Name	Bubble Boy
Director	Blair Hayes
Writer	Cinco PaulKen Daurio
Starring	Jake GyllenhaalSwoosie KurtzMarley SheltonDanny TrejoJohn Carroll LynchVerne Troyer|
Producer	Beau FlynnEric McLeod
Distributor	Touchstone Pictures
Budget	$13,000,000 (estimated)
Gross	$5,007,898
Released	August 24, 2001 (USA)
Runtime	84 min.
Language	English

''Bubble Boy'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Blair Hayes and stars Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role.

Plot

Jimmy Livingston was born without an immune system and is forced to live in a sterilized dome in his bedroom, earning him the title "Bubble Boy" by his neighbors. Jimmy's devout, right-wing, Christian mother only exposes him to ''Highlights'' magazine and the ''Land of the Lost'' for entertainment. When he is a teenager, a girl named Chloe moves in next door. Jimmy is immediately taken with her, and eventually befriends her despite his mothers' discouragement.

One day, Chloe visits Jimmy and tells him that she is leaving for Niagara Falls to marry her longtime boyfriend, Mark, in three days. Jimmy is upset by this revelation and they separate on bad terms. Later, Jimmy opens a gift Chloe had brought him, a homemade snow globe with the phrase ''I Love You'' written in it. Jimmy then realizes that Chloe cares for him deeply. Realizing how much he cares for her, Jimmy builds a mobile bubble suit and runs away from home, determined to stop the wedding.

On the first day of his journey, he's unable to afford a bus ride to Niagara Falls, but is soon picked up by an overly enthusiastic cult on a pilgrimage towards enlightenment. But after Jimmy unintentionally offends the cult (by referring to them as a cult), he is marooned in the middle of the desert. By this time, Jimmy's mother has discovered her son has gone missing, so she and her husband set off to find Jimmy themselves.

While traveling through the desert, Jimmy then meets Slim, a Hispanic biker with a flat tire. Jimmy offers to fix the flat with some patches and the two become friends. Elsewhere, Gil, the leader of the cult Jimmy met, has revealed their messiah is "the round one," and that whoever rejects him will suffer. The group who abandoned Jimmy now regret their actions and set off to find him. Jimmy and Slim in the meantime have traveled to Las Vegas in hopes of scoring enough money to get to Niagara Falls. However, Slim gets caught up in the Vegas life so Jimmy goes on without him. The cult runs into Slim in Vegas while asking for directions. Slim recognizes them from Jimmy's story and threatens them, only to have his bike destroyed by the cult bus. Enraged, Slim rallies a gang of bikers to get even.

While riding a motor scooter he won in Vegas, Jimmy is recognized by his parents, but veers off the road and bounces into a train filled with circus freaks and conducted by their "owner," Dr. Phreak. Dr. Phreak finds Jimmy and demands that he's keeping him as an attraction of his circus. Jimmy refuses, knocking him unconscious, thereby allowing the circus freaks to escape.

Jimmy then wanders into a restaurant where an Indian man is being antagonized by the ignorant townspeople. When Jimmy tries to defend him, the townspeople begin to probe him about his suit, but panic and evacuate the restaurant when they misunderstand his illness. The sheriff locks him in the restaurant and quarantines it, unintentionally setting the building on fire. Luckily, Jimmy is saved by Pushpop, the Ice Cream & Curry truck driver he had defended earlier. He and Jimmy escape the town that now is completely in flames. Pushpop thanks Jimmy for his earlier kindness and agrees to take him to Niagara Falls. Meanwhile, Jimmy's parents have met up with Dr. Phreak, whom Jimmy's mother mistakes for a child and brings along with them. Elsewhere in Niagara Falls, Chloe is apprehensive about marrying Mark and can't stop thinking of Jimmy.

