Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Tommy Roe - Discography

Tommy Roe


Widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late '60s, Tommy Roe cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career -- many displaying some pretty prominent Buddy Holly roots. In fact, Roe's initial pop smash, 1962's chart-topping "Sheila," was quite reminiscent of Holly's "Peggy Sue," utilizing a very similar throbbing drumbeat and Roe's hiccuping vocal. The singer had previously cut the song for the smaller Judd label before remaking it in superior form for ABC-Paramount. The infectious "Everybody" -- another hot item the next year -- was waxed in Muscle Shoals at Rick Hall's Fame studios, normally an R&B-oriented facility (it's not widely known that Roe wrote songs for the Tams, a raw-edged soul group from his Atlanta hometown). Once Roe veered off on his squeaky-clean bubblegum tangent, he stuck with it for the rest of the decade. His lighthearted "Sweet Pea" and "Hooray for Hazel" burned up the charts in 1966, and he was still at it three years later when he waxed his biggest hit, "Dizzy," and "Jam Up Jelly Tight."















14 comments:

Graham R said...

Great - thank you!

Ozzieguy said...

Hi Graham
You are very welcome, hope you enjoy them all.

Tel said...

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Fred said...

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cannie said...

Just letting you know link is invalid or has been removed, thanks for your efforts.

Ozzieguy said...

Thanks Cannie, all links fixed.

Ozzieguy said...

Hi Fred.
Yes things were done to stop certain morons, however, all fixed now and thank you for letting me know.

Regards
Ozzieguy

Tel said...

Thanx For The Fresh Links Ozzie
Cheers
Tel

cannie said...

All good, thank you for your efforts to introduce people to new/ old music

367 loser said...

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Ozzieguy said...

Thank you 367.
Darn MF always have problems, I will need to reup them to Mega. Mega is fantastic and generous.

367 loser said...

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Ozzieguy said...

367loser.
All fixed.

367 loser said...

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