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Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham; March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) [1] was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, " Hi-Heel Sneakers ", that went to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart .
The final Long Tall Shorty gig was at the 100 Club on 2 February 1982. 1983 Long Tall Shorty was reborn, Ian Jones on Bass and Derwent Jaconelli on Drums Tony Perfect guitar and lead vocals. 6 months later Steve Moran joined on rhythm guitar. 1984 was the release of on the Streets Again a 3 track single on vinyl.
"Hi-Heel Sneakers" (often also spelled "High Heel Sneakers") is a blues song written and recorded by Tommy Tucker in 1963. Blues writer Mary Katherine Aldin describes it as an uptempo twelve-bar blues, with "a spare, lilting musical framework", and a strong vocal. [2] The song's rhythmic approach has also been compared to that of Jimmy Reed. [3]
[2] "The Hump" b/w "Long Tall Shorty" was released on Sahara. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Just before going into the studio to record the single, the band had to bail their keyboard player out of jail. [ 1 ] The song received airplay on the East Coast and was a hit in western New York, reaching a #1 position in Rochester, leading the band to claim that ...
The Greatest Live Show on Earth is a live album by the pianist and rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis.It was released on Smash Records in 1964. [1] It was Lewis' best-selling album of the decade, with its cover of Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers" becoming a mild pop hit.
At the start of the British rhythm and blues boom the Graham Bond Organisation earned a reputation for playing aggressive R & B with prominent jazz and blues. Bond was the primary songwriter but encouraged the other musicians to contribute material, including Dick Heckstall-Smith's "Dick's Instrumental" and Ginger Baker's "Camels and Elephants", in which the drummer explored ideas he ...
Jerry Jones and Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in season 1, episode 9 of Landman streaming on Paramount+. Photo credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.
In the latter part of 2007, Mensi rejoined the band and the lineup became Mensi on vocals, Gaz "Geordie" Stoker on bass, Hammond on guitar, Newts on guitar and Brett Mulvaney (and later Jonnie Halling) on drums. In October 2018 Gaz "Geordie" Stoker left the band and was replaced by John Woodward (Long Tall Shorty, The Straps, The Gonads). In ...