Tommy Sands
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
He got a big break in 1957 when he got the lead role in The Singin Idol, a television drama on rock & roll. The producers first choice was Elvis Presley but he wasnt available, so a search went on and Sands won. A single from the show Teenage Crush on Capitol Records went to number two on Billboards pop chart and Sands became an overnight sensation. He appeared on many Kraft Theater shows and nearly every network variety show on television. No one-hit wonder, he also hit the charts with Goin Steady, The Worryin Kind, Blue Ribbon Baby, Sing Boy Sing, The Old Oaken Bucket, and The Parent Trap. The release of Ill Be Seeing You, marked a new musical direction for Sands. He cut two albums with Nelson Riddle and continue to release singles for a variety of labels, but none in the een rock format that made him famous.
From the late 50s to the 70s he appeared in more than 150 television programs, and many movies including Sing Boy Sing (his first), Babes in Toyland, The Longest Day, Ensign Pulver, None but the Brave, Mardi Gras, and The Violent One. He married Nancy Sinatra in 1960; the union lasted five years. Where is he now? Still performing and thrilling fans all over the world. What else? Its in his genes.
