Tommy Tucker
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# Tommy Tucker (Robert Higginbotham, March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, "Hi-Heel Sneakers", that went to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at #23 in the UK Singles Chart. ## Tommy Tucker (Gerald L. Duppler May 18, 1903 - July 11, 1989) was an American, swing jazz, big bandleader. # Tommy Tucker was born Robert Higginbotham, to Leroy and Mary Higginbotham, the fifth of eleven children, in S
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tommy
- Family name
- Tucker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Springfield
- Place of death
- Newark
- Occupation
- pianist
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1933-03-05
- date of death
- 1982-01-22
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