Tommy Roe
Tommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969), Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but Roe also cut some rockers early in his career.
Roe was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Brown High School and was part of band. Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly Read Full BioTommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969), Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but Roe also cut some rockers early in his career.
Roe was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Brown High School and was part of band. Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly, Tommy Roe developed a unique style that, combined with his All-American clean-cut image, made him a popular musical performer throughout the 1960s. In April of 1961 he became a father to daughter Cynthia; he has 3 grandchildren.
Roe had a Billboard No.1 hit record hit in the United States and in Australia in 1962 with the song, "Sheila" and the following year scored two Top 10 hits with "Everybody" and the critically acclaimed "The Folk Singer" written by Merle Kilgore. Following the enormously successful tour of the United Kingdom by friend Roy Orbison, Tommy Roe toured there and then moved to England where he lived for several years. In 1965, he and Jerry Lee Lewis combined with Orbison to create an LP for the Pickwick International label. During the 1960s, he had several more top forty hits. In 1969, his song "Dizzy" went to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart as well as to Billboard's No.1 in the USA. His final Top 40 single was "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" in 1970.
A resident of Beverly Hills, California, Roe is married to Josette Banzet, an actress from France who won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting for her performance in the 1976 television mini-series, Rich Man, Poor Man. His daughter Cynthia still resides in Georgia with her family.
In 1986, Tommy Roe was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Although his style of music declined in popularity with the 1970s mass market, Tommy Roe maintained a following and continued to perform at a variety of concert venues, sometimes with sixties nostalgia rock and rollers such as Freddy Cannon and Bobby Vee.
Partial discography (singles)
* "Sheila" (1962)
* "Everybody" (1963)
* "The Folk Singer" (1963)
* "Sweet Pea" (1966)
* "Hooray for Hazel" (1966)
* "Dizzy" (1969)
* "Jack And Jill" (1969)
* "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" (1970)
Roe was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Brown High School and was part of band. Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly Read Full BioTommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969), Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but Roe also cut some rockers early in his career.
Roe was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Brown High School and was part of band. Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly, Tommy Roe developed a unique style that, combined with his All-American clean-cut image, made him a popular musical performer throughout the 1960s. In April of 1961 he became a father to daughter Cynthia; he has 3 grandchildren.
Roe had a Billboard No.1 hit record hit in the United States and in Australia in 1962 with the song, "Sheila" and the following year scored two Top 10 hits with "Everybody" and the critically acclaimed "The Folk Singer" written by Merle Kilgore. Following the enormously successful tour of the United Kingdom by friend Roy Orbison, Tommy Roe toured there and then moved to England where he lived for several years. In 1965, he and Jerry Lee Lewis combined with Orbison to create an LP for the Pickwick International label. During the 1960s, he had several more top forty hits. In 1969, his song "Dizzy" went to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart as well as to Billboard's No.1 in the USA. His final Top 40 single was "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" in 1970.
A resident of Beverly Hills, California, Roe is married to Josette Banzet, an actress from France who won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting for her performance in the 1976 television mini-series, Rich Man, Poor Man. His daughter Cynthia still resides in Georgia with her family.
In 1986, Tommy Roe was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Although his style of music declined in popularity with the 1970s mass market, Tommy Roe maintained a following and continued to perform at a variety of concert venues, sometimes with sixties nostalgia rock and rollers such as Freddy Cannon and Bobby Vee.
Partial discography (singles)
* "Sheila" (1962)
* "Everybody" (1963)
* "The Folk Singer" (1963)
* "Sweet Pea" (1966)
* "Hooray for Hazel" (1966)
* "Dizzy" (1969)
* "Jack And Jill" (1969)
* "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" (1970)
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Dizzy
Tommy Roe Lyrics
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy
First time that I saw you, girl, I knew that I just had to make you mine
But it's so hard to talk to you with fellas hanging round you all the time
I want you for my sweet pet
But you keep playing hard to get
I'm going around in circles all the time
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy
I finally got to talk to you and I told you just exactly how I felt
Then I held you close to me and kissed you and my heart began to melt
Girl, you've got control of me
'Cause I'm so dizzy I can't see
I need to call a doctor for some help
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy
My head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy
You're making me dizzy
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Freddy Weller, Tommy Roe
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JJ
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy
First time that I saw you, girl
I knew that I just had to make you mine
But it's so hard to talk to you
With fellas hanging 'round you all the time
I want you for my sweet pet
But you keep playing hard to get
I'm going around in circles all the time
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy
I finally got to talk to you
And I told you just exactly how I felt
Then I held you close to me
And kissed you and my heart began to melt
Girl, you've got control on me
'Cause I'm so dizzy I can't see
I need to call a doctor for some help
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, making it spin
You're making me dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool it never ends
And it's you girl making it spin
You're making me dizzy
You're making me dizzy
I'm so dizzy
You're making me dizzy
Iain Brown
Improved lyrics
Itchy
I'm so itchy, my skin is itchin
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, skin makin me itch
You're makin' me itchy
First time that I felt you, itch, I knew that I just had to scratch my skin
But it's so hard to scratch my back with arms that won’t reach round there all the time
I just want to scratch my back
Because I’ve got an itch to get
Scratchin' around in circles all the time
Itchy
I'm so itchy, my skin is itchin
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, skin makin me itch
You're makin' me itchy
I finally got to scratch at you and I can’t tell you just how nice it felt
I reached for you repeatedly and scratched you and my skin began to swell
Skin, you keep on itchin me
'Cause I'm so itchy I can't see
I need a new skin doctor for some help
Itchy
I'm so itchy, my skin is itchin
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, skin makin me itch
You're makin' me itchy
My skin is itchin’
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, skin makin me itch
You're makin' me itchy
Oh, I'm so itchy
You're makin' me itchy
Yeah, I'm so itchy
Judith Jones
I was one of these girls! Proud to be a Baby Boomer - the best of times! Graduated in 1969! So many memories. This was one of my favorite songs and still love it!
Dan Michaels
Hey Judy. Cinnamon, let me in.
Karen King
@John Smith John I used to dance like that all the time I think that was a link to disco that's kind of the beginning of it before it turned into a iconic dance with John Travolta and we just moved around it's pretty goofy looking now but we loved it back then because before that when people dance they always did like hold hands and do nothing jitterbug but something like that depending on the song of course so that was the first time we started letting go of our partners and just dancing with them like that
Karen King
Me too ... I even looked a lot like that girl wish I had a picture in my phone just to send you it's like for a split second actually thought it was me but it was my boyfriend and I or his song to me I should say it was fun it was different wasn't it back in those days seemed like they were innocent
Jamie Johnson
I am 62 years young and grew up in this era...... what a wonderful time amongst all wrongs that plagued the country. Songs from the 60's and 70's always brings tears to my eyes... what a time!
Debra Stoddard
@Jim Birdman I think some of it is coming back in the schools, and on some films (retro)! My grandkids were in band, orchestra and Choir. Their teachers had them play/sing many old retro songs of that era. My grandson was in a jazz band class in school as well as regular band. Their teacher had them play songs like "25 or 6 to 4", not only that, but others!
Kurt Comeaux
I know what you mean Jamie, 60 & 70s were great times. I'am now 67 i miss that era so much. Now Look what the Hell we living in. I still love this era of music. We did have the best music and the best cars & the ladies.....
Susie Muirhead
Born in 54 and I still remember the lyrics to all these songs.
Daniel Sekerak
Now 63?
Aaron Digby
@Suzy Running Hawk not ready for Prime Time Players, Soul Train, Midnight Special, American Bandstand, I was born in '1958, the sixties and seventies were terrific.