the world....
  • The History of Rock & Roll
    The History of Rock & Roll

    | |}The History of Rock & Roll was a radio documentary on rock and roll music, originally syndicated in 1969. One of the lengthiest documentaries of any medium , The History of Rock & Roll is a definitive history of the Rock and Roll genre, stretching from the early 1950s to its day....
  • Where the Action Is
    Where the Action Is

    'Where the Action Is' or was a music-based variety show which aired on television in the United States during the 1960s. It was carried by the American Broadcasting Company network and aired each weekday afternoon....
  • List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)
    List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)

    Georgia in the United States has been the birthplace or residence of many famous person throughout its history....


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