Steady Date With Tommy Sands

Tommy Sands | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000000947
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,670 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Goin' Steady

2. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

3. Too Young

4. Teach Me Tonight

5. Graduation Day

6. "A" You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

7. Gonna Get a Girl

8. Too Young to Go Steady

9. Ring My Phone

10. I Don't Care Who Knows It

11. Somewhere Along the Way

12. Walkin' My Baby Back Home

13. Teenage Crush

14. My Love Song

15. Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding

16. Sing Boy Sing

17. Blue Ribbon Baby

18. I'll Be Seeing You

Editorial Reviews

2008 reissue of the debut album from the multi-talented U.S. Pop star, originally released in 1957. While Colonel Tom Parker's involvement in the successful career of Elvis Presley is extremely well documented, his role in discovering and nurturing (at least initially) Tommy Sands is often overlooked. Tommy was a 15 year old singer and guitarist when Colonel Tom Parker discovered him, hearing him perform on a local radio station. He got him a contract with RCA Records and whilst his initial recordings did little, his subsequent positioning as something of a teen idol (no doubt modeled on Elvis) proved a masterstroke. Though his hit career was surprisingly brief, Steady Date was a Top 5 hit album. He later turned to acting and was briefly married to Nancy Sinatra. Hallmark. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tommy Sands can still sing, May 5, 2002

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Robert M. Bowen "Bob Bowen" (Tulare, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Steady Date With Tommy Sands (Audio CD)

Last night I had the pleasure of meeting Tommy Sands in-person and watched (and listened) to him perform a couple of tunes backed by Glen Glenn's rockabilly band at the Elvis & Priscilla Presley Honeymoon Home in Palm Springs. Tommy still sounds great and is a very personable guy. This CD has most of his hits, but is missing my favorite "The Worrying Kind." At last night's celebration Alan Clark sang "The Worrying Kind" as Tommy Sands approved from the sidelines.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lost in the shadow of Elvis, December 24, 2001

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steady Date With Tommy Sands (Audio CD)

Capitol was hoping Tommy Sands would be their Elvis but it was not to be. His first hit was to be his only major one although he did manage to get ten more tunes into the top 100 during the late 50's. In spite of his signature "Teen-Age Crush" and other charted singles, he is strangely ignored in the reissue market and even on the oldies stations is seldom heard.

Collectables brings to the domestic market this first CD containing most of his charted sides. Some of his recordings are blatant Elvis sound-alikes but when he quits trying to be Elvis and lets his voice go au naturel, his singing is reasonably listenable. With less and less suitable material going his way, the hits dried up fairly quickly and although he had some moderate film success, by the end of the 50's he was off the commercially viable music radar. It's welcome to see at least some of his material back on the shelves offering an alternative to the omnipresent CDs of the artists who overshadowed him.

Sound quality on this piece is fairly good with all tracks in mono except 18. The liner notes booklet includes two pages of background on his recording history. This refreshing addition to the CD reissue market would be of interest to not only Sands' fans, but also to those who enjoy the music of the better-known pre-Beatles American heart-throb artists. Bear Family has a bigger single-disc collection of Sands' recordings that, despite much overlap, would be of interest to Sands' fans. While pricier, the Bear piece has more tracks and more liner notes material. This Collectables piece however does offer a more reasonably priced overview of Sands' music for the casual listener.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Down Memory Lane, August 18, 2000

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"pyounger" (Frankfort, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steady Date With Tommy Sands (Audio CD)

Just received this CD and loved every song. It brings back such wonderful memories of earlier years. Tommy Sands was my all time favorite back in the 50's and 60's and often wonder where he disappeared to. To me his music is just as good today as it was years ago. I'm glad to have found this album and highly recommend it. I wonder, does anyone out there know what happened to him?