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Joanie Sommers

Joanie Sommers

Actor

Born February 24, 1941 in Buffalo, New York, USA

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Joanie Sommers was born Joan Drost in Buffalo, New York in 1941. While barely a teen, her family moved to California where she began to pursue singing. She started singing with the band at her high-school dances at Venice High School. In 1959, she was put under contract by Warner Bros. records. She was put to work singing with Edd Byrnes (replacing Connie Stevens) of the TV series 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and guested on the show.

Her first single with Byrnes was "Kookie's Love Song", which was followed by her first solo album, titled Positively The Most, that same year. Critics embraced the jazz-influenced album and she was dubbed "the greatest singing discovery of the last 15 years". She was eighteen years old in 1960 when she released her first solo single, a rendition of "One Boy" from the musical Bye Bye Birdie which charted at #54 on Billboard's 100. In 1962, her biggest hit, "Johnny Get Angry", reached #7. That year she was named "Most Promising New Female Vocalist of 1962" by Cashbox magazine.

In 1965, Sommers reached her peak with the critically-acclaimed album, "Softly The Brazilian Sound", which paired her with bossa nova guitarist Laurindo Almeida. She left Warner Bros. for Columbia Records in 1966. She had several singles with Columbia, but only one album titled 'Come Alive'. Also in 1966, she played the part of a pink-haired angel who helps an ex-teen idol played by Ricky Nelson on the ABC Stage 67 (1966) production "On the Flip Side" which featured songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Included in the soundtrack was Sommers' rendition of "Try To See It My Way".

During the 1960s, she made many TV appearances and the feature films Everything's Ducky (1961) and The Lively Set (1964). She also was the voice behind the popular Pepsi-Cola jingles, "It's Pepsi, for those who think young", and "Now you see it, now you don't, oh, Diet Pepsi!" As the 1960s came to an end, Sommers essentially retired from show business in order to concentrate on her marriage and children. In recent years, she has reemerged to perform at nightclubs and has recorded new albums.

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Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter Poster

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter TV Movie1991Vocals, "Fools Rush In"

The Bobby Rydell Show TV Special1979Self

The Jim Nabors Show Poster

The Jim Nabors Show TV Series1978Self

Sha Na Na Poster

Sha Na Na TV Series1977Self

The Alan Hamel Show Poster

The Alan Hamel Show TV Series1976Self

The Bobby Vinton Show Poster

The Bobby Vinton Show TV Series1975Self

Vaudeville TV Series1975Self

Dinah! TV Series1974Self

B.C.: The First Thanksgiving Poster

B.C.: The First Thanksgiving TV Special1973Fat Broad

Match Game Poster

Match Game TV Series1973Self - Panelist

Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. Poster

Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. TV Series1972Self

Joanne Carson's VIPs TV Series1972Self

The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters Poster

The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters TV Series1972Self

The Real Tom Kennedy Show Poster

The Real Tom Kennedy Show TV Series1970Self

Allen Ludden's Gallery Poster

Allen Ludden's Gallery TV Series1969Self

Della TV Series1969Self

Frankie Avalon's Easter Special TV Movie1969Self

Love, American Style Poster

Love, American Style TV Series1969Adult Steffi

Playboy After Dark Poster

Playboy After Dark TV Series1969Singer

The Barbara McNair Show Poster

The Barbara McNair Show TV Series1969Self

The Game Game TV Series1969Self

Mouse on the Mayflower Poster

Mouse on the Mayflower TV Movie1968Priscilla Mullins

Operation: Entertainment Poster

Operation: Entertainment TV Series1968Self

The Rosey Grier Show TV Series1968Self

The Steve Allen Show Poster

The Steve Allen Show TV Series1968Self

Away We Go Poster

Away We Go TV Series1967Self

Pat Boone in Hollywood TV Series1967Self

Something Special Poster

Something Special TV Series1967Self

The Joey Bishop Show Poster

The Joey Bishop Show TV Series1967Self

The Kraft Music Hall Poster

The Kraft Music Hall TV Series1967Self

ABC Stage 67 Poster

ABC Stage 67 TV Series1966Angie

Hollywood Star Spangled Revue Short Film1966Self

Jack Jones on the Move TV Special1966Self

Mickie Finn's TV Series1966Self

The John Gary Show Poster

The John Gary Show TV Series1966Self

The Roger Miller Show TV Series1966Self

Hullabaloo Poster

Hullabaloo TV Series1965Self

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) Poster

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) TV Series1965Self - Panelist

The Wild Wild West Poster

The Wild Wild West TV Series1965Kyra Vanders

The Hollywood Palace Poster

The Hollywood Palace TV Series1964Self - singer

The Lively Set Poster

The Lively Set Feature Film1964Doreen Grey

What's This Song? TV Series1964Self

Burke's Law Poster

Burke's Law TV Series1963Pee Wee Wilson

The Danny Kaye Show Poster

The Danny Kaye Show TV Series1963Self

The Jimmy Dean Show Poster

The Jimmy Dean Show TV Series1963Self

Tienerklanken Poster

Tienerklanken TV Series19631 episode, 1967

You Don't Say Poster

You Don't Say TV Series1963Self

The Lively Ones TV Series1962Self - singer

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

The Tonight Show Poster

The Tonight Show TV Series1962Self - Vocalist

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self - Guest

Bobby Darin and Friends Poster

Bobby Darin and Friends TV Special1961Self - singer

Bulova Watch Time with Pat Boone Poster

Bulova Watch Time with Pat Boone TV Special1961Self

Everything's Ducky Poster

Everything's Ducky Feature Film1961Nina Lloyd

The Bob Newhart Show Poster

The Bob Newhart Show TV Series1961Self

The DuPont Show of the Week Poster

The DuPont Show of the Week TV Series1961Self

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Co-Host

The New Steve Allen Show Poster

The New Steve Allen Show TV Series1961Self - singer

Here's Hollywood Poster

Here's Hollywood TV Series1960Self

About Faces Poster

About Faces TV Series1959Self

The Jimmie Rodgers Show TV Series1959Self

77 Sunset Strip Poster

77 Sunset Strip TV Series1958Joanie Sommers

The Dick Clark Show Poster

The Dick Clark Show TV Series1958Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Series1957Self

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show Poster

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show TV Series1956Self - singer

The Bob Hope Show Poster

The Bob Hope Show TV Series1952Self

The Linkletter Show Poster

The Linkletter Show TV Series1952Self

The Red Skelton Hour Poster

The Red Skelton Hour TV Series1951Guest Singer

The Jack Benny Program Poster

The Jack Benny Program TV Series1950Heinzinger's Nurse

The New Truth and Consequences Poster

The New Truth and Consequences TV Series1950Self - Guest Star

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Poster

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall TV Series1948Self - singer

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