The Folk Singer (Tommy Roe song)

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"The Folk Singer"
Single by Tommy Roe
from the album Sweet Pea
B-side "Count on Me"
Released March 1963
Genre Folk
Length2:51
Label ABC Records 10423
Songwriter(s) Merle Kilgore
Producer(s) Felton Jarvis
Tommy Roe singles chronology
"Gonna Take a Chance"
(1963)
"The Folk Singer"
(1963)
"Kiss and Run"
(1963)

"Gonna Take a Chance"
(1963)
"The Folk Singer"
(1963)
"Kiss and Run"
(1963)

"The Folk Singer" is a song written by Merle Kilgore and performed by Tommy Roe. It reached number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 20 in Australia, [1] number 34 in Canada, and number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. [2] It was later featured on his 1966 album, Sweet Pea. [3]

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The song was produced by Felton Jarvis. [4]

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References

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