Tommy Sands
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Thomas Adrian Sands (born August 27, 1937)
Early life
Sands was born into a musical family in Chicago, Illinois;
Career
In 1957 Sands was featured on Hometown Jubilee on KTLA television in Los Angeles.[5]
The Singin' Idol
Sands's initial
On the show, his song presentation of a
His track, "The Old Oaken Bucket", peaked at No. 25 on the
He released his debut album Steady Date with Tommy Sands (1957).
Sands' sudden fame brought an offer to sing at the
20th Century Fox
Sands'
Sands appeared on
Sands supported Pat Boone in a musical for Fox, Mardi Gras (1958), which was a moderate hit. He also released the albums Sands Storm (1958), This Thing Called Love (1959), and When I'm Thinking of You (1959).
Sands appeared in the 1960 episode of Wagon Train titled "The Larry Hanify Story", as well as Wagon Train' episodes in 1963, "The Gus Morgan Story", and in 1963 "The Davey Baxter Story" ans in 1964 "The Bob Stuart Story". His later albums included Sands at the Sands (1960) and Dream with Me (1960). From May to November 1960, he served in the United States Air Force Reserves.[7]
Later films
Sands' second lead role in a feature was in the teen comedy Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961) with Fabian Forte, which was not a success. More popular was a fantasy musical he made at Disney, Babes in Toyland (1961), co-starring Annette Funicello. That year he and Funicello sang the Sherman Brothers' title song from the Walt Disney release of The Parent Trap.
Sands guested starred on "The Inner Panic" for The United States Steel Hour and was one of several pop stars who played US Rangers in Fox's The Longest Day (1962).
Sands had married Nancy Sinatra whose father Frank offered Sands a role in Come Blow Your Horn but he turned it down. Sands studied acting in New York.[8]
Sands appeared alongside Fred Astaire in "Blow High, Blow Clear" for Alcoa Theatre (1963). On May 14, 1963, Sands appeared, along with Claude Akins and Jim Davis, in "Trapped", one of the last episodes of NBC's Laramie western series. In the story line, series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) finds an injured kidnap victim in the woods, portrayed by Joan Freeman. Dennis Holmes, as series regular Mike Williams, rides away to seek help, but the kidnappers reclaim the hostage. Slim pursues the kidnappers but is mistaken as a third kidnapper by the girl's father, played by Barton MacLane. Sands played the girl's boyfriend, who had been ordered by her father to stop seeing her.[9]
Sands made several appearances on Wagon Train including "The Davey Baxter Story", "The Larry Hanify Story," "The Gus Morgan Story" (with Peter Falk), and "The Bob Stuart Story".[10]
Sands had a support role in the feature film
Sands guest starred on Kraft Suspense Theatre ("A Lion Amongst Men", which earned him good reviews[11]), Combat! ("More Than a Soldier"), Valentine's Day ("For Me and My Sal"), Mr Novak ("Let's Dig a Little Grammar", "And Then I 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 shut after the divorce from Nancy", he said. "I couldn't get acting roles, my singing career on TV and in films was over."[12]
His last feature to date was The Violent Ones (1967) in which Sands had a supporting role. He moved to Hawaii in 1967. [citation needed]
Hawaii
In Hawaii, Sands operated the Tommy Sands Nightclub Tour for five years, and performed at the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. His later appearances included episodes of Hawaii Five-O ("No Blue Skies", "Hit Gun for Sale", "A Sentence to Steal"), and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries ("Mystery on the Avalanche Express"). He occasionally returned to the mainland to work, appearing in dinner theatre.
