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Tharp, Budd, and Trammell left the group in the early 1960s, but the Fireballs added Doug Roberts on drums, plus Petty Studio singer Jimmy Gilmer (born September 15, 1940, in Chicago and raised in Amarillo, Texas) to the group.
YearTitlePeak Chart Positions(us)Peak Chart Positions(us Ac)1958"I Don't Know"––1959"Long Long Ponytail"––1959"Torquay"39–1959"Bulldog"24–Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs waren eine in den 1960er Jahren erfolgreiche US-amerikanische Popband. Sie wurde 1958 zunächst unter dem Namen „The Fireballs“ gegründet. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Werdegang. 2 Mitglieder. 3 Diskografie. 3.1 Alben. 3.2 Singles. 4 Literatur. 5 Quellen. Werdegang.
Compilation, Reissue. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "The Tex-Mex Fireball - George Tomsco" on Discogs.
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By then Jimmy Gilmer's sweet tenor had roughened into a Barry McGuire-like baritone, with all the Fireballs singing backup. There followed three further minor chart singles in 1968-1969, including the politically-charged "Come On, React!", but the Fireballs' time had clearly run out, and they disbanded at the end of 1969. Tomsco and Tharp revived the band in 1989 and today in 2012 the ...
NOW AVAILABLE! For the first time ever, the many vocal singles featuring Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs. have been assembled into 2 download releases by Fireballs historian Shawn Nagy. These collections feature fresh hi-res transfers off the original mono master tapes, from the Nor-Va-Jak Music label.
Formed. 1957 in Raton, NM. Disbanded. 1969. Genre. Pop/Rock. Styles. Frat Rock, Instrumental Rock, Rock & Roll, Tex-Mex. Group Members. George Tomsco Stan Lark Jimmy Gilmer Doug Roberts Eric Budd Chuck Tharp Dan Trammell. Explore The Fireballs's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about The Fireballs on AllMusic.
20. Nov. 2023 · In 1963, the Fireballs hooked up with singer Jimmy Gilmer. As Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, they had one of the biggest hits of 1963 with a number-one smash lightweight-pop ditty, "Sugar Shack." A similar follow-up, "Daisy Petal Pickin'," made the Top 20, but the British Invasion wiped them out immediately.
