Sanford Clark
Sanford Clark ( born 1935 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American rockabilly musician who is best known for his hit The Fool.
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 albums
Life
Childhood and youth
Sanford Clark was born in Tulsa, but grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. At age 12, he was given his first guitar and as a teenager, he performed on local events. 1953 Clark was drafted into the U.S. Air Force. He spent his service time mostly in Hawaii, where he won a talent contest with his band, founded there. Then he was transferred to Phoenix.
Career
Al Casey, who was a good friend Clark, Lee Hazlewood represented to him. Hazlewood was looking for a singer who wanted to record his songs, and was impressed with the young Clark. Its first session was held in March 1956, the result was The Fool along with Lonesome for a Letter, published on the local MCI label. The record did not sell well and after Clark had been discharged from the Air Force, he looked for a job with the Canadian Soft Drinks Company as a truck driver. However, a disc jockey handed Clarks plate at Randy Wood continues, the employees of Dot Records was. As Dot offered him a contract, joined Clark and after a few promotional appearances, the song reached number 15 on the Billboard country charts and even number 10 in the pop charts. The success of the song was mainly due to the fact that Clark, unlike most young rockabilly musician, not Elvis impersonator was, but had its own style. His deep and calm voice, paired with Al Casey's guitar playing, thus creating a very different sound.
His second single, The Cheat, recorded in June 1956 at the audio recorder, but could not repeat the success, they only finished 74th His other publications were not able to place in the charts and Clark moved to Jamie Records in 1958. There he took on the title Still as the Night and Sing 'Em Some Blues with guitarist Duane Eddy. After further failures left Casey Clark to go as a bassist with Duane Eddy on a tour. The further career Clarks continued to be marked by failures, so he refused to record the song Dang Me, instead it was for Roger Miller hit. His version of Houston now seemed at last to get in the charts until Dean Martin urged with a cover version of Clark in the background. 1966 took Clark along with Waylon Jennings on guitar his hit The Fool at Ramco scratch. 1970 Clark moved frustrated from the music business and worked in the construction industry.
In 1985 he took the first time on his own label, Desert Sun Records, along with Al Casey on. In the following years, Sanford Clark began performing again, among other things, the Ryman Auditorium, on the Rock'n'Roll Festival in Hemsby, England, and in 2002 at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Festival.