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"Hi-Heel Sneakers" (often also spelled "High Heel Sneakers") is a blues song written and recorded by Tommy Tucker in 1963. Blues writer Mary Katherine Aldin describes it as an uptempo twelve-bar blues , with "a spare, lilting musical framework", and a strong vocal. [ 2 ]
Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham; March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) [1] was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, "Hi-Heel Sneakers", that went to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart.
In 1941, Tucker led the orchestra for a New York City version of the Pot o' Gold radio program, which was simulcast on three stations. [3] Tucker opened each performance—on radio or live—with his signature "tic-toc, tic-toc, it's Tommy Tucker time." And he usually ended each session with Time to Go. [4]
Teeny Tucker was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States. [1] She sang in her local church choir. [4] Her father, a blues performer best known for his 1964 hit song, "Hi-Heel Sneakers," died tragically at the age of 42 in January 1982, on his daughter's 24th birthday. [1] [5] [6] Tucker first performed professionally in November 1996. [7]
Arnell was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia.As early as age 3, she would sit on a piano and sing while her mother played. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School and the College of William & Mary and gained singing experience in her church choir and on radio stations.
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