DIZZY TOMMY ROE (1969)
Thomas David Tommy Roe (born May 9, 1942 is an American pop music singersongwriter. Bestremembered for his hits Sheila (1962) and Dizzy (1969), Roe was widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career, wrote the Allmusic journalist Bill Dahl. Biography Roe was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Brown High School. After graduating, he landed a job at General Electric soldering wires. He had a Billboard number 1 hit in the U. S. and Australia in 1962 with the track Sheila. A buildup of global sales of Sheila meant that the Recording Industry Association of America did not present the gold record until 1969. When Sheila became a hit in 62, ABCParamount Records asked him to go on tour to promote the hit. He was reluctant to give up his secure job at GE until ABCParamount advanced
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