JACK HAMMER

Hallo oscar,
habe die englische Tommy Hawk-Single und habe sie für
eine Hammer-Biografie zur Verfügung gestellt. Es ist
Jack und die Platte lag kurz vor seiner ersten Teeny-Platte.
Jack kam ja mit einer Musical-Tournee nach England,
dann erst nach Belgien. Was mir fehlt, ist ein "Lebenszeichen"
aus den letzten 2-3 Jahren..lebt er noch?

Keep Smiling!
Dieter

Ich meinte folgende Platte aus meiner Sammlung:

TOMMY HAWKE
Top Rank JAR 348
Good Gravy (I´m In Love Again)/
Upteen Years (And A Million Tears) (April 1960)

Keep Smiling!
Dieter

Hallo.
Möchte hier noch eine deutsche Jack Hammer Singel einstellen die wie ich glaube
bisher noch nicht aufgeführt ist oder ??
Go-Go

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Hier mal JACK aus wesentlich späteren UK-Tagen 1969.
Aus dem April 1971 kommt die Young Blood-Soul-Platte
"Swim/Colour Combination" (Hier die deutsche Variante
über den Deutsche Vogue-Vertrieb) und aus 1981 die
französische Veröffentlichung...

Born Earl Burroughs, 18 September, circa 1933, New Orleans, Louisiana

Songwriter / singer.
Jack Hammer is probably best known as the co-writer (with Otis Blackwell) of one of the immortal classics of rock n roll, "Great Balls Of Fire" (1957). Not to be confused with the Jack Hammer who recorded on Milestone (this in fact was a pseudonym for rockabilly/country singer Werly Fairburn), Hammer graduated via California to New York where he became the M.C. at the Baby Grand Theatre. One of his earliest compositions (credited to Earl Burrows) was the spectacular "Fujiyama Mama", for Annisteen Allen (1954), which was covered by Eileen Barton and later by Wanda Jackson. His "Rock 'n' Roll Call" was recorded by the Treniers in 1955 and Louis Jordan in 1956.

In April 1956 he made his first recording, when along with Mame Watts he recorded "Knocked Kneed Nellie from Knoxville" on Decca, followed in the same year by "Football Rock". Other artists continued to benefit from his scribing skills : Jerry Lee Lewis cut "Milkshake Mademoiselle", Big Danny Oliver "Sapphire", the Cadillacs "Peek-a-Boo" and "Croc-o-doll" was written for the Impacts. His next appearance on record was "Girls Girls Girls" on Roulette 4046 (1958), followed by releases on Trend in 1959. He subsequently recorded albums on Warwick and Polydor, before moving to Paris in the early sixties. While in Europe, he recorded several singles and an LP for the Belgian Ronnex label, which were released on Oriole in the UK. The best known of these is "Kissin' Twist" (1961), which sold well in Germany, Belgium and France. During his time in Paris he also appeared in cabaret doing Sammy Davis and Chuck Berry impersonations. He moved back to New York in order to play the part of Jimi Hendrix in a proposed film, but the plans for this movie foundered.

A BMI search tells us that he has written 152 songs registered with BMI, including those credited to Earl Burroughs and Earl Burrows. All Music Guide and another source give 1940 as his year of birth, but that would imply that he wrote "Fujiyama Mama" at the age of fourteen, which seems very, very unlikely to me.

und da Jack Hammer bei sehr vielen beliebt ist, hier drei Fotos vom Videoband,
live 4.Februar 1966 in Frankfurt im Terrace Club in der Sendung "Beat-Beat-Beat"
mit den Titeln "Granada" und "Alright okay you win"
(Orgel: Cherry Wainer / drums: Don Storer)

Gruss Billy