Roy Hamilton · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 2
Top works
- 100 years of Derry
- A Comparison of Two Approaches of Symbolic Modeling and Self-Efficacy
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-04-16
- Active to
- 1969-07-20
death by strokegolden boy of songmr. rock and soulthe gentle giant
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49,114
- Total plays
- 234,947
Tags
soulnorthern soulRock and Rolloldiesamerican
Roy Hamilton (b. April 16, 1929, Leesburg, Georgia – d. July 20, 1969, New Rochelle, New York) was an American singer who achieved major success in both the R&B and pop charts in the 1950s. He moved to Jersey City in 1943, studied commercial art, had operatic and classical voice training, and was a heavyweight Golden Gloves boxer, before joining gospel quartet The Searchlight Singers. In 1947 he entered and won an amateur talent show at the Apollo Theater with his dramatic rendition of "You'll
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hamilton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Leesburg
- Place of death
- New Rochelle
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Image
- Roy Hamilton 1957.JPG
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1929-04-16
- date of death
- 1969-07-20
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- birth name
- Rodothas Hamilton
- name in native language
- Roy Hamilton
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