Later, Pushpop accidentally runs over a cow and feels he must atone for his actions, unable to continue the journey. Jimmy sets off on foot by which he ends up in a small town in Illinois. Here he meets Pappy, a cab driver who agrees to take him to Niagara Falls for $500 dollars. To earn the money Jimmy goes into a Japanese casino nearby and enters a mud wrestling competition with two women for a convenient prize of $500. Jimmy eventually wins, but just as he is about to leave he runs into the cult again. Proclaiming his as their chosen one, they plan on "releasing" Jimmy from his bubble. Luckily, the freaks have followed Jimmy and realizing he's in danger, disguise themselves as members of the cult and trick them into believing they're mutating for their earlier crimes against Jimmy. During this commotion, Slim and his bikers arrive on the scene. The Bikers, the Freaks, and the Cult all begin fighting to "save" Jimmy in their own ways. In the confusion, Jimmy escapes in the Taxi.

On the last day in his journey, Pappy and Jimmy have now arrived in New York, but Pappy is unresponsive, having apparently died behind the wheel overnight, forcing Jimmy to abandon the moving taxi before it crashes. Jimmy tries to call Chloe to tell him of his success, only to reach her fiancée Mark, who rudely convinces him that Chloe doesn't really love him. Jimmy becomes depressed at this assumed rejection and calls Dr. Phreak, ready to assume his role as a freak like the others. However, his parents overhear Dr. Phreak's conversation, and upon learning his location, dump Dr. Phreak out of their (moving) car and rush to retrieve him.

When his parents pick him up, Jimmy and his father are sitting alone in the car. His father (who is more level-headed than his wife) regrets that Jimmy is giving up when he is so close. Jimmy's father then looks the other way while Jimmy escapes to finish his mission. Upon his mother discovering this, they begin chasing him down in the car, but a biplane swoops down out of nowhere and picks Jimmy up. The pilot is Pappy's Brother, Pippy. Finally, Jimmy reaches Niagara Falls but falls out of the plane and into the Falls itself.

Jimmy manages to escape the water and arrives just in time to stop the wedding. He then removes his bubble suit, allowing him to touch the girl he loves for the first time. Upon kissing her, Jimmy collapses and presumably dies in front of everyone in the church, as well as all the people who have been chasing after him (the cult, the Freaks, the Bikers, and his parents.) Jimmy's mother then (encouraged by her husband) confesses that Jimmy had developed an immune system when he was four, revealing that he is not actually dead at all. Mrs. Livingston had hidden this fact from Jimmy to protect him from the "corrupting" world. Jimmy forgives her and resumes kissing Chloe.

Finally, Jimmy and Chloe are married with all of Jimmy's new friends in attendance. Jimmy's mom (who is revealed to be a former girlfriend of Slim nicknamed Wildfire) rides off with Slim and Jimmy's father! Pushpop has become the new leader of the former cult who are apparently now followers of Hinduism. Dr. Phreak has befriended his band of freaks. Pippy and Pappy (who've reconciled after a past disagreement), drive off with Jimmy and Chloe to their honeymoon.

Cast

Jimmy Livingston – Jake Gyllenhaal

Mrs. Livingston – Swoosie Kurtz

Chloe – Marley Shelton

Slim – Danny Trejo

Mr. Livingston – John Carroll Lynch

Dr. Phreak – Verne Troyer

Mark – Dave Sheridan

Pushpop – Brian George

Pappy/Pippy – Patrick Cranshaw

Chicken Man – Stephen Spinella

Lisa – Ever Carradine

Flipper Boy – Geoffrey Arend

Lil' Zip – Beetlejuice

Human Sasquatch – Matthew McGrory

Rubber Woman – Bonnie Morgan

Working Girl – Stacy Keibler

Gil – Fabio Lanzoni

Bus Stop Man – Zach Galifianakis

Lorraine – Arden Myrin

Todd – Leo Fitzpatrick

Reception

''Bubble Boy'' was both a critical and commercial failure. The film opened at #13 at the U.S. Box office raking in $2,038,349 USD in its first opening weekend, being a major box office bomb.

The film also received mostly negative reviews from critics, and currently has a 29% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 82 reviews (24 "fresh", 58 "rotten"). The consensus on the site reads, "Bubble Boy bounces along with lame, offensive jokes that are more tasteless than funny."

