Roy Hamilton
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Roy Hamilton was an American singer who achieved major success in both the R&B and pop charts in the 1950s. His booming baritone voice made him a 50s hitmaker singing gospel-flavoured pop songs. He spawned over 50 singles like, "Unchained Melody".
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Roy Hamilton was born on April 16, 1929 in Leesburg, Georgia. At the age of six, his journey into music history has begun by joining the church choir. In 1943, his family moved to Jersey City, New Jersey and became a feature soloist in the Central Baptist Church Choir. Roy was a heavyweight Golden Gloves boxer, before joining gospel quartet "The Searchlight Singers".
He won a talent contest at the Apollo Theatre in 1947. He did his own rendition of ,"You'll Never Walk Alone" from the musical "Carousel". It was not until 1953 that he was discovered singing in a New Jersey club by Bill Cook, an influential local disc jockey who became the singer's manager. Columbia Records saw him as a possible "crossover" singer with a foothold in both pop and R&B , and signed him to their subsidiary label Epic. He released his single, ""You'll Never Walk Alone", in 1953. The song became R&B number 1 for eight weeks, and a national US Top 30 hit in 1954.
Roy spawned 50 singles, eight of them tops the charts like "Walk" which chartered #1 at the R&B charts, "Unchained Melody", another #1 of Steve, and "You Can Have Her". In the later part of 1956, Roy is retirement due to illness and exhaustion, but returned the following year. He released his album, Mr. Rock And Soul in 1962. uring the mid-60s, his career sank while recording with MGM Records and then RCA Records. He died later in 1969 not long after suffering a stroke, at the aged of 40.
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