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Chanteur Rock 'n' Twist US
né Earl Solomon Burroughs, le 16 Septembre 1925 à Fulton County (Georgie). Jack Hammer
est connu comme le co-auteur avec Otis
Blackwell de "Great Balls Of Fire". Il a enregistré chez Warwick et Polydor
avant de venir en Europe.
Jack Hammer a
écrit des chansons pour Jerry Lee Lewis
("Milkshake Mademoiselle"), Big Danny Oliver ("Sapphire"), les Impacts ("Croc-O-doll")
et The Cadillacs ("Peek-A-Boo").
Il est mort le 8 Avril 2016.
Born Earl
Burroughs, born September 16, 1925 in Fulton County .Songwriter and singer best known as the co-writer with
Otis Blackwell "Great Balls Of
Fire". In 1956 he made his first recording. He has recorded albums on Warwick
and Polydor, before moving to Europe. Hammer recorded several singles and an LP
for the Belgian Ronnex label.1961 he had minor in Europe "Kissin' Twist", sold
well especially in Germany, Belgium and France.
Jack Hammer has written songs for
Jerry Lee Lewis ("Milkshake
Mademoiselle"), Big Danny Oliver ("Sapphire"), The Impacts ("Croc-o-doll") and
The Cadillacs ("Peek-a-Boo").
Soft Cell covered "Down In The Subway" in their 1984 single and Marc Almond has
sung live few of his compositions, "Switchblade Operator" and "Mean And Evil
Me".
He died April 8, 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hammer_(songwriter)
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Piano, Guitar
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Rhythm 'n' Blues
Football
Rock (1956)
Girl, Girl,
Girl (1958)
JULIETTE
(1961)
KISSIN' TWIST
(1961)
BOOGIE WOOGIE TWIST (1962)
CRAZY
TWIST (1962)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 10/1956 | SP DECCA 30109 (US) | . |
So What /
Football Rock
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| 1958 | SP ROULETTE R-4046 (US) | . |
Girl, Girl, Girl
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| 1958 | SP APEX 76243 (CAN) | . |
Girl, Girl, Girl
/ Chant Of Love |
| 04/1959 | SP KAPP K-274 (US) | . |
Whispering Grass / We Three (My Echo My Shadow And Me) |
| 1959 | SP KAPP K-287 (US) | . |
Little-Bitty Goose Pimples / What Every Young Lover Should Know |
| 1961 | SP ORIOLE 45-CB 1634 (UK) | . |
Young Only Once / Juliette |
| 1961 | SP RONNEX R 1266 (B) | . |
Juliette
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| 1961 | SP W & G WG-S-1334 (AUS) | . |
Juliette
/ Tell The Gang Goodbye |
| 1961 | SP JUGOTON S-RON-8080 (YOU) |
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Juliette
/ Tell The Gang Goodbye |
| 1961 | EP POP MPO 3087 (F) |
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Kissin' Twist
/ Tell The Gang Goodbye / Juliette
/ Melancholy Boy |
| 1961 | SP RONNEX R 1270 (B) |
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Kissin' Twist
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| 12/1961 | SP ORIOLE 45-CB 1645 (UK) | . |
Kissin' Twist
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| 01/1962 | SP ARTONE RX 24.117 (NL) | . |
Kissin' Twist
/
Juliette
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| 01/1962 | SP ARTONE RX 24.118 (NL) | . |
Let's Twist Again / Tell The Gang Goodbye |
| 1962 | SP POP PO 45 S 269 (F) |
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| 1962 | SP POP PO 45 S 271 (F) |
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Twist Talk /
Boogie Woogie Twist
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| 03/1962 | SP ARTONE RX 24.124 (NL) | . | Twist Talk /
Crazy Twist
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| 05/1962 | SP ORIOLE 45-CB 1728 (UK) | . |
Crazy Twist
/ Twist Talk |
| 09/1962 | SP ARTONE RX 24.130 (NL) | . | Wiggling Fool / The Wiggle |
| 09/1962 | SP POP PO 45 S 287 (F) | . | The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool |
| 09/1962 | SP Vogue Schallplatten PO 45 S 287 (GER) |
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The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool |
| 1962 | SP TONO 45-STU 42103 (DK) |
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| 1962 | EP POP MPO 3091 (F) |
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Crazy Twist
/ Twistin' King /
Boogie Woogie Twist
/ Twist Talk |
| 1962 | EP DISCOPHON ? (S) |
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TWIST - Twistin' King /
Boogie Woogie Twist
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Crazy Twist
/ Twist Talk |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1270 (B) | . |
The Kissin' Twist /
Boogie Woogie Twist
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| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1271 (B) | . |
Twistin' King /
Boogie Woogie Twist
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| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1273 (B) | . |
Crazy Twist
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| 1962 | SP SP Vogue Schallplatten DV 14024 (GER) | . |
