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Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, Buffalo, New York, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concerning jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with top-notch arrangers, song-writers and producers, Sommers' popular reputation became closely tied to her biggest, yet most uncharacteristic, hit song "Johnny Get Angry." ==Career== Sommers began singing in church choirs as a way to deal with "a difficult childhood", and in 1951 at age 10, appeared on a Buffalo television program singing Hank Williams' ''Your Cheating Heart'', winning the amateur talent contest. In 1955 the family relocated to Venice, California. Sommers went on to win honors to become vocalist with her high school band at Venice High, and did so again at Santa Monica City College. Her break came after a friend took her to the Deauville Country Club (now Braemar Country Club) where she sang with arranger-composer Tommy Oliver whose band was resident at the time. Oliver arranged for a demo record to be cut and presented to Warner Brothers, whereupon Sommers was signed to the label.〔Billboard July 11, 1960 p. 34〕 Warner initially enlisted her vocal talents singing ''Am I Blue'' on a 1959 Warner specialty record ''Behind Closed Doors at a Recording Session''〔Billboard December 7, 1959 p. 40〕 and on one side of a spoken-word single Kookie's Love Song with Edd Byrnes.〔Billboard October 19, 1959 p. 45〕 The pairing with Byrnes also put her into a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' ''I Don't Dig You'' and ''Hot Rock'' which appeared on one of his albums. Concurrently, Tommy Oliver supported Sommers by starring her in his orchestra engagements at California venues Hollywood Palladium and The Chalet at Lake Arrowhead.〔Warner Bros. W1474 album ''Let's Talk About Love'' liner notes〕 Her 1960 debut single "One Boy" (from the musical ''Bye Bye Birdie'') stayed on the charts for 3 months peaking at #54 on the Billboard Top 100. This and the flip side "I'll Never Be Free" were both Billboard Spotlight Winners. The release caused her to begin a touring schedule at venues including New York's Left Bank Club, Hollywood's Crescendo, Freddie's in Minneapolis, and The Cloister in Chicago and appearances on the Jack Paar Show and Bobby Darin Special.〔Billboard May 30, 1960 p. 28〕〔Warner Bros. W1412 album ''The "Voice" of the 60's'' liner notes〕 In early 1960, Warner released Sommers' first LP, ''Positively the Most''〔Billboard February 22, 1960, p. 34〕 which did not include the ''One Boy'' hit single. Late 1960 also saw Warner release another single ''Ruby-Duby-Du'' featuring a vocal version of the Tobin Mathews & Co. instrumental from the movie ''Key Witness'';〔Billboard November 14, 1960, p. 17〕 The record did not chart. In 1962, she reached #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with the single "Johnny Get Angry", released on Warner Bros. Records. (In 2004 the Japan-only release "Johnny Got Angry" consisted of all original tunes written by Joanie's friend and fellow cartoon voice actor, Will Ryan). She also charted with ''When the Boys Get Together'', a #94 single in 1962. She appeared on television shows as a singer and as an actress, and in films such as ''Everything's Ducky'' (1961) and in Jack Arnold's ''The Lively Set'' (1964), where she sang "If You Love Him".〔(Joanie Sommers - IMDb )〕〔''American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1961-1970'', page 621 (University of California Press, 1997). ISBN 0-520-20970-2〕 Sommers was a game show contestant during the 1960s on such shows as ''Everybody's Talking'', ''Hollywood Squares'', ''You Don't Say'', and ''The Match Game'', as well as a performer on Dick Clark's ''Where the Action Is'', ''Hullabaloo'', and other variety shows of the period.〔(Joanie Sommers - Filmography by Genre )〕 In 1963 she appeared on the January 22 segment of The Jack Benny Show where she sang "I'll Never Stop Loving You"; another guest was actor Peter Lorre. In the early 1960s, she sang ''It's Pepsi, For Those Who Think Young'' (to the tune of "Makin' Whoopee") and, later, ''Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation'' in commercials, and she came to be referred to as "The Pepsi Girl".〔''Sponsor'', Volume 18, Part 3, page 19, article "Pepsi Sponsors All-Out Campaign" (Sponsor Publications, 1964).〕 Years later, uncredited, she sang ''Now You See It, Now You Don't, Oh, Diet Pepsi'' for the sugar-free companion product. Her 1965 track, ''Don't Pity Me'' (Warner Bros. 5629 - Don't Pity Me / My Block), was a Northern Soul hit in the UK and often makes it to Northern Soul top lists. The 45RPM record routinely changes hands among collectors at over $500.00 a copy. The latter song "My Block" was written by Jimmy Radcliffe, Bert Berns and Carl Spencer and had previously been recorded by Clyde McPhatter on his "Songs Of The Big City" Album and by The Chiffons, recording as The Four Pennies on Rust Records. In the early 1970s, she withdrew from the music scene in favor of family life. She began making public appearances again during the 1980s, including two appearances on KCRW's satirical radio program, ''The Cool & the Crazy'', hosted by Art Fraud (Ronn Spencer) and Vic Tripp (Gene Sculatti). Sommers did voice work for commercial and animated films through into the 1970s. Her credits include ''The Peppermint Choo Choo'', which was scrubbed, although the music was released; Rankin/Bass' ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' as Priscilla Mullins (1968)''; B.C.: The First Thanksgiving'' (1973) in dual roles as the Fat Broad and the Cute Chick. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joanie Sommers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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