The Untold Origins of Tommy Roe's Classic Hit 'Sheila'

His granddaughter refers to him as the Justin Bieber of the 60s. And for very good reason. He was the king of Bubblegum music, and hugely popular the world over. But Tommy Roe didn't set out to father a whole new genre of music. He actually managed to cut some pretty decent rockers along the way too. In this week’s episode Tommy tells us how he got into music in the first place, what drove him to write his first song, Sheila, as a young teenager and how he still laments the fact that the girl he wrote that song about, never knew of its existence. Tommy says he’d love to find her today, some 60 years later. Maybe you could help? Tommy also tells us about how he had to compete with the British Invasion and had to come up with catchy tunes that he knew would sell. Hence of all his other hits. At first, he resented being the king of the kids but grew to embrace it as other musicians began to copy his sound. Check out my interview with Tommy either on my website https://abreathoffreshair.com.au/epis... or as a podcast, wherever you get your podcasts from.