Judd Hamilton

Judd Hamilton born February 28 1942 is an American singer musician former band leader writer film producer actor inventor company director As a musician he has recorded for the Dolton Liberty American International United Artists and RCA Victor labels He has made a contribution to the music of California as well as the surf genre from his involvement with the TBones and 1960s surf groups the Avantis and the Ventures As a film and television producer he was the executive producer for the film Maniac and The Last Horror Film as well as the films coscreenwriter and the executive producer for The 7th Annual SciFi Awards a 90minute TV special His brother was the late Dan Hamilton of Hamilton Joe Frank Reynolds fame He was also married to English actress Caroline Munro for a number of years In 1960 Hamilton was a freshman at Wenatchee Valley College He entered a talent show with a song he wrote He was approached by local KMEL radio DJ Don Bernier who was in the audience that night Berner ran an idea by Hamilton that he record with a band called The Furys A few weeks later Bernier drove Hamilton and the band over to a Spokane radio station where they recorded a few tracks The resulting single was Im Not Around Anymore backed by Little Lost Angel released on Julian J101 In 1961 the single was reported in Billboard Music Week in the June 5 issue single as having some sales potential It went into the KMEL Top 10 After that Hamilton the Furys appeared at Wenatchees Roller Rink as the opening act for the Ventures and Bobby Vee Venture guitarist Bob Bogle invited Hamilton to look him up if he was ever in Hollywood With that invitation Hamilton left college in 1961 and headed to Hollywood where he was invited to work as a roadie for the Ventures Within a year Bogle decided to record a single with Hamilton On A Night Like This backed with Til I Found You under the name of Shane It was advertised in the June 23 1961 issue of Billboard In 1963 he recorded the Johnny Mercer classic Dream backed by the Ventures along his own composition Your Only Boy released on the Dolton label It was given a four star rating which meant it had potential to be stocked by dealers and other outlets Source Article Judd Hamilton from Wikipedia in english licensed under CCBYSA 30