External links

References

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birth name	Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
birth date	December 19, 1980
birth place	Los Angeles, California
occupation	Actor
years active	1991–present
parents	Stephen GyllenhaalNaomi Foner Gyllenhaal
relatives	Maggie Gyllenhaal (sister) }}

Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age ten. He has appeared in diverse roles since his first lead role in 1999's ''October Sky'', followed by the 2001 indie cult hit ''Donnie Darko'', in which he played a psychologically troubled teen and onscreen brother to his real-life sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In the 2004 science-fiction film ''The Day After Tomorrow'' he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event, alongside Dennis Quaid as his father. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in ''Jarhead'' (2005). The same year, he garnered critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Jack Twist in the film ''Brokeback Mountain'' opposite Heath Ledger.

Gyllenhaal has promoted various political and social causes. He has appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, promoted environmental causes, and campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Early life and education

Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs). Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older sister and also an actress, appeared with Jake in the movie ''Donnie Darko''. Gyllenhaal's father was raised in the Swedenborgian religion and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family. His last native Swedish ancestor was his great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal. Jake Gyllenhaal's mother is from a Jewish family from New York City, and Gyllenhaal has said that he considers himself "more Jewish than anything else." On his 13th birthday, Gyllenhaal performed a "barmitzvah-like act, without the typical trappings", volunteering at a homeless shelter, because his parents wanted to instill in him a sense of gratitude for his privileged lifestyle. His parents insisted that he have summer jobs to support himself, and he thus worked as a lifeguard and as a busboy at a restaurant operated by a family friend.

Acting career

Early career

During childhood, Gyllenhaal had regular exposure to filmmaking due to his family's deep ties to the industry. As an 11-year-old he made his acting debut as Billy Crystal's son in the 1991 comedy film ''City Slickers''. His parents did not allow him to appear in the 1992 film ''The Mighty Ducks'' because it would have required him leaving home for two months. In subsequent years, his parents allowed him to audition for parts, but regularly forbade him to take them if he were chosen. He was allowed to appear in his father's films several times. Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993 film ''A Dangerous Woman'' (along with sister Maggie); in "Bop Gun" a 1994 episode of ''Homicide: Life on the Street''; and in the 1998 comedy ''Homegrown''. Along with their mother, Jake and Maggie appeared in two episodes of ''Molto Mario'', an Italian cooking show on the Food Network. Prior to his senior year in high school, the only other film not directed by his father in which Gyllenhaal was allowed to perform was the 1993 film ''Josh and S.A.M.'', a little-known children's adventure.

Gyllenhaal graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1998, then attended Columbia University, where his sister was a senior and from which his mother had graduated, to study Eastern religions and philosophy. Gyllenhaal dropped out after two years to concentrate on acting, but has expressed intentions to eventually finish his degree. Gyllenhaal's first lead role was in ''October Sky'', Joe Johnston's 1999 adaptation of the Homer Hickam autobiography ''Rocket Boys'', in which he portrayed a young man from West Virginia striving to win a science scholarship to avoid becoming a coal miner. The film earned $32 million and was described in the ''Sacramento News and Review'' as Gyllenhaal's "breakout performance."

From ''Donnie Darko'' to the London stage

''Donnie Darko'', Gyllenhaal's second major film, was not a box office success upon its initial 2001 release, but eventually became a cult favorite. The film, directed by Richard Kelly, is set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who, after narrowly escaping death, experiences visions of a 6 foot (1.8 m) tall rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world is coming to an end. Gyllenhaal's performance was well-received by critics; Gary Mairs of Culture Vulture wrote that "Gyllenhaal manages the difficult trick of seeming both blandly normal and profoundly disturbed, often within the same scene."