Crazy Twist
/
Kissin' Twist
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| 1962 | SP GAZELL C-134 (SWE) | . |
Kissin' Twist
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| 1962 | SP KARIM KN 125 (I) | . |
Kissin' Twist
/ Spelling
Twist |
| 1962 | EP GAZELL GEP-54 (SWE) |
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Kissin' Twist
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| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1275 (B) | . |
Twist In The Morning / Come Twist Around The Clock |
| 1962 | SP Vogue Schallplatten DV 14086 (GER) | . |
Twist In The Morning / Choo Choo Twist |
| 1962 | EP POP MPO 3102 (F) |
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Fire Baby / The Wiggle / Electricity / Wiggling Fool |
| 1962 | SP KARIM KN 174 (I) |
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Electricity / Fire Baby |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1279 (B) | . |
Young Only Once / Don't Let Baby Know |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1284 (B) |
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The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool |
| 1962 | SP TONO 45-STU 42119 (DK) | . | The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool |
| 1962 | SP GAZELL C-137 (SWE) | . | The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1300 (B) | . |
Fire Baby / Stop-Slop |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1300 (B) |
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Stop-Slop / Can't You Do It |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX R 1301 (B) | . |
Espana Te Quiero / Ali Ben Ghazi (Bossa Nova) |
| 1962 | EP JUGOTON EP-RON-9094 (YOU) |
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Kissin' Twist
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| 1962 | SP JUGOTON ? (YOU) | . |
Juliette
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| 1962 | SP ORIOLE 45-CB 1753 (UK) | . |
Don't Let Baby Know / Number 2539 |
| 1962 | SP GAZELL C-141 (SWE) | . |
Number 2539 / Spelling Twist |
| 1962 | SP GAZELL C-149 (SWE) | . |
Twist In The Morning / Ali Ben Ghazi |
| 1962 | SP Vogue Schallplatten DV 14043 (GER) | . |
Fire Baby / Stop Slop |
| 1962 | SP RONNEX STU 42130 (DK) |
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Fire Baby / Ali Ben Chazi |
| 196? | EP ARTON EP-208 (ISR) |
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Twist Turn And Twirl / Choo Choo Twist / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twist And Shout |
| 05/1963 | SP ARTONE RX 24.141 (NL) |
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Electricity / Stop Slop |
| 11/1963 | SP ARTONE RX 24.145 (NL) |
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Fire Baby / Spelling Twist |
| 1963 | SP Vogue Schallplatten DV 14086 (GER) | . | Twist In The Morning / Choo Choo Twist |
| 1963 | SP RONNEX R 1309 (B) | . |
Electricity / Spelling Twist |
| 1963 | SP RONNEX R 1312 (B) | . |
Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy |
| 1963 | SP JUGOTON S-RON-8081 (YOU) | . | Melancholy Boy /
Kissin' Twist
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| 1964 | SP RONNEX R 1348 (B) | . |
Hey Jack / Incantesimo |
| 1964 | SP KARIM KN 190 (I) |
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Hey Jack / Incantesimo |
| 07/1966 | SP POLYDOR 56091 (UK) | . |
Thanks / Love Ladder |
| 1966 | SP POLYDOR NH 59 718 (SWE) |
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Down The Subway / Love Ladder |
| 1967 | SP POLYDOR 56158 (UK) | . |
Ode To A Discotheque / Joe Poor Loves Daphe Elizabeth Rich |
| 196? | SP EXPERIENCE EXR 3106 (F) |
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Obviously I Love You / We Also Ran |
| 1969 | SP United Artists UP 35029 (UK) | . |
What Greater Love / The Mason Dixon Line |
| 1969 | SP United Artists 2C006 90611(F) | . |
What Greater Love / The Mason Dixon Line |
| 1969 | SP United Artists 5C 006.90611 (NL) |
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What Greater Love / The Mason Dixon Line |
| 1969 | SP United Artists 35 029 A (GER) |
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What Greater Love / The Mason Dixon Line |
| 1969 | SP United Artists UAK-3422 (AUS) | . | The Mason Dixon Line / What Greater Love |
| 1971 | SP YOUNG BLOOD DV 11208 (GER) |
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Colour Combination / Swim |
| 1971 | SP SOUL S 35088F (US) (promo) | . |
Colour Combination / Colour Combination |
| 1971 | SP SOUL S 35088 (US) | . |
Colour Combination / Swim |
| 04/1971 | SP YOUNG BLOOD YB 1023 (UK) | . |
Colour Combination / Swim |
| 1971 | SP TAMLA MOTOWN TMATS 5007 (PORT) |
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Colour Combination / Swim |
| 1971 | SP POLYDOR 2001 254 (NOR) |
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Colour Combination / Swim |
| 1979 | SP RONNEX R 1457 (B) |
