Jerry Keller
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Jerry Paul Keller, born on June 20, 1937, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is an American singer who moved to Tulsa with his family at six years old and formed a band called The Lads of Note during the early 1950s. In 1956, Keller moved to New York City to pursue a singing career, where he met Pat Boone who connected him with Kapp Records. He released his first single "Here Comes Summer" in 1959, which became a summer hit in the US and UK later that year. In 1959, he released an album titled Here Comes Jerry Keller. Despite being primarily known for this one-hit wonder, Keller was also prolific as a songwriter, contributing to hits such as "Turn Down Day" by The Cyrkle and writing lyrics for Francis Lai's title song from A Man and A Woman which was covered by several artists. Additionally, he composed music for television series like "Everglades," and films including I Saw What You Did, Vivre pour vivre, The Shakiest Gun in the West. Keller continued to work as a songwriter and vocalist for television jingles throughout the 1970s and 1980s
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Here Comes Summer
- I'm Walkin' Behind You
- There Are Such Things
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- Unchained Melody
- Time Has A Way
- Young Love
- One Hour Non-Stop Swing and Big Band Mix featuring Etta James
- The Girl That I Marry
- Here Comes Summer
- Sixteen Going On Seventeen
- Be Careful How You Drive Young Joey
- American Beauty Rose
- True Love
- Now Now Now
- If I Had A Girl