After the critical success of ''Donnie Darko'', Gyllenhaal's next role was as Pilot Kelston in 2002's ''Highway'' alongside Jared Leto. His performance was described by one critic as "silly, cliched and straight to video." Gyllenhaal had more success starring opposite Jennifer Aniston in ''The Good Girl'', which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; he also starred in ''Lovely & Amazing'' with Catherine Keener. In both films he plays an unstable character who begins a reckless affair with an older woman. Gyllenhaal later described these as "teenager in transition" roles. Gyllenhaal later starred in the Touchstone Pictures romantic comedy ''Bubble Boy'', which was loosely based on the story of David Vetter. The film portrays the title character's adventures as he pursues the love of his life before she marries the wrong man. The film was panned by critics, with one calling it an "empty-headed, chaotic, utterly tasteless atrocity".

Following ''Bubble Boy'', Gyllenhaal starred opposite Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Ellen Pompeo in ''Moonlight Mile'', as a young man coping with the death of his fiancée and the grief of her parents. The story, which received mixed reviews, is loosely based on writer/director Brad Silberling's personal experiences following the murder of girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer.

Gyllenhaal was almost cast as Spider-Man for ''Spider-Man 2'' due to director Sam Raimi's concerns about original ''Spider-Man'' star Tobey Maguire's health. Maguire recovered, however, and the sequel was shot without Gyllenhaal. Instead, Gyllenhaal starred in the blockbuster ''The Day After Tomorrow'' in 2004, co-starring Dennis Quaid as his father.

In his theatrical debut Gyllenhaal starred on the London stage in Kenneth Lonergan's revival of ''This is Our Youth''. Gyllenhaal said, "Every actor I look up to has done theatre work, so I knew I had to give it a try." The play, which had been a critical sensation on Broadway, ran for eight weeks in London's West End. Gyllenhaal received favorable critical reviews and an Evening Standard Theatre Award in the category "Outstanding Newcomer."

''Brokeback Mountain'' and subsequent roles

2005 was a prolific year for Gyllenhaal, who starred in the critically praised films ''Proof'', ''Jarhead'', and ''Brokeback Mountain''. In ''Proof'', featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, Gyllenhaal played a graduate student in mathematics who tries to convince Paltrow's character to publish a revolutionary proof to a problem puzzling the mathematicians' community. In ''Jarhead'', Gyllenhaal played against his usual "sensitive yet disturbed" type by displaying an aggressive masculinity as a violent U.S. Marine during the first Gulf War. He also auditioned to be Batman for one of the biggest blockbusters ''Batman Begins'' and came close to getting the role but Christian Bale was ultimately chosen for it.

In ''Brokeback Mountain'', Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger play young men who meet as sheep herders and embark upon a sexual relationship that begins in the summer of 1963 and lasts for 20 years. The film was often referred to in the media with the shorthand phrase "the gay cowboy movie," though there was differing opinion on the sexual orientation of the characters. The film won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film went on to win four Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, and three Academy Awards. Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance, but lost to George Clooney for ''Syriana''. Gyllenhaal also won the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA for the same role and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination and Best Film Ensemble nomination from the Screen Actors Guild. Also for ''Brokeback Mountain'', he and Ledger won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" in 2006. Shortly after the 2006 Academy Awards, Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy in recognition of his acting career. Gyllenhaal was awarded the 2006 Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence by The Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards for his role.

Gyllenhaal expressed mixed feelings about the experience of being directed by Ang Lee in ''Brokeback Mountain'', but generally had more praise than criticism for Lee's directing style. While complaining of the way Lee tended to disconnect with his actors once filming began, Gyllenhaal praised his encouraging direction of the actors and sensitive approach to the material. At the Directors Guild of America Awards on January 28, 2006, Gyllenhaal also praised Lee for "his humbleness and his respect for everyone around him."

When asked about his kissing scenes with Heath Ledger in ''Brokeback Mountain'', Gyllenhaal said, "As an actor, I think we need to embrace the times we feel most uncomfortable." When asked about the more intimate scenes with Ledger, Gyllenhaal likened them to "doing a sex scene with a woman I'm not particularly attracted to."}}

Gyllenhaal narrated the 2005 short animated film ''The Man Who Walked Between the Towers'', based on Mordicai Gerstein's book of the same name about Philippe Petit's famous stunt. In January 2007, as host of ''Saturday Night Live'', he put on a sparkly evening dress and sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the musical ''Dreamgirls'' for his opening monologue, dedicating the song to his "unique fan base... the fans of ''Brokeback''."

