DIZZY - TOMMY ROE - (1969)

Thomas David “Tommy“ Roe (born May 9, 1942 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 cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career“, wrote the Allmusic journalist Bill Dahl. Biography Roe was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Brown High School. After graduating, he landed a job at General Electric soldering wires. He had a Billboard number 1 hit in the U.S. and Australia in 1962 with the track “Sheila“. A buildup of global sales of “Sheila“ meant that the Recording Industry Association of America did not present the gold record until 1969. When “Sheila“ became a hit in ’62, ABC-Paramount Records asked him to go on tour to promote the hit. He was reluctant to give up his secure job at GE until ABC-Paramount advanced