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Chanteur Rockabilly US né Thomas LeVan Givens,
le 14 Septembre 1931 à
Shreveport (Louisiane). Tommy Blake débute en 1945 en formant un petit groupe de Country Music. Il enregistre un premier disque en
1955 pour le label Recco Records, puis il passe chez Buddy (56), Chancellor
(57), RCA (57), Sun (57/58) et Recco (59). Tommy est décédé à Carthage (Texas),
le 24 Décembre 1985.
Rockabilly
artist Tommy Blake, like so many before him, started his career as a straight-ahead
country singer before making the switch to the big beat. Born and raised in
Shreveport, LA, Blake (born Thomas Givens, September 14, 1931) was already working in a teenage
combo playing country music at station KTBS in the early '50s. By 1955, he had
graduated to the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, TX, and Shreveport's junior version
of the Opry, the Louisiana Hayride. A year later, he was a regular member of
Johnny Horton's TV show out of Tyler,
TX, and had cut his first record for the tiny Buddy label out of Marshall, TX.
By 1957, Blake had put together his first great band, the Rhythm Rebels,
featuring the red-hot guitar talents of one Carl Adams, who would later find
fleeting fame with Dale Hawkins.
After a one-off session for RCA Victor, yielding a track called "All Night
Long," Blake met Sam Phillips and re-recorded the same tune for Sun as "Lordy
Hoody." By March of 1958, Blake was back at 706 Union recording more material,
with another single seeing release and the rest finding its way into rockabilly
history via reissues in the 1970s and '80s. Blake kept recording for smaller and
smaller labels, pitching songs to anyone who had a ready advance, leaving "Story
of a Broken Heart" for Johnny Cash to
record after Blake had left Sun. He continued to write tunes, like "Cool Gator
Shoes" with Carl Belew, and record a few
stray 45s for Chancellor and Recco after his time with Sun, but Blake continued
a downward spiral until he was killed by his wife in a domestic dispute over the
Christmas holidays in December 24, 1985.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Blake_(musician)
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Contemporary Country
KOOLIT
(1956)
 (Tommy
Blake)
FLAT FOOT SAM
(1957)
I DIG
YOU BABY (1958)
Who Threw
Water (On My Spark Of Love) (1960)
TEXAS LOVIN'
(1964)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 06/1956 | SP BUDDY B-107 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE with The RHYTHM REBELS -
Koolit
/ If I Am A Fool |
| 05/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6925 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE & The RHYTHM REBELS -
Mister Hoody
 (instr.)
/ Freedom |
| 08/1957 | 78 t. & SP SUN 278 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE / The RHYTHM REBELS -
Lordy Hoody
/
Flat Foot Sam
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| 07/1958 | SP SUN 300 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE -
I Dig You Baby
/
Sweetie Pie
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| 11/1959 | SP RECCO 1006 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE -
$ F-Olding Money
$
/
The Hanging Judge
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| 1960 | SP BRAGG B-213 (US) | . | Van GIVENS -
Who Threw
Water (On My Spark Of Love)
/ You And I |
| 1961 | SP 4 STAR 1765 (US) | . | Van GIVENS - Back Door To Heaven / I Try Harder |
| 1962 | SP CHANCELLOR-COUNTRY CW-101 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE - Three Cheers For The Red White And Blue / I Gotta Be Somewhere |
| 1964 | SP AETNA 103641 (US) | . | Van GIVENS -
Texas Lovin'
/ Galveston |
| 1966 | SP MUSICOR MU 1145 (US) | . | Van GIVENS - Dream Train / To Each His Own |
| 1967 | SP PAULA 271 (US) | . | Van GIVENS - Waitin' In The Waitin' Room / Sunday School Beginners |
| 1967 | SP PAULA 284 (US) | . | Van GIVENS - I Want To Go Home / Stop Kicking My Heart Around |
| 1967 | SP PAULA 286 (US) | . | Van GIVENS - Droopy Christmas Tree / Daddy's Baby Boy |
| 1972 ? | SP SUN 614 (US) | . | Tommy BLAKE -
Shake
Around
/
You Better Believe It
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| 2001 | SP NORTON 843 (US) | . |
Tommy BLAKE -
Take Me From This Garden Of Evil (Jimmy WAGES)
/
You Better Believe It
(Tommy
BLAKE) |
| 2019 | EP Sleazy SR-215 (S) |
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Tommy BLAKE -
Koolit
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Unissued Tracks
| 1958 | Sun unissued |
Shake
Around
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| 1958 | Sun unissued |
You Better Believe It
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| 19?? | Unissued |
All
Night Long
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| 19?? | Unissued |
Cool
Aligator
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| 19?? | Unissued |
Honky
Tonk Mind (Woman I Need)
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| 19?? | Unissued |
I'll Be
Free
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| 19?? | Unissued |
Lordy
Hoody [alt. vers.]
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Need Info
| 19?? | Need info | Ballad Of A Broken Heart |
| 19?? | Need info | Chuckie |
| 19?? | Need info | Cool Alligator |
| 19?? | Need info | Diesel Truck |
| 19?? | Need info | I Dig You Baby [vers. 2] |
| 19?? | Need info | I Still Love You |
| 19?? | Need info | If I'm A Fool |
| 19?? | Need info | Little Lovelight |
| 19?? | Need info | My Alice Faye |
| 19?? | Need info |
Shake
Around [vers. 2]
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| 19?? | Need info | Window Of My Heart |
| 19?? | Need info | You Better Believe It [vers. 2] |
| 19?? | Need info | You Better Believe It [vers. 3] |
Album
| 1984 | LP 12" WHITE LABEL WLP 8874 (NL) |
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Gene WYATT - Tommy BLAKE - Gene WYATT : Rock And Roll Guitar / One Love / Gene WYATT & The PEERMONTS : Like Last Nite / Baby, I Know What I Wanna Do / Gene WYATT : Your Cheating Heart / Love Fever / Lover Boy / Lover Boy Part 2 / Gene WYATT & The PEERMONTS : Green Back Bucks And Frog Skin Fins / Tommy BLAKE & The RHYTHM REBELS : Koolit / Tommy BLAKE : $ F--olding Money $ / Cool Aligator / I'll Be Free / Gene WYATT : Boo Hoo / Gene WYATT & The PEERMONTS : Little Girl / Last Night / Gene WYATT : Campus Queen / Prettiest Girl At The Dance |
| 03/2007 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16797 (GER) |
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KOOLIT - THE SUN YEARS PLUS - Flat Foot Sam / Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need) / Koolit / Freedom / All Night Long / Shake Around / I Dig You Baby / Ballad Of A Broken Heart / You Better Believe It / Mister Hoody / Sweetie Pie / Diesel Truck / Shake Around / I Dig You Baby / $ F-Olding Money $ / Window Of My Heart / You Better Believe It / Shake Around / Chuckie / If I'm A Fool / Lordy Hoody / You Better Believe It / Little Lovelight / Cool Alligator / I Still Love You / My Alice Faye / I'll Be Free / You Better Believe It / The Hanging Judge |
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