In 2007, Gyllenhaal starred in David Fincher's ''Zodiac'', which was based on a true story. He played Robert Graysmith, a ''San Francisco Chronicle'' cartoonist and author of two books about the Zodiac serial killer. Gyllenhaal starred opposite Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, and Reese Witherspoon in the October 2007 release ''Rendition'', a Gavin Hood-directed political thriller about the U.S. policy of extraordinary rendition. In 2009, he appeared with Tobey Maguire in Jim Sheridan's remake of Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish language film ''Brothers''. The following year Gyllenhaal played the lead role in the movie adaptation of the video game ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney on May 28, 2010.

His upcoming roles include the comedy ''Nailed'', which he filmed in South Carolina with Jessica Biel, and Doug Liman's as yet untitled film about the race for lunar colonization.

Personal life

Family and relationships

:''For more on Gyllenhaal's paternal ancestors, see Gyllenhaal family'' The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal's immediate family includes his sister, actress Maggie, who is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal's co-star in ''Jarhead'' and ''Rendition''. In December 2006, Jake and his sister escaped a fire that destroyed Manka's, a famed lodge and restaurant in Inverness, California, at which they were vacationing. Gyllenhaal's niece, Ramona Sarsgaard, was born on October 3, 2006. Jamie Lee Curtis is Gyllenhaal's godmother, and he has repeatedly referred to his godfathers being a gay couple. Gyllenhaal himself is the godfather of Matilda Rose Ledger (born October 28, 2005), daughter of Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, both of whom co-starred with him in ''Brokeback Mountain''.

Gyllenhaal dated actress Kirsten Dunst for nearly two years starting in 2002. He later dated his ''Rendition'' co-star Reese Witherspoon from about 2007 to 2009.

Politics and other interests

Gyllenhaal is politically active. He shot a commercial for Rock the Vote, and along with his sister, visited the University of Southern California to encourage students to vote during the 2004 U.S. Election. He also campaigned for Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. He has said, however, that "it frustrates me when actors talk politics; I'm political and I make choices in my movies that I think are political. I try and say things with what I do. Rightly or wrongly, young actors have all the power." In an interview for ''Rendition'', he remarked that "it's a sad time when actors are politicians and politicians are actors."

Raised in a family concerned with social issues, in 2003 Gyllenhaal participated in an advertising campaign by the American Civil Liberties Union, an organization his entire family strongly supports. Environmentally conscious, he recycles regularly, and said in an interview that he spends $400 a year to have trees planted in a Mozambique forest, partly to promote the Future Forests program. After filming ''The Day After Tomorrow'', he flew to the Arctic to promote awareness of climate change.

In his spare time, Gyllenhaal enjoys woodworking and cooking. He has said, "I am not a card-carrying Buddhist, but I do try to practice mindfulness" and it is his goal to meditate every day.

Gyllenhaal has signed on to help the TV fundraiser Stand Up To Cancer.

Media image

Internationally viewed as a sex symbol, Gyllenhaal was named one of ''People'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2006. He was also listed in ''People's'' "Hottest Bachelors of 2006". In response to mainstream press lists like these, thousands of gay and bisexual men were polled for the 2007 and 2008 "AfterElton.com Hot 100 List." Gyllenhaal was ranked at No.1 in both consecutive years. He was ranked at No.2 on the ''Gay Wired Magazine'' poll of male actors who have played gay characters in movies.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1991	''City Slickers''	Danny Robbins
1993	''Josh and S.A.M.''	Leon
1993	''''	Edward	as Jacob Gyllenhaal
1998		Jake/Blue Kahan
1999	''October Sky''
2001	''Donnie Darko''	Donald J. "Donnie" Darko
2001	''Bubble Boy''	Jimmy Livingston
2001	''Lovely & Amazing''	Jordan
2002		Pilot Kelson
2002		Joe Nast
2002	''''	Thomas 'Holden' Worther
2003		Himself	Cameo
2004	''''	Sam Hall
2005	''Brokeback Mountain''	Jack Twist
2005
2005		Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
2007		Robert Graysmith
2007		Douglas Freeman
2009		Tommy Cahill
2010
2010	''Love and Other Drugs''	Jamie Randall
2011	''Source Code''	Colter Stevens

