Adam Wade
A natural singer, vocalist/actor/drummer Adam Wade was influenced by Jesse Belvin, Johnny Mathis (who bounced out of the gate a few years before Wade), and Nat King Cole. Wade grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and briefly worked as a lab assistant for the famed Dr. Jonas Salk (who invented the vaccine for polio). He moved to New York in 1960 and tasted success instantly. He signed with CoEd Records and sang at the city's most prestigious club, The Copacabana, within six months of setting foot in the Big Apple. Wade scored a modicum of recording success in 1960 with "Ruby" and "I Can't Help It." He fared better in 1961 with three Top Ten singles: "Take Good Care of Her," "The Writing on the Wall," and "As if I Didn't Know." After two albums in 1960 and 1961, he left CoEd to replace Johnny Mathis at Epic. The move all but killed his recording career. He only charted once at Epic with "Crying in the Chapel," which reached number 88. Subsequent efforts failed to make much of an impact, and by 1969, Wade had dropped recording for acting. He found work doing voice-overs, including Sweet Lou Dunbar and Gismo Man on The Harlem Globetrotters Show, and started acting with roles in Wanderlove (1970) and Shaft (1971), followed by roles as Benjy in Comeback Charleston Blues (1972), Gordon's War (1973) playing Hustler, and Crazy Joe in Phantom of the Paradise and Claudine, both released in 1974. In 1976, he became the first African-American to host a national television talk show, Musical Chairs. Wade resurrected his recording career somewhat on Kirshner Records in 1978; this time he went for a funkier sound. On Kirshner, he recorded "Alexander's Soul Time Band," among others. In 1978, he played in an all-Black cast of Guys and Dolls in Las Vegas for six months. He returned to acting in 1982 with Kiss Me Goodbye, in which he played Roscoe, and worked quietly behind the scenes thereafter. Several years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Adam Wade died in Montclair, New Jersey at the age of 87.
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Discografia
21 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Collection 1959-62
Pop - Lançado por ACROBAT em 13 de set. de 2019
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The Coed Albums: And Then Came Adam / Adam and Evening
Pop - Lançado por Omnivore Recordings em 11 de set. de 2020
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A Very Good Year for Girls
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2023
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Adam and Evening
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2022
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Take Good Care of Her
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2023
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Golden Hits (Remastered)
Pop - Lançado por Master Tape Records em 17 de abr. de 2020
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Adam Wade
Soul - Lançado por Kirshner Records em 11 de nov. de 1977
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Live at the Magnet Theater
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Adam Wade em 1 de mai. de 2018
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Greatest Hits
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Classic Music International em 17 de mai. de 2011
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His Best (Rerecorded Version)
Pop - Lançado por K-Tel em 15 de ago. de 2023
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And Then Came Adam
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2022
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Rain from the Skies
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2022
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The Writing on the Wall
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2023
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One Is a Lonely Number
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 1 de jan. de 1962
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A Very Good Year for Girls
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2023
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What Kind of Fool Am I
World - Lançado por TP4 Music em 6 de jan. de 2024
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The Human Comedy
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company em 11 de set. de 2015
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Take Good Care of Her
Pop - Lançado por JB Production CH em 4 de mar. de 2015
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Take Good Care of Her (Remastered)
Pop - Lançado por Gold & Diamond em 16 de mar. de 2015
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Adam Wade's Greatest Hits
Lounge - Lançado por Milestones Records em 26 de ago. de 2020
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Take Good Care of Her
Pop - Lançado por CTS Digital em 6 de jun. de 2022
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