Sands returned permanently to the mainland of the US in 1981, settling in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He toured regularly performing concerts.[12]
Personal life
Tommy Sands and singer Nancy Sinatra married in 1960 and divorced in 1965.[13] His career had declined significantly by 1965, triggering speculation that Frank Sinatra had him "blacklisted" in the entertainment industry after their divorce.[14] Such reports were denied by both Sands and Sinatra.[15] In 1974, Sands married Sheila Wallace, a secretary, in Honolulu, where he had relocated in an attempt to revive his career.[16]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role |
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1958 | Sing, Boy, Sing
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Virgil Walker |
1958 | Mardi Gras | Barry Denton |
1961 | Love in a Goldfish Bowl | Gordon Slide |
1961 | Babes in Toyland | Tom Piper |
1962 | The Longest Day | U.S. Army Ranger |
1964 | Ensign Pulver | John X. Bruno |
1965 | None but the Brave | 2nd Lt. Blair |
1967 | The Violent Ones | Mike Marain |
Television
Year | Title | Role |
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1957 | The Singin' Idol | as himself |
1957 | "The Promise", Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jace Rawlins |
1957 | The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford | as himself |
1960 | "The Larry Hanify Story", Wagon Train | Larry Hanify |
1963 | "The Gus Morgan Story", Wagon Train | Ethan Morgan |
1963 | "Trapped", Laramie | Tad Henderson |
1964 | Slattery's People | Jed Haskell |
1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Eddie Riccio |
1965 | "The Debt", Bonanza | Wiley Kane |
1965 | “That the Brave Endure”, “Branded” | Bain |
1965 | Combat! | Private Jim Carey |
1968 | "No Blue Skies" Hawaii Five-O | Joey Rand |
1975 | "Hit Gun For Sale" Hawaii Five-0 | Joey Cordell |
1976 | "A Sentence to Steal" Hawaii Five-0 | Edward Ross |
Discography
US singles discography
- Love Pains / Transfer – RCA 1953
- Life Is So Lonesome / A Dime and a Dollar – RCA 1954
- Don't Drop It / A Place For Girls Like You – RCA 1954
- Something's Bound To Go Wrong / Kissin' Ain't No Fun – RCA 1955
- Teen-Age Crush / Hep Dee Hootie (Cutie Wootie) – Capitol 1957 (U.S. No. 2, 2 wks.; No. 10 R&B;[17] Cashbox #1)
- My Love Song / Ring-A-Ding-Ding – Capitol 1957 No. 62 U.S. A-Side, No. 50 U.S. B-Side
- Love Paris / Don't Drop It – RCA 1957
- Goin' Steady / Ring My Phone – Capitol 1957 No. 16 U.S.
- Let Me Loved / Fantastically Foolish – Capitol 1957
- Man, Like Wow! / A Swingin' Romance – Capitol 1957
- Sing Boy Sing / Crazy 'Cause I Love You – Capitol 1957 No. 24 U.S.
- Teen-Age Doll / Hawaiian Rock – Capitol 1958 No. 81 U.S.
- After The Senior Prom / Big Date – Capitol 1958
- Blue Ribbon Baby / I Love You Because – 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' Rid of You – Capitol 1959
- Sinner Man / Bring Me Your Love – Capitol 1959
- I'll Be Seeing You / That's The Way I Am – Capitol 1959 No. 51 U.S.
- You Hold The Future / I Gotta Have You – Capitol 1959
- That's Love / Crossroads – Capitol 1960
- The Old Oaken Bucket / These Are The Things You Are – Capitol 1960 No. 73 U.S. No. 25 U.K.
- On And On / Doctor Heartache – Capitol 1960
- The Parent Trap / Let's Get Together – Buena Vista 1961 (Annette Funicello And Tommy Sands)
- I Love My Baby / Love in a Goldfish Bowl – Capitol 1961
- Remember Me (To Jennie) / Rainbow – Capitol 1961
- Jimmy's Song / Wrong Side of Love – Capitol 1961
- A Young Man's Fancy / Connie – ABC-Paramount 1963
- Only Cause I'm Lonely / Cinderella – ABC-Paramount 1963
- Ten Dollars and a Clean White Shirt / Won't You Be My Girl – ABC-Paramount 1964
- Kisses (Love Theme) / Something More – ABC-Paramount 1964
- Love's Funny / One Rose Today, One Rose Tomorrow – Liberty 1965
- The Statue / Little Rosita – Liberty 1965
- It's The Only One I've Got / As Long As I'm Travellin'- Imperial 1966
- Candy Store Prophet / Second Star to the Left – Imperial 1967
- Seasons in the Sun / Ain't No Big Thing – Superscope 1969
U.S. LP discography
- Steady Date with Tommy Sands, Capitol 848, 1957
- Sing Boy Sing, Capitol 929, 1958
- Sands Storm, Capitol 1081, 1958
- This Thing 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
References
- ^ ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "RAB Hall of Fame: Tommy Sands". rockabillyhall.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ [Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificate ]
- ISBN 9781105325038. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tommy Sands' Zoom To Quick Fame; 20th Deal On". Variety. March 6, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Tommy Sands". Way Back Attack.
- ProQuest 168556875.
- ^ "Laramie: "Trapped", May 14, 1963". Tv.com. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ^ "Wagon Train: "The Gus Morgan Story"". Avclub.com. August 12, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ProQuest 179637148.
- ^ ProQuest 262699398.
- ^ McKay, Mary–Jane (February 25, 2005). "Nancy Sinatra Walking Back to Fame". CBS News. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ "Sands, the boy next door, comes home". Chicago Tribune. August 12, 1977. p. 9.
- ^ Starkey, Ed (2008). My Life, My Way: Frank 'Ol Blue Eyes' Sinatra. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. 157.
- ^ The Citizen Advertiser, Auburn, New York, April 16, 1974. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 511.
External links
- Tommy Sands at IMDb
- Official Tommy Sands Web Site
- Tommy Sands at Rockabilly Hall of Fame
- Interview with Tommy Sands
- Tommy Sands Interview at Elvis2001.net