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249:'s main recording producer; after Holly's death, he obtained the rights to Holly's early rehearsal and home demo recordings. From May 1962 until August 1968, Petty had the Fireballs overdub the Holly material, making them the band he never knew he had, though the band had met Holly at Petty's studio in 1958. The overdubs were originally released on four albums of "new" Holly material throughout the 1960s with four of the efforts, released as singles, charting. In 1964, they recorded and released an album (solely under Jimmy Gilmer's name) of a dozen Holly covers called 1833: 55: 274:. The Fireballs took "Bottle of Wine" to No. 9 on the Hot 100. Although Gilmer was still a member of the group, the band was billed simply as "The Fireballs" on that single. Gilmer pursued artist management under Petty, with the group disbanding in 1969. Drummer Doug Roberts died in 1981. 277:
The Fireballs reunited in 1989 for the Clovis Music Festival, then continued performing with original members George Tomsco, Stan Lark, and Chuck Tharp until 2006, when Tharp died of cancer. Gilmer returned as lead vocalist in 2007. Lark retired from the group in 2016.
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group, particularly popular at the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s. The original line-up consisted of George Tomsco (lead guitar), Chuck Tharp (vocals), Stan Lark (bass), Eric Budd (drums), and Dan Trammell (rhythm guitar).
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in August 1961. 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
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George Tomsco continued to release CDs of new material using The Fireballs name and did the occasional show as a "solo Fireball" and also with Jimmy Gilmer. Their final show together was at the Surf Ballroom in
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Besides their own recordings, the Fireballs were studio musicians for dozens of other recording artist projects from 1959 through 1970 at the Norman Petty Studio, including folk singer
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Award for "Top Song Of 1963" based on record sales. In the UK, the song peaked at No. 45. Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs then had another pop hit in 1964 with a similar-sounding "
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After suffering from Alzheimer's for two years, Jimmy Gilmer died at the age of 83 in Amarillo, on September 7, 2024, eight days before his 84th birthday.
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The group in 1959, from left: George Tomsco, Stan Lark, Eric Budd, Chuck Tharp, Dan Trammell
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from November 30, 1963, to January 23, 1965. Nonetheless, "Sugar Shack" earned the group a
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for one week in November of that year, but its run on that chart was cut short because
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This article is about the U.S. rock and roll band. For the psychobilly band, see
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Later billed as Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, the group reached No. 1 on the
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Note: B-sides appear on the same album as the A-sides except where indicated
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During the run of "Daisy Petal Pickin'" on the charts, the
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Eric Budd (born Eric James Budd on October 23, 1938, in
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Stan Lark (born Stanley Roy Lark on July 27, 1940, in
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Almost Paradise (The Fireballs song)
Fireballs (band)
Fireball (disambiguation)
The group in 1959, from left: George Tomsco, Stan Lark, Eric Budd, Chuck Tharp, Dan Trammell
Raton, New Mexico
Rock and roll
rock and roll
Raton, New Mexico
recorded
Norman Petty
Clovis, New Mexico
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
top 40
singles
UK Singles Chart
Amarillo, Texas
Billboard
chart
Sugar Shack
Billboard's R&B chart
ceased publishing an R&B chart
Gold Record
Daisy Petal Pickin'
Carolyn Hester
Arthur Alexander
Buddy Holly
Buddy's Buddy
British Invasion
The Beatles

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