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- Randy_Sparks abstract "Randy Sparks (born 29 July 1933, Leavenworth, Kansas) is a musician, singer-songwriter and founder of The New Christy Minstrels and The Back Porch Majority. Sparks grew up in Oakland, California and attended the University of California at Berkeley. his first musical engagement was at the Purple Onion in San Francisco. In the late 1950s he had a solo career and released two albums on the Verve label, a self-titled album in 1958 and Walking the Low Road in 1959. The single, \"Walkin' The Low Road\", had previously reached the Cashbox magazine Top 60. In 1960 he formed a trio called \"The Randy Sparks Three\" and had an album by that same name. He wrote the song \"Today\" which was a hit for the New Christy Minstrels for their 1964 album of the same title for Columbia Records (CL 2159/CS 8959) and he wrote \"Green, Green\" with Barry McGuire for the 1963 album Ramblin (CL 2055/CS 8855).Randy Sparks also sang the opening credits of the theme song of the movie Thunder Road. In an email to DJ Allyn in 2009, he explains how Robert Mitchum had asked that he play his kid brother in the movie and writing the music, but ended up just singing the theme song written by Mitchum.In 2009, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and The New Christy Minstrels.".
- Randy_Sparks activeYearsStartYear "1958".
- Randy_Sparks associatedBand The_Back_Porch_Majority.
- Randy_Sparks associatedBand The_New_Christy_Minstrels.
- Randy_Sparks associatedMusicalArtist The_Back_Porch_Majority.
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- Randy_Sparks background "solo_singer".
- Randy_Sparks birthDate "1933-07-29".
- Randy_Sparks birthPlace Leavenworth,_Kansas.
- Randy_Sparks birthYear "1933".
- Randy_Sparks genre Folk_music.
- Randy_Sparks instrument Acoustic_guitar.
- Randy_Sparks instrument Banjo.
- Randy_Sparks instrument Guitar.
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- Randy_Sparks wikiPageExternalLink www.thenewchristyminstrels.com.
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- Randy_Sparks wikiPageWikiLink The_Back_Porch_Majority.
- Randy_Sparks wikiPageWikiLink The_New_Christy_Minstrels.
- Randy_Sparks wikiPageWikiLink Thunder_Road_(film).
- Randy_Sparks wikiPageWikiLink University_of_California,_Berkeley.
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- Randy_Sparks wikiPageWikiLinkText "Randy Sparks".
- Randy_Sparks associatedActs The_Back_Porch_Majority.
- Randy_Sparks associatedActs The_New_Christy_Minstrels.
- Randy_Sparks background "solo_singer".
- Randy_Sparks birthDate "1933-07-29".
- Randy_Sparks birthName "Lloyd A. Sparks".
- Randy_Sparks birthPlace "Leavenworth, Kansas, United States".
- Randy_Sparks caption "Randy Sparks in 1964".
- Randy_Sparks dateOfBirth "1933-07-29".
- Randy_Sparks genre Folk_music.
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- Randy_Sparks instrument Banjo.
- Randy_Sparks instrument Guitar.
- Randy_Sparks labels Columbia.
- Randy_Sparks labels Verve.
- Randy_Sparks name "Randy Sparks".
- Randy_Sparks name "Sparks, Randy".
- Randy_Sparks notableInstruments Acoustic_guitar.
- Randy_Sparks notableInstruments Banjo.
- Randy_Sparks placeOfBirth "Leavenworth, Kansas, United States".
- Randy_Sparks shortDescription "American singer".
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- Randy_Sparks yearsActive "1958".
- Randy_Sparks description "American singer".
- Randy_Sparks description "American singer".
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- Randy_Sparks subject Category:American_male_singer-songwriters.
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- Randy_Sparks subject Category:People_from_Leavenworth,_Kansas.
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- Randy_Sparks hypernym Musician.
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