Accolades

! Year	! Group	! Award	! Result	! Work
2002	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Performance – Male		''Donnie Darko''
2002	Independent Spirit Awards			''Donnie Darko''
2003				''Donnie Darko''
2003	DVD Exclusive Awards	DVD Premiere Award – Best Actor
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male		''The Good Girl''
2005	National Board of Review			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	MTV Movie Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	MTV Movie Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006				''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	BAFTA Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Achievement – Actor Award		''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Academy Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Satellite Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Satellite Awards
2006		Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
2008	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Drama
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Fantasy
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Drama
2010	Golden Globe Award			''Love and Other Drugs''

References

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name	Tommy Roe
background	solo_singer
birth name	Thomas David Roe
born	May 09, 1942Atlanta, Georgia, United States
instrument	Vocals, guitar
genre	Rock and roll, pop, bubblegum
occupation	Singer, songwriter
years active	1959–present
label	ABC Records, Monument Records, MGM Records
website	Link
notable instruments	}}

''For the English footballer of the same name see Tommy Roe (footballer)''

Tommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, United States) is a pop music singer-songwriter.

Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969), critic Bill Dahl wrote that Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but Roe cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career."

Biography

He was raised in Atlanta where he attended Brown High School. After graduating, he landed a job at General Electric soldering wires.

He had a Billboard #1 hit record in the U.S. and Australia in '62 with the track "Sheila". A buildup of global sales of "Sheila" meant that the R.I.A.A. did not present the gold record until 1969.

When "Sheila" became a hit, ABC-Paramount Records asked him to go on tour to promote the hit. He was reluctant to give up his secure job at GE until ABC-Paramount advanced him $5,000.

The following year Roe scored a Top 10 hit with "Everybody", which reached US #3 and UK #9, and the critically acclaimed "The Folk Singer" (#4 UK

Following a more successful tour of the United Kingdom by his friend Roy Orbison, Roe toured there and then moved to England where he lived for several years. In 1964 Roe recorded a self-penned song, "Diane From Manchester Square", with his backing group at the time, the Roemans. It was a story in song about a girl called Diane who worked in an upstairs office at EMI House when it was based in London's Manchester Square. Sales of this single in the UK were poor, and it failed to chart. In 1965, he and Jerry Lee Lewis combined with Orbison to create an album for the Pickwick International label. During the 1960s, he had several more Top 40 hits, including 1966's #6 "Hooray for Hazel" (#2 Canada) and #8 "Sweet Pea" (#1 Canada). In 1969, his song "Dizzy" went to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart,

The 1968 song written by Merle Kilgore called The Folk Singer is allegedly written about Tommy Roe.

A resident of Beverly Hills, California, he is married to Josette Banzet, an actress from France who won a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1976 television mini-series, ''Rich Man, Poor Man''.

In 1986, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Although his style of music declined in popularity with the 1970s mass market, he maintained a following and continued to perform at a variety of concert venues, sometimes with 1960s nostalgia rock and rollers such as Freddy Cannon and Bobby Vee.

Partial discography

Albums

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Singles

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Legacy

Sheila's stage name was taken from the title of her first release, which was a French cover of the song "Sheila".

In 1991 The Wonder Stuff and Vic Reeves released a cover of "Dizzy" that topped the UK Singles Chart.

See also

List of artists who reached number one in the United States

List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

List of acts who appeared on American Bandstand

List of performers on Top of the Pops

The History of Rock & Roll

Where the Action Is

List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)

References

External links

Official website

Video of Roe performing in Palm Springs, California in 2002

Mini biography at classicbands.com

Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American pop singers Category:American male singers Category:People from Atlanta, Georgia Category:Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)

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