Lenny Welch ~ Similar Artists

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Johnny Crawford - 100% match to Lenny Welch

26 March 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA. Johnny Crawford shot to fame in 1958 when he co-starred with actor Chuck Connors (as his son Mark), in the US television series The Rifleman. In 1961 his debut single "Daydreams" made the lower reaches of the Billboard Top 100, but... Read more

Adam Wade - 68% match to Lenny Welch

17 March 1937, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. A romantic crooner in the Johnny Mathis style, Wade was working as a laboratory assistant for Dr. Jonas Salk, the man who discovered polio vaccine, when he auditioned for the Coed label. He eventually scored three US Top 10 hits:... Read more

Jerry Wallace - 68% match to Lenny Welch

15 December 1928, Guildford, Missouri, USA. A pop-country singer and guitarist who made his initial recordings for Allied in 1951, but achieved his first chart success when his 1958 Challenge recording of "How The Time Flies" reached number 11 in the US pop charts. After further... Read more

Tommy Edwards - 65% match to Lenny Welch

17 February 1922, Richmond, Virginia, USA, d. 22 October 1969, Virginia, USA. This jazz/pop/R&B singer-songwriter began his professional career in 1931. He wrote the hit "That Chick's Too Young To Fry" for Louis Jordan in 1946. A demo recording of his own "All Over Again"... Read more

Vic Dana - 64% match to Lenny Welch

26 August 1942, Buffalo, New York, USA. As a young boy, Dana trained as a dancer, and at the age of 11 was spotted, performing in Buffalo, by Sammy Davis Jnr. Influenced by Davis, the Dana family moved to California, where young Dana worked on his dancing and also studied... Read more

Bobby Rydell - 59% match to Lenny Welch

Robert Ridarelli, 26 April 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Probably the most musically talented of the late 50s Philadelphia school of clean-cut teen-idols, Rydell first performed in public as a drummer at the age of seven. At nine he debuted on Paul Whiteman's Teen Club... Read more

The Lettermen - 56% match to Lenny Welch

The most famous line-up of this very successful US close-harmony pop trio comprised Tony Butala (20 November 1940, Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA), Bob Engemann (b. 19 February 1936, Highland Park, Michigan, USA), and Jim Pike (b. 6 November 1938, St. Louis, Missouri, USA). Pike, a... Read more

The Innocents - 55% match to Lenny Welch

This smooth harmony vocal trio from Sun Valley, California, USA, consisted of Jim West (7 January 1941), Al Candelaria (b. 7 March 1941) and Darron Stankey (b. 5 July 1942). Candelaria and Stankey originally performed as a duo before being joined by lead singer West. They first... Read more

Dee Clark - 54% match to Lenny Welch

Delecta Clark, 7 November 1938, Blytheville, Arkansas, USA, d. 7 December 1990, Smyma, Georgia, USA. Clark had a wonderfully impassioned tenor voice and enjoyed a spate of rock 'n' roll hits in the late 50s and a lesser body of soul work in the 60s. Clark's entertainment career... Read more

Mark Dinning - 54% match to Lenny Welch

17 August 1933, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA, d. 22 March 1986. Mark Dinning was the younger brother of Lou, Ginger and Jean, the well-known 40s vocal trio the Dinning Sisters. He learnt to play the electric guitar when he was aged 17, and in 1957 auditioned for publisher Wesley... Read more