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Sparks was born on July 29, 1933 in Leavenworth, Kansas and grew up in Oakland, California. [1] He attended the University of California at Berkeley. His first musical engagement was at the Purple Onion in San Francisco. [3] In the late 1950s during his solo career, he released two albums on the Verve label, a self-titled album in 1958 and ...
In 1960, at the suggestion of Verve founder Norman Granz, Sparks formed the Randy Sparks Three with his wife, Jackie Miller, and singer/arranger Nick Woods. Folk music was popular, and choral groups such as the Norman Luboff Choir were incorporating folk classics in their repertoires. Sparks felt that the seemingly perfect sound of such groups ...
Jergens was married to actor Peter Brown between 1958 and 1960. [2][10] In 1962, she wed musician and songwriter Randy Sparks. [11] They had four children, Kevin Ray Sparks, Melinda Anne Sparks and Cameron Michael Sparks (twins), and Amanda Hamilton Sparks. [12] She died on October 9, 2018, aged 83, in Valley Springs, California.
Randy Sparks, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and founder of the folk music group the New Christy Minstrels, died Feb. 11 at an assisted-living facility in San Diego. He was 90. His son ...
Victoria Kennedy. . . (m. 2000; div. 2011) . Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the Monkees and co-star of their TV series of the same name (1966–1968). His songwriting credits with the Monkees include "Mary, Mary", "The Girl I Knew ...
McGuire was born in Oklahoma City; [1] his family moved to California when he was two years old. After working as a commercial fisherman and a journeyman pipe fitter, McGuire began singing in a bar. In 1961 he released his first single, "The Tree", which was not a hit. McGuire formed a duo with Barry Kane (d.2013) called Barry & Barry.
The New Christy Minstrels were created by singer/songwriter Randy Sparks in 1961 by combining three smaller folk groups, the Inn Group trio (John Forsha, Karol Dugan, Jerry Yester), the Fairmount Singers quartet and his own Randy Sparks trio (Sparks, Jackie Miller, Nick Woods).
The New Christy Minstrels singles chronology. "Saturday Night". (1962) " Today ". (1964) "Silly Ol' Summertime". (1964) "Today" is a 1964 folk song that was a hit for The New Christy Minstrels. Written by the group's founder, Randy Sparks, it was introduced in the American comedy-Western film Advance to the Rear (1964) and released on the album ...