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ALBUMHoly Spirit (Yeah Yeah Yeah!) (feat. The Singer's Company) - SingleRoy Hamilton
Albums by Roy Hamilton
ALBUMGood LovingRoy Hamilton
ALBUMFeeling GoodRoy Hamilton
ALBUMThe Impossible DreamRoy Hamilton
ALBUMMr. Rock & SoulRoy Hamilton
ALBUMSoft 'n WarmRoy Hamilton
ALBUMSpiritualsRoy Hamilton
ALBUMYou Can Have HerRoy Hamilton
ALBUMCome Out Swingin'Roy Hamilton
ALBUMWhy Fight the Feeling?Roy Hamilton
ALBUMWith All My Love (Expanded Edition)Roy Hamilton
Roy Hamilton's Popular Music Videos
Toxic - Kyrie London & The All Stars (feat. Omar, NYMZ, Roy Hamilton & Emmille)
Kyrie London
Artist Biography
An extremely influential vocalist despite having a rather short career, Roy Hamilton had both classical training and gospel experience. Hamilton studied commercial art in high school and was a heavyweight Golden Gloves boxer before starting his music career as a member of the Searchlight Singers. During the mid- and late '50s, Hamilton's dramatic, searing voice and treatments of such songs as "You'll Never Walk Alone," "If I Loved You," "Ebb Tide," and "Unchained Melody" were enormously popular. "You'll Never Walk Alone" topped the R&B charts for two months in 1954, while "Unchained Melody" topped the R&B charts for three weeks, and was his only Top Ten pop hit. Jackie Wilson and Roy Brown were among the singers whose sound was affected by Hamilton, while the Righteous Brothers did their own versions of "You'll Never Walk Alone," "Ebb Tide," and "Unchained Melody" (which later got new life via the film Ghost). Hamilton had to retire from 1956 to 1958 due to exhaustion. He suffered a stroke in 1969 and died at age 40. ~ Ron Wynn
Hometown
Leesburg, GA, United States
Genre
Pop