Sanford Clark - 9 lb. Hammer //DOT 45

S.Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. A guitar player from childhood, he was influenced by both early rock & roll music and by country music. He got his start in the early '50s playing in Phoenix clubs. While stationed in the South Pacific during his stint in the Air Force, he formed a band and won a talent contest in Hawaii. Eventually, the Air Force stationed him back in Phoenix, where he met his old friend Al Casey, who introduced Clark to Hazlewood, who was still working as a local deejay and hadn't yet made his mark as a songwriter. Soon afterward, Clark recorded "The Fool" with Casey on guitar. The song was released on MCI and went nowhere until a Philadelphia deejay heard it and took the song to Dot Records' Randy Wood, who liked it and had Hazlewood license the song to his label. Afterward, Clark and Casey began a promotional tour opening for such stars as Ray Price and Roy Orbison.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rockabilly
• Rock
• Roll
• Sanford
• Al
• Casey
• Dot
• Tennessee

[triplehead]

SANFORD CLARK FOR EVER!

[dingusbx]

So true--this man is the Caravaggio of R&R. What a gift to give the world!!!

[Falcons66]

Nice! Was not familiar with this artist before seeing it on your list. Very cool. It reminds me of something to upload, May try tonight.

[mtedora]

man! about half a dozen different precious pieces of different kinds of "art" in this vid! good work!