Tommy sands actor biography
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Always a country music fan, Tommy Sands' mother gave him a guitar for Christmas when he was seven. He taught himself to play and, at age eight, got a job at radio station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, performing twice a week. Later, he and his mother moved to Houston where, in , he cut his first record for Freedom Records. By , Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, signed Sands with RCA Records, where he recorded seven forgettable songs between and In January of , he landed the lead in The Singin' Idol (), an episode of Kraft Theatre (). A song he sang in that production, "Teenage Crush", shot to #3 on the Billboard and Cashbox charts, and Sands' career as a teen idol was off and running. He sang the Oscar-nominated song, "Friendly Persuasion", at the Academy Award ceremonies and, the next year, played the lead in a thinly-disguised biography of his career, Sing Boy Sing (). Several years later, he appeared with his former father-in-law, Frank S
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Tommy Sands
Tommy Sands was a natural-born entertainer who began his professional career at age 5 when he sneaked out of the house and successfully auditioned, solo, for a local radio program. At 10, the pop music prodigy boarded a Chicago city bus alone and fast-talked his way into a role on WBKB TV’s "Lady of the Mountain" series.
By 12, Sands was a featured performer on the KWKH Louisiana Hayride radio show, working alongside country stars Hank Williams, Faron Young, Webb Pierce and the Maddox Brothers and Rose, and by , was being represented by famed promoter Col. Tom Parker. That led to a string of appearances with Elvis Presley and a contract with RCA Records, where legendary guitarist-A&R man Chet Atkins personally oversaw all of Sands' sessions.
While Presley became a sensation, Sands made little impact until his riveting performance as an Elvis-type rock 'n' roll idol in the Kraft Theater television show "The Singing Idol." The
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Tommy Sands
American singer and actor (born )
For the Irish folk singer, see Tommy Sands (Irish singer). For other people named Thomas Sands, see Thomas Sands.
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| Birth name | Thomas Adrian Sands |
| Born | () August 27, (age&#;87) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | –present |
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| Spouse(s) | Nancy Sinatra &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Sheila Wallace &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
Musical artist
Thomas Adrian Sands (born August 27, )[1] fryst vatten an American pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as a child, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on Kraft Television Theater in January as "The Singin' Idol". The song from the show, "Teen-Age Crush", reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot and No. 1 on Cashbox.[2]
Early life
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