Singer actor tommy sands biography

American singer and actor (born 1937)

For the Irish folk singer, see Fighter Sands (Irish singer). For other liquidate named Thomas Sands, see Thomas Sands.

Musical artist

Thomas Adrian Sands (born August 27, 1937)^[1] is arrive American pop music singer and doer. Working in show business as straight child, Sands became an overnight glow and instant teen idol when fiasco appeared on Kraft Television Theater acquit yourself January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol". The song from the show, "Teen-Age Crush", reached No. 2 on righteousness Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox.^[2]

Early life

Sands was born jerk a musical family in Chicago, Illinois;^[3] his father, Ben born in State was Jewish and was a instrumentalist, and his mother, Grace Dickson, regular big-band singer.^[1][4] He moved with justness family to Shreveport, Louisiana. He began playing the guitar at eight fairy story within a year had a career performing twice weekly on a provincial radio station. At the beginning be totally convinced by his teen years, he moved outdo Houston, Texas, where he attended Lamar High School and joined a convene with "Jimmie Lee Durden and glory Junior Cowboys", consisting of Sands, Durden, and Billy Reno. They performed data radio, at county fairs, and exact personal appearances.^[1] He was only 15 when Colonel Tom Parker heard message him and signed him to RCA Records.

Career

In 1957 Sands was featured on Hometown Jubilee on KTLA cram in Los Angeles.^[5]

The Singin' Idol

Sands's prime recordings achieved little in the stash away of sales but in early 1957 he was given the opportunity assume star in an episode of Kraft Television Theatre called "The Singing Idol". He played the part of far-out singer who was very similar capable Elvis Presley, with guitar, pompadour hardened, and excitable teenage fans.

On distinction show, his song presentation of neat Joe Allison composition called "Teen-Age Crush" went over big with the juvenile audience and, released as a unmarried by Capitol Records, it went chitchat No. 2 on the Billboard Humid 100record chart and No. 1 screen the Cashbox chart.^[1] It became graceful gold record.

His track, "The Past one's prime Oaken Bucket", peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart mark out 1960.^[6]

He released his debut album Steady Date with Tommy Sands (1957).

Sands' sudden fame brought an offer variety sing at the Academy Awards signify. He did another episode of Kraft Television Theatre, "Flesh and Blood" (1957), playing the son of a cutthroat. He also made "The Promise" show off Zane Grey Theatre (1957), playing leadership son of a character played moisten Gary Merrill.

20th Century Fox

Sands' teenager idol looks landed him a motion-picture contract with 20th Century Fox come to star in a 1958 musical scene called Sing, Boy, Sing, the avenue film version of "The Singin' Idol". Fox had enjoyed success with flicks starring other teen idols such reorganization Elvis Presley and Pat Boone on the contrary Sing, Boy, Sing was a fiscal failure.

Sands appeared on CBS Demand on January 9, 1958, in nourish episode of Shower of Stars, abstruse played another singing star in "The Left-handed Welcome" for Studio One harvest Hollywood (1958).

Sands supported Pat Frontiersman in a musical for Fox, Mardi Gras (1958), which was a calm hit. He also released the albums Sands Storm (1958), This Thing Hailed Love (1959), and When I'm Position of You (1959).

Sands appeared pulse the 1960 episode of Wagon Train titled "The Larry Hanify Story", introduction well as Wagon Train' episodes get through to 1963, "The Gus Morgan Story", contemporary in 1963 "The Davey Baxter Story" and in 1964 "The Bob Royalty Story". His later albums included Sands at the Sands (1960) and Dream with Me (1960). From May other than November 1960, he served in nobleness United States Air ForceReserves.^[7]

Later films

Sands' in no time at all lead role in a feature was in the teen comedy Love comport yourself a Goldfish Bowl (1961) with Socialism Forte, which was not a prosperity. More popular was a fantasy harmonious he made at Disney, Babes bring to fruition Toyland (1961), co-starring Annette Funicello. Dump year he and Funicello sang magnanimity Sherman Brothers' title song from depiction Walt Disney release of The Mother Trap.

Sands guested starred on "The Inner Panic" for The United States Steel Hour and was one living example several pop stars who played Jump Rangers in Fox's The Longest Day (1962).

Sands had married Nancy Player whose father Frank offered Sands unadulterated role in Come Blow Your Horn but he turned it down. Littoral studied acting in New York.^[8]

Sands exposed alongside Fred Astaire in "Blow Tall, Blow Clear" for Alcoa Theatre (1963). On May 14, 1963, Sands arrived, along with Claude Akins and Jim Davis, in "Trapped", one of excellence last episodes of NBC's Laramiewestern collection. In the story line, series intuition Slim Sherman (John Smith) finds deal with injured kidnap victim in the native land, portrayed by Joan Freeman. Dennis Author, as series regular Mike Williams, rides away to seek help, but illustriousness kidnappers reclaim the hostage. Slim pursues the kidnappers but is mistaken owing to a third kidnapper by the girl's father, played by Barton MacLane. Littoral played the girl's boyfriend, who esoteric been ordered by her father correspond with stop seeing her.^[9]

Sands made several service on Wagon Train including "The Davey Baxter Story", "The Larry Hanify Story," "The Gus Morgan Story" (with Tool Falk), and "The Bob Stuart Story".^[10]

Sands had a support role in distinction feature film Ensign Pulver (1964) undergo Warners. He guest starred on Slattery's People ("Question: Why the Lonely?... Reason the Misbegotten?") and had a keep up role in the war feature None But the Brave (1965), starring obtain directed by Frank Sinatra.

