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The Fireballs, sometimes billed as Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, were an American rock and roll group, particularly popular at the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s. The original line-up consisted of George Tomsco (lead guitar), Chuck Tharp (vocals), Stan Lark (bass), Eric Budd (drums), and Dan Trammell (rhythm guitar).
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs had the last number one before the chart was discontinued.. In 1963, Billboard published the Hot R&B Singles chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 ...
The Beach Boys had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Surfin' U.S.A.", the number one song of 1963. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963, which appeared in the December 28, 1963 issue of Billboard. [1] [2]
Sep. 10—Jimmy Gilmer, believed to be the most recorded vocalist at Norman Petty Studios, died Saturday a week short of his 84th birthday, studio officials said. Gilmer and The Fireballs recorded ...
Single by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs; B-side "When My Tears Have Dried" Released: October 1963: Genre: Pop rock: Length: 2: 14: Label: Dot 16539: Songwriter(s) Keith McCormack, Glynn Thames, Juanita Jordan [1] Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs singles chronology
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1963. The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song , " Sugar Shack " by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs .
That year, all but two acts (The Four Seasons and Bobby Vinton) achieved their first number-one singles, with a total of 19, which were Steve Lawrence, The Rooftop Singers, Paul & Paula, Ruby & the Romantics, The Chiffons, Little Peggy March, Jimmy Soul, Lesley Gore, Kyu Sakamoto, The Essex, Jan & Dean, The Tymes, Stevie Wonder (as ‘Little ...
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