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==Early Life==
==Early Life==
'''Robin Clark''' was born as '''Sharon Ilo Hershiser''' on September 21, 1949,<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref> on the campus of the [[University of Alabama]] in [[Tuscaloosa]], where her parents, Charles Arthur "Charlie" Hershiser (born February 5, 1925 in [[Akron, Ohio]]; died December 23, 1999 in [[Foley, Alabama]]),<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref><ref>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current Source Citation: Number: 422-16-6676; Issue State: Alabama.</ref> a [[political science]] major,<ref>[http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/fl/fl-escambia10.htm "Miscellaneous Escambia County, Florida Obituaries"].</ref> and his wife, Barbara A. Hines (born June 21, 1928),<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref> were both students.<ref>''The Corolla'', Yearbook of the University of Alabama (1947):258-259.</ref><ref>''Rock and Roll Songs'' (1961).</ref> Clark is the younger sister of Charles Arthur "Chuck" Hershiser, Jr. (born April 26, 1948).<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref>
'''Robin Clark''' was born as '''Sharon Ilo Hershiser''' on September 21, 1949,<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref> on the campus of the [[University of Alabama]] in [[Tuscaloosa]], where her parents, Charles Arthur "Charlie" Hershiser (born February 5, 1925 in [[Akron, Ohio]]; died December 23, 1999 in [[Foley, Alabama]]),<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref><ref>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current Source Citation: Number: 422-16-6676; Issue State: Alabama.</ref> a [[political science]] major,<ref>[http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/fl/fl-escambia10.htm "Miscellaneous Escambia County, Florida Obituaries"].</ref> and his wife, Barbara A. Hines (born June 21, 1928),<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref> were both students.<ref>''The Corolla'', Yearbook of the University of Alabama (1947):258-259.</ref><ref>''Rock and Roll Songs'' (1961).</ref> Clark is the younger sister of Charles Arthur "Chuck" Hershiser, Jr. (born April 26, 1948),<ref>Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, ''Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania'' (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.</ref> and the granddaughter of Ilo Salyers, an early television cook on WJHL-TV in [[Johnson City, Tennessee]] in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>Fred Sauceman, ''The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to Frog Level, Second Serving'' (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2007).; [[http://www3.etsu.edu/etsu/news_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=5922 "Sauceman publishes second volume of Place Setting"] (March 30, 2007)</ref>


After his graduation from the University of Alabama in 1951,<ref>[http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/fl/fl-escambia10.htm "Miscellaneous Escambia County, Florida Obituaries"].</ref> Charles Hershiser and his wife and two children moved to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], where Charles was a [[commercial agent]] for the Mason and Dixon Lines.<ref>''Charlotte City Directory'' (Charlotte, NC: 1951):419.</ref> By August 1953, the Hershiser family had relocated to [[Nashville]],<ref>Dorothy Ring, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", ''Kingsport Times News'' (Kingsport, TN: August 30, 1953):10-C.</ref> and by 1957 Charles had been promoted to District Sales Manager of the Mason & Dixon Lines, and the family had relocated to the [[Nashville]] suburb of [[Donelson, Tennessee|Donelson]].<ref>''Nashville City Directory'' (Nashville, TN: 1957):503.</ref>
After his graduation from the University of Alabama in 1951,<ref>[http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/fl/fl-escambia10.htm "Miscellaneous Escambia County, Florida Obituaries"].</ref> Charles Hershiser and his wife and two children moved to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], where Charles was a [[commercial agent]] for the Mason and Dixon Lines.<ref>''Charlotte City Directory'' (Charlotte, NC: 1951):419.</ref> By August 1953, the Hershiser family had relocated to [[Nashville]],<ref>Dorothy Ring, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", ''Kingsport Times News'' (Kingsport, TN: August 30, 1953):10-C.</ref> and by 1957 Charles had been promoted to District Sales Manager of the Mason & Dixon Lines, and the family had relocated to the [[Nashville]] suburb of [[Donelson, Tennessee|Donelson]].<ref>''Nashville City Directory'' (Nashville, TN: 1957):503.</ref>

