Sanford Clark

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Country-western singer Sanford Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, when he was nine years old. He began performing in the Phoenix area in the early 1950s. He enlisted in the Air Force and during his hitch he formed a band, which played in the South Pacific and Hawaii. After his discharge, he returned to Phoenix to pursue a singing career full-time. He met…

Known for

• Un eroe borghese — Avvocato americano (uncredited)1995
• Inside Out 4 — Johnny1992
• Beauty and the Beast — Punk1987
• Body Slam — Wheelchair Man1986
• C.H.U.D. — CHUD1984
• Murder, She Wrote — 1st Man1984
• The A-Team — Orderly1983

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1935-10-24

Active to

2021-07-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

49,477

Total plays

335,843

Sanford Clark (born October 24, 1935, died July 4, 2021) is an American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist best known for his 1956 hit "The Fool," written by Lee Hazlewood. Clark was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, from the age of 9. He first began performing in the Phoenix area in the early 1950s. He spent time in the Air Force in the South Pacific; he formed a band there which won a talent show in Hawaii. Returning to Phoenix, he and his friend Al Casey met L

via Last.fm · Sanford Clark

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Clark

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Tulsa

Place of death

Joplin

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

rockabilly

Instrument

voice

Record label

Dot Records

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