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Twist In The Morning / Tell The Gang Goodbye |
| 2010 | SP MOUSETRAP RBB 013 (UK) (promo) |
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I'm An Unskilled Worker (The DUKES) / Down In The Subway (Jack HAMMER) |
| 2013 | SP Popcorn POPC-122 (UK) | . | I Want Her Back / Twist In The Morning |
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Albums
| 1960 | LP 12" WARWICK W-2014 (US) |
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REBELLION - JACK HAMMER SINGS AND READS SONGS AND POEMS OF THE BEAT GENERATION - Rebellion / The Hawks And The Crowns / Neon Moon / Concrete Desert / Ruby Red / Dying Soldier / Like / The Rose And The Rock / A Hobo With An Oboe / Mean And Evil Me / Coffee Espresso / Man Candle |
| 1963 | LP 12" ORIOLE PS 40020 (UK) |
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HAMMER + BEAT = TWIST - THE BEST OF JACK HAMMER - Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twist In The Morning / Twistin' King / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues |
| 1964 | LP 12" VOGUE PIVO 07-30 (F) |
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LA SURPRISE-PARTIE PINGOIN - LE TWIST EST ROI - Kissin' Twist / Twistin' King / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twist In The Morning / Twist Talk / Spelling Twist / Crazy Twist / Choo-Choo Twist / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Twistin' Blues / twist And Shout / Boogie-Woogie Twist |
| 1964 |
LP 12" RONNEX LP 001 (B) |
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THE TWISTIN' KING - Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twist In The Morning / Twistin' King / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues |
| 1965 | LP 12" Vogue Schallplatten MID 16025 (GER) |
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Twistin' And Sloppin' - Juliette / Can't You Do It / Twistin' Blues / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist In The Morning / The Wiggle / Sugar Boy / Don't Let Baby Know / Kissin' Twist / Electricity / It's Good / Wiggling Fool |
| 196? | LP 10" ARTON AN 34-39 (ISR) |
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ROCK AND TWIST WITH JACK HAMMER - Kissin' Twist / Juliette / Crazy Twist / Tell The Gang Goodbye / Let's Twist Again / Twistin' King / A Bouquet Of Teardrops / Twist Talk / Amor / Boogie Woogie Twist |
| 1966 | LP 12" POLYDOR 582001 (UK) |
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Brave New World - Brave New World / Thanks / Love Ladder / Switch Blade Operator / From The Womb To The Tomb / Dosby Dania Amerikanski / Black Snow / Shut Up World / Down In The Subway / J. C. / When A Girl Loves A Girl / Off Limits Soldier Boy |
| 197? | LP 12" ABA 3383 (F) |
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Twistin' King - Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twist In The Morning / Twistin' King / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / The Wiggle |
| 197? | LP 12" MELODIA JH 3102 (I) |
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THE WIGGLING FOOL - 20 GREATEST TWIST HITS - Twistin' King / Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Crazy Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / Choo Choo Twist / The Wiggle / Wiggling Fool / Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy / Eletricity / Fire Baby / It's Good / Juliette / Melancholy Boy / Stop Slop |
| 1997 | CD MARGINAL CDMAR 056 (B) |
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HAMMER + BEAT = TWIST - THE BEST OF JACK HAMMER - Twist In The Morning / Kissin' Twist / Don't Let Baby Know / Girl, Girl, Girl / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spellin' Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twistin' King / Choo-Choo Twist / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / The Wiggle / Wiggling Fool / Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy / Electricity / Fire Baby / It's Good / Juliette / Melancholy Baby / Stop Slop / Espana Te Quiero / Ali Ben Ghazi / The Hawks And The Crowns / Ruby Red (Dying Soldier) / The Rose And The Rock / Mean And Evil Me |
| 2001 | CD MARGINAL ? (B) |
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TWIST COLLECTION - Twist In The Morning / Kissin' Twist / Don't Let Baby Know / Girl, Girl, Girl / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spellin' Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twistin' King / Choo-Choo Twist / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / The Wiggle / Wiggling Fool / Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy / Electricity / Fire Baby / It's Good / Juliette / Melancholy Baby / Stop Slop / Espana Te Quiero / Ali Ben Ghazi / The Hawks And The Crowns / Ruby Red (Dying Soldier) / The Rose And The Rock / Mean And Evil Me |
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