Revision as of 16:40, 23 June 2013

Robin Clark (born Sharon Ilo Hershiser on September 21, 1949 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is an American pop singer who released four singles on Capitol Records in 1961 and 1962, and was at one time the youngest artist signed to a major record label in the United States.[1] Clark's best known recording was her debut single, the novelty song "Daddy, Daddy (Gotta Get A Phone In My Room)", which was released on January 9, 1961,[2] and "bubbled under" at #120 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 13, 1961.[3]

Early Life

Robin Clark was born as Sharon Ilo Hershiser on September 21, 1949,[4] on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where her parents, Charles Arthur "Charlie" Hershiser (born February 5, 1925 in Akron, Ohio; died December 23, 1999 in Foley, Alabama),[5][6] a political science major,[7] and his wife, Barbara A. Hines (born June 21, 1928),[8] were both students.[9][10] Clark is the younger sister of Charles Arthur "Chuck" Hershiser, Jr. (born April 26, 1948),[11] and the granddaughter of Ilo Salyers, an early television cook on WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tennessee in the 1950s and 1960s.[12]

After his graduation from the University of Alabama in 1951,[13] Charles Hershiser and his wife and two children moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Charles was a commercial agent for the Mason and Dixon Lines.[14] By August 1953, the Hershiser family had relocated to Nashville,[15] and by 1957 Charles had been promoted to District Sales Manager of the Mason & Dixon Lines, and the family had relocated to the Nashville suburb of Donelson.[16]

Career

By the age of three, Clark (as Ilo Hershiser) had appeared as a dancer on television, and by August 1953 was scheduled to appear on television in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.[17] In a January 1961 interview, Clark indicated that she had had no formal voice lessons, but had been singing since the age of four, although she had studied dancing under Nashville choreographer Gene Nash, who also worked with singer Eddy Arnold.[18] According to Barbara Hershiser, Nash recommended Ilo to Arnold, who in turn recommended her to his manager, who signed her to a contract and changed her professional name to Robin Clark.[19]

Personal Life

On February 3, 1973, Clark married Michael Larry "Mike" Tefft (born July 19, 1949) in Cookeville in Putnam County, Tennessee, and subsequently had three children: Justin V. Tefft (born about 1974), Barbara "Babs" Tefft Koch, and Clarke Tefft (born 1981).

Discography

Singles

  • "Daddy, Daddy (Gotta Get A Phone In My Room)" / "Love Has Come My Way" (Capitol Records 4503) (January 9, 1961)
  • "For Your Sake" / "Billy" (Capitol Records 4579) (June 1961)
  • "It's Love" / "The Butterfly Tree" (Capitol Records 4636) (October 1961)
  • "I Gotta Be Sure" / "Tellin' Myself" (Capitol Records 4763) (July 1962)

References

  1. ^ Paula Giliam, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN: January 8, 1961):2-D.
  2. ^ Paula Giliam, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN: January 8, 1961):2-D.
  3. ^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100", Billboard Music Week (March 13, 1961):31.
  4. ^ Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.
  5. ^ Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.
  6. ^ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current Source Citation: Number: 422-16-6676; Issue State: Alabama.
  7. ^ "Miscellaneous Escambia County, Florida Obituaries".
  8. ^ Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.
  9. ^ The Corolla, Yearbook of the University of Alabama (1947):258-259.
  10. ^ Rock and Roll Songs (1961).
  11. ^ Forrest D. Myers and Jerry Allan Clouse, Briner Family History: a genealogy of George Michael Breiner and Anna Catharina Loy, married 1756/7 in Pennsylvania (A.E. Myers, 1984):286.
  12. ^ Fred Sauceman, The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to Frog Level, Second Serving (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2007).; ["Sauceman publishes second volume of Place Setting" (March 30, 2007)
  13. ^ "Miscellaneous Escambia County, Florida Obituaries".
  14. ^ Charlotte City Directory (Charlotte, NC: 1951):419.
  15. ^ Dorothy Ring, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", Kingsport Times News (Kingsport, TN: August 30, 1953):10-C.
  16. ^ Nashville City Directory (Nashville, TN: 1957):503.
  17. ^ Dorothy Ring, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", Kingsport Times News (Kingsport, TN: August 30, 1953):10-C.
  18. ^ Paula Giliam, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN: January 8, 1961):2-D.
  19. ^ Paula Giliam, "News and Notes from the Women's News Department", Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN: January 8, 1961):2-D.
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