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Randy Sparks
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.〔''The New Christy Minstrels in Person'', Columbia CL 1941, liner notes〕 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"〔(allmusic.com ) Accessed 2011-04-12.〕 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).〔(allmusic.com ) Accessed 2011-04-12.〕
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.〔http://djallyn.org/archives/1223 DJ Allyn The Soundtrack of My Life〕
In 2009, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him and The New Christy Minstrels.〔(Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated )〕
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