Nancy Sinatra married singer/actor Tommy Sands , who had reached #3 in the US in 1957 with a song called “Teen-Age Crush”.
The pair would split in 1965, after which Sands would recall, “The doors to Hollywood seemed to slam shut after the divorce from Nancy.
I couldn’t get acting roles, my singing career on TV and in films was over.”
Teen-Age Crush - Tommy Sands 1957
The Cheater - Bob Kuban and the In-Men 1965
Bruce Chanel Hey Baby.
Freda Payne is an American singer and actress.
Payne is best known for her career in music during the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.
Her most notable record is her 1970 hit single Band of Gold which reached No 1 in the UK, No 3 in the US and No 5 in Australia.
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
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Terry Jacks is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer known for his 1974 hit song Seasons in the Sun which reached No 1 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and the US in 1974
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
Northern Soul classic 
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Falling In Love - Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds
Santo & Johnny were an American rock and roll instrumental duo from Brooklyn.
They are known best for their instrumental melody Sleep Walk , one of the biggest hits of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll, which reached number 1 on the US Billboard pop chart in 1959
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The Bobbettes were an American R&B girl group who had a 1957 top ten hit song called Mr Lee
The song would reach number 1 on the US R&B charts.
The Jaynetts were an American girl group based in the Bronx.
Their song Sally Go 'Round the Roses reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The Jaynetts - Sally, Go 'Round The Roses 1963
Jonathan Edwards is an American country music and folk singer-songwriter best known for his 1971 hit single Sunshine
The song was his only hit, reaching No 4 on the US Billboard Top 100.
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
Former member of The New Christy Minstrels, Barry McGuire had his only Number 1 solo hit with Eve of Destruction in 1965
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We Five was a 1960s Folk Rock Musical Group based in San Francisco.
Their best-known hit was their 1965 cover of Ian and Syvia’s You Were on My Mind, which reached No. 1 on the Cashbox chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The original group split after recording their second album in 1967, but a re-formed band produced three more albums between 1968 and 1977.
You Were on My Mind - We Five
Before transitioning to Country Music at the beginning of the '80s, Exile played cover songs and local events for a number of years before becoming a backing band on the touring revue Caravan of Stars, (Dick Clark organised a concert tour of Rock and Roll and Rhythm and Blues artists - with Gene Pitney, Bobby Vee, Paul Anka, to name a few solo acts. As well as groups including - The Coasters, The Crystals, The Drifters, The Premiers, The Skyliners and The Supremes)
After a series of failed singles on various labels, Exile achieved mainstream success in 1978 with Kiss You All Over, a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Kiss You All Over - Exile
This single premiered on episode 20, season 4 of “Donna’s Prima Donna” on the sitcom, The Donna Reed Show.
Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares 1961
A Memphis, Tennessee band called The Gentrys enjoyed a million selling, Billboard #4 hit in 1965 with Keep on Dancing.
One of their vocalists, Jimmy Hart, (black haired singer on the right) would go on to even greater fame and fortune in professional wrestling, as a manager nicknamed “The Mouth of the South.”
Keep On Dancing - The Gentrys
Sad Eyes - Robert John 1979
Cry me a River - Julie London 1955
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Wilbert Harrison was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist, and harmonica player.
He had a Billboard number one Hot 100 hit with Kansas City.
It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold record status.
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 1959
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