It’s entirely possible that you’ve never heard of Tommy Roe, but he hit #1 twice, and he did it years apart. The second time was with “Dizzy” in 1969, and that’s one of the foundational ...

I remember Tommy Roe getting all uptight, saying, “I’m contracted, and I’m going to leave if I don’t close the show!” The audiences were particularly hard on Montez, who, like the ...

Harry Belafonte. Nat King Cole. I could go on and on and on. One song that has always stuck with me is “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe. Here’s a refresher for you: For those who’ve never heard the ...

The 1969 No. 1 hit single by Tommy Roe keeps listeners spinning in the same way the song’s narrator does. For Roe, “Dizzy” was the second chart-topper of a career that probably doesn’t get ...

In 1962, a 20-year-old Atlanta electrician named Tommy Roe hit #1 with “Sheila,” a direct Buddy Holly bite that’s both good and weird enough to stand on its own. Roe, who’d written ...