David Martin - Biography

Last Editor: fightingirish49				David Martin Biography -   Name : David Martin Profession : Actor Born : 1937-1987 Origin : Dallas, Texas United States Genre(s) : Rock 'n Roll, Rockabilly. Rhythm & Blues Occupation(s) : Musician, Songwriter Singer Instrument(s) : Bass Guitar Years active : 1959 - 1969 Label(s) : MGM Records Chess Records Alta Records Sparton Records (Canada) Dingo Records Various Indie Labels Associated acts : Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs, The Tom Toms, Bill Smith Combo, Gene Summers, Freddy Fender

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David A. Martin was a founding member and original bass player for the rock group Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and recorded all their early hits on MGM Records. Martin also co-wrote the group's #1 hit "Wooly Bully" which sold over 3-million records. After leaving the group in 1969 over management conflicts he returned to Garland, Texas, a Dallas suburb, where he operated a television and video repair shop, located on Lavon Drive (Highway 66), until his death in 1987. A native of Dallas, Texas, Martin started his musical career in 1959 with a band called Tommy & the Tom Toms which became The Bill Smith Combo in 1960 and recorded several singles for Chess Records. He also worked with Gene Summers, Freddy Fender, Scotty McKay and other notable performers before finally hitting the big-time with Wooly Bully in 1965. (see David A. Martin's Categories listed below) External Links David Martin/Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs early years biography This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same personal name. If an article link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Politicians David Martin (Nebraska politician) (1907–1997), Republican party U.S. Representative from Nebraska (1961–1974) David Martin (Governor) (1933–1990), Australian admiral and Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990) David O'Brien Martin (born 1944), Republican party U.S. Representative from New York (1981–1993) David Martin (English politician) (born 1945), Conservative party MP for Portsmouth South (1987–1997) David Martin (Scottish politician) (born 1954), Labour party MEP for Scotland Artists David Martin (artist) (1737–1797), British painter and engraver David Martin (poet) (1915–1997), Australian poet Dave Martin (screenwriter) (1935–2007), writer for the television program Doctor Who Sportsmen Dave Martin (footballer born 1963), former English footballer David Martin (American football) (born 1979), American football player with the Miami Dolphins David Martin (tennis) (born 1981), professional tennis player Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) (born 1985), English footballer with Millwall F.C. David Martin (footballer) (born 1986), goalkeeper with Liverpool F.C. Other David Martin (French divine) (1639–1721), French theologian David Martin (journalist) (born 1943), American television news correspondent Dave Martin (evangelist), Christian evangelist and inspirational speaker Dave Martin (chef), contestant on the reality television program Top Chef NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 187/1000000 Post-expand include size: 3068/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 1232/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/500 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Martin" Categories: 1937 births | People from Garland, Texas | American pop musicians | American bass guitarists | Musicians from Dallas | People from Dallas, Texas | People from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area | Musical groups established in 1959 | Rock musicians | Texas musicians | Texas musical groups | 1960s music groups | American songwriters | American rhythm and blues musical groups | 1987 deaths | Lists of ambiguous human names Views Article Discussion