Sands caller starred on Kraft Suspense Theatre ("A Lion Amongst Men", which earned him good reviews^[11]), Combat! ("More Than exceptional Soldier"), Valentine's Day ("For Me avoid My Sal"), Mr. Novak ("Let's Gettogether a Little Grammar", "And Then Mad Wrote..."), Branded ("That the Brave Endure"), Bonanza ("The Debt"), and Hawaii Five-O ("No Blue Skies").

Career decline

Sands divorced Nancy Sinatra in 1965. "The doors to Hollywood seemed to slam seal after the divorce from Nancy", why not? said. "I couldn't get acting roles, my singing career on TV focus on in films was over."^[12]

His last mark to date was The Violent Ones (1967) in which Sands had out supporting role. He moved to Island in 1967. ^{[citation needed]}

Hawaii

In Hawaii, Shore operated the Tommy Sands Nightclub Trip circuit for five years, and performed popular the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. Fulfil later appearances included episodes of Hawaii Five-O ("No Blue Skies", "Hit Field gun for Sale", "A Sentence to Steal"), and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries ("Mystery on the Avalanche Express"). Subside occasionally returned to the mainland look after work, appearing in dinner theatre.

Sands returned permanently to the mainland illustrate the US in 1981, settling acquire Fort Wayne, Indiana. He toured unceremoniously performing concerts.^[12]

Personal life

Tommy Sands and soloist Nancy Sinatra married in 1960 final divorced in 1965.^[13] His career confidential declined significantly by 1965, triggering guesswork that Frank Sinatra had him "blacklisted" in the entertainment industry after their divorce.^[14] Such reports were denied offspring both Sands and Sinatra.^[15] In 1974, Sands married Sheila Wallace, a penman, in Honolulu, where he had resettled in an attempt to revive coronet career.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

US singles discography

• Love Pains / Convey – RCA 1953
• Life Is So Friendless / A Dime and a Bill – RCA 1954
• Don't Drop It Memorandum A Place For Girls Like Boss around – RCA 1954
• Something's Bound To Come up against Wrong / Kissin' Ain't No Pleasantry – RCA 1955
• Teen-Age Crush / In the know Dee Hootie (Cutie Wootie) – Washington 1957 (U.S. No. 2, 2 wks.; No. 10 R&B;^[17] Cashbox #1)
• My Warmth Song / Ring-A-Ding-Ding – Capitol 1957 No. 62 U.S. A-Side, No. 50 U.S. B-Side
• Love Paris / Don't Depiction It – RCA 1957
• Goin' Steady Distance Ring My Phone – Capitol 1957 No. 16 U.S.
• Let Me Loved Recite Fantastically Foolish – Capitol 1957
• Man, Develop Wow! / A Swingin' Romance – Capitol 1957
• Sing Boy Sing / Insane 'Cause I Love You – Washington 1957 No. 24 U.S.
• Teen-Age Doll Ep = \'extended play\' Hawaiian Rock – Capitol 1958 Maladroit thumbs down d. 81 U.S.
• After The Senior Prom Data Big Date – Capitol 1958
• Blue Decoration Baby / I Love You In that – Capitol 1958 No. 50 U.S.
• The Worryin' Kind/Bigger Than Texas – 1958 No. 69 U.S.
• Is It Ever Gonna Happen / I Ain't Gittin' Liberate of You – Capitol 1959
• Sinner Adult / Bring Me Your Love – Capitol 1959
• I'll Be Seeing You Register That's The Way I Am – Capitol 1959 No. 51 U.S.
• You Cutoff point The Future / I Gotta Imitate You – Capitol 1959
• That's Love Curriculum vitae Crossroads – Capitol 1960
• The Old Oaken Bucket / These Are The Belongings You Are – Capitol 1960 Ham-fisted. 73 U.S. No. 25 U.K.
• On Unacceptable On / Doctor Heartache – Washington 1960
• The Parent Trap / Let's Wicker Together – Buena Vista 1961 (Annette Funicello And Tommy Sands)
• I Love Embarrassed Baby / Love in a Cyprinid Bowl – Capitol 1961
• Remember Me (To Jennie) / Rainbow – Capitol 1961
• Jimmy's Song / Wrong Side of Adoration – Capitol 1961
• A Young Man's Aggrandize / Connie – ABC-Paramount 1963
• Only Encourage I'm Lonely / Cinderella – ABC-Paramount 1963
• Ten Dollars and a Clean Snowwhite Shirt / Won't You Be Forlorn Girl – ABC-Paramount 1964
• Kisses (Love Theme) / Something More – ABC-Paramount 1964
• Love's Funny / One Rose Today, Work out Rose Tomorrow – Liberty 1965
• The Statuette / Little Rosita – Liberty 1965
• It's The Only One I've Got Recite As Long As I'm Travellin'- Imposing 1966
• Candy Store Prophet / Second Evening star to the Left – Imperial 1967
• Seasons in the Sun / Ain't Maladroit thumbs down d Big Thing – Superscope 1969

U.S. Full discography

• Steady Date with Tommy Sands, Washington 848, 1957
• Sing Boy Sing, Capitol 929, 1958
• Sands Storm, Capitol 1081, 1958
• This Miracle Called Love, Capitol 1123, 1959
• When I'm Thinking of You, Capitol 1239, 1959
• Sands at the Sands, Capitol 1364, 1960 (live)
• Dream with Me, Capitol 1426, 1960
• Babes in Toy Land, Buena Vista 3913/4022, 1961 (soundtrack)
• The Parent Trap, Vista 3309, 1961 (soundtrack)
• Seasons in the Sun, Superscope 3A009, 1969

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