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Thomas Arthur "Tommy" Adderley (7 April 1940 – 5 February 1993) was a New Zealand singer.〔Tommy Adderley (1940-1993): The Man and His Contributions to Pop, Jazz, and Rock Music in New Zealand "Birmingham-born Tommy Adderley was a working-class lad who started singing in New Zealand in the late 1950s when he was still in the Merchant Navy."〕 Adderley was born in Birmingham, England in 1940.〔In the fall of 1964 he scored airplay across North America with "I Just Don't Understand", a remake of Ann-Margret's single two years earlier. His version made major radio playlists in Chicago, New York and Detroit, and peaked at #4 in Vancouver.〕 He later managed Auckland's Top 20's club, and in the 1970s was best known as leader of Tommy Adderley's Head Band.〔〔Archaeology in New Zealand - Volume 47 - Page 92 2004 "It also provides an interesting journey back through Auckland's early alternative music scene from Tommy Adderley 's Top 20's club (where the Rolling Stones once played after a concert) to the Punk club Swine, through to Babes Disco until it ..."〕 He died in Takapuna in 1993.〔 ==Discography== Tommy Adderley With Max Merritt & His Meteors – I Just Don't Understand (1964) single * ''Tommy'' (1965) Tommy Adderley's Head Band - Good Morning Mr Rock 'n' Roll (1972) single (Tommy Adderley/Billy Kristian) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tommy Adderley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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