Tommy Hunt

Tommy Hunt ( born June 18, 1933, Pittsburgh ) is a rhythm-and - blues singer who was best known as a member of the Flamingos.

Biographical

1953 Charles James Hunt, since his school days he was called Tommy, a founding member of the Five Echoes and the end of 1956 joined the flamingos. In 1959 he was involved in I Only Have Eyes For You, the biggest hit of the flamingos, and played with them in the Alan Freed - film Go, Johnny, Go with. In 1960, Hunt the band due to personal differences and began a solo career.

In the same year he got a recording contract with Florence Greenberg's Scepter Records and took the single human on the end of the year ranked # 5 on the R & B charts. Late 1962 Hunts debut album I Just Do not Know What To Do With Myself on the market, whose title track Dusty Springfield hit he wrote for later.

During the 1960s, Hunt appeared in New York clubs and played with Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Chuck Berry or Sam and Dave. The end of 1969 Hunt sang for the U.S. Army in Germany and settled soon after in England down. The gradual disappearance of the soul scene in the early 1980s decimated also considerably Hunts appearances. He moved to Amsterdam to work with various cabaret ensemble. 1997 Hunt went back to England and was working on his comeback as a Soul and Rhythm & Blues singer.

As part of a Northern Soul Specials in Hamburg Tommy Hunt joined in September 2010 for the first time in Germany. Since then, he is in Europe ( primarily England) to see live increased. Tommy Hunt's autobiography, " Only Human " published in 2008.