Discography and Biography of Tommy Hunt. Listen to all their hits.
Tommy Hunt Songs

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Tommy Hunt (born Charles James Hunt, June 18, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American soul/northern soul singer, and a 2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as a member of famed R&B group The Flamingos. "Human" was Hunt's biggest hit in the U.S. His 1962 B-side, "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself", written by Bacharach and David and produced by Leiber and Stoller, was the first recording of the song which later became a major hit for Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick and others. Hunt became a regular performing at The Apollo in New York alongside such artists as Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Sam and Dave. By 1969 he left his homeland, and traveled to the United Kingdom. After several performances in the theater clubs throughout the UK, Hunt sang at the second anniversary of the Wigan Casino, and there followed success on the Northern soul scene. Hunt was approached by Russ Winstanly and Mike Walker of the Casino and released several hits on Spark Records. The first was a cover version of a song formerly sung by Roy Hamilton, entitled "Crackin' Up". It peaked at #39 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1975. This was followed by another chart success "Loving On The Losing Side" (UK #28, 1976). 1982/83 saw Hunt win the Male Vocalist of the Year, presented by Club Mirror. His track, "One Fine Morning", reached #44 in the UK chart in December 1976 - his last chart entry. In later years, having turned his hand to songwriting, Hunt penned his autobiography, Only Human, My Soulful Life, with author, Jan Warburton, which was released in December 2008.

Below is a list of Tommy Hunt songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Scepter 1261
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Ed Townsend
Tommy Hunt I Am A Witness
1963 Scepter
2 record label: Scepter 1219
chart position: RandB #5, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Luther Dixon
album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
comments: [ballad]
Tommy Hunt Human
1961 Scepter
3 record label: Spark 1146
chart position: UK #28
written by: Eddie Adamberry and Tony Craig
album: Sign of the Times
comments: [disco dance]
Tommy Hunt Loving on the Losing Side
1976 Spark
4 record label: Spark 1132
chart position: UK #39
written by: Roy Hamilton
album: Sign of the Times
Tommy Hunt Crackin' Up
1975 Spark
5 record label: Spark 1148
chart position: UK #44
written by: Eddie Adamberry and Tony Craig
Tommy Hunt One Fine Morning
1976 Spark
6 record label: Dynamo 101
chart position: RandB #29, US #124
written by: Luther Dixon and Kitty Noble
Tommy Hunt The Biggest Man
1967 Dynamo
7 record label: Scepter 1226
chart position: US #92
written by: Helen Miller and Freddie Scott
Tommy Hunt The Door Is Open
1962 Scepter
8 record label: Scepter 1236
chart position: Cashbox R&B #32, US #119
written by: Hal David and Burt Bacharach
album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Tommy Hunt I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
1962 Scepter
9 record label: Dynamo 113
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: J. Williams, B. Elgin
comments: [northern soul]
Tommy Hunt I Need A Woman Of My Own
1967 Dynamo




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