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  • Randy Sparks

    From DianeE@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 18 14:31:57 2024
    Randy Sparks, founder of the New Christy Minstrels, has died at age 90.
    They had a low-charting record in 1962 and two records on the charts in
    1963 (plus other hits outside our era). More interesting is that former members of the group include Steve Martin, Kenny Rogers, John Denver,
    Barry McGuire, and Kim Carnes.

    And a fun fact: Randy Sparks's real name was not Randall or Randolph, but........Lloyd.

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to DianeE on Sun Feb 18 20:47:41 2024
    DianeE wrote:

    Randy Sparks, founder of the New Christy Minstrels, has died at age 90.
    They had a low-charting record in 1962 and two records on the charts in
    1963 (plus other hits outside our era). More interesting is that former members of the group include Steve Martin, Kenny Rogers, John Denver,
    Barry McGuire, and Kim Carnes.

    And a fun fact: Randy Sparks's real name was not Randall or Randolph, but........Lloyd.

    They were popular over here for a while in the mid-60's just scraping the UK charts with the comedic "Three Wheels On My Wagon"

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to Roger on Sun Feb 18 17:17:18 2024
    On 2/18/2024 3:47 PM, Roger wrote:
    DianeE wrote:

    Randy Sparks, founder of the New Christy Minstrels, has died at age
    90. They had a low-charting record in 1962 and two records on the
    charts in 1963 (plus other hits outside our era).  More interesting is
    that former members of the group include Steve Martin, Kenny Rogers,
    John Denver, Barry McGuire, and Kim Carnes.

    And a fun fact: Randy Sparks's real name was not Randall or Randolph,
    but........Lloyd.

    They were popular over here for a while in the mid-60's just scraping
    the UK charts with the comedic "Three Wheels On My Wagon"
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    Certainly not my cup of (very watery and heavily saccharined) tea, but
    also undeniably the cradle of a lot of talent.

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