May 9, 2021

Ray Stevens: "Dizzy" performance by Tommy Roe...

Hello all you fans of Ray Stevens on this Mother's Day 2021. Today is also the birthday of Tommy Roe and earlier this morning Ray uploaded a video clip of Tommy's appearance on CabaRay Nashville. The video clip features a brief interview/conversation between Ray and Tommy...and then the performance of "Dizzy". If you're not familiar and hadn't looked up information about him yet I'll mention that Tommy Roe was among the artists who migrated from Georgia and into pop music history. Ray shares a history with numerous 1960's recording artists from the Atlanta, Georgia market such as Joe South, Billy Joe Royal, Jerry Reed, Sonny James, and Tommy Roe. The common link happened to be disc jockey, music publisher, and executive Bill Lowery. Tommy's biggest single is the million selling "Dizzy" but he had several more hit singles...including three more that sold a million copies each. His other million selling hit songs are "Shelia", "Sweet Pea", and "Jam Up and Jelly Tight". Tommy retired from recording and giving interviews early in 2018 and so, in hindsight, his guest appearance on CabaRay Nashville is officially one of his last televised appearances before making the decision to retire.

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