1962. My brother John was killed by a drunk driver when he was 18. He had just met his girlfriend Sheila. I have never forgotten every word to this song. And I've never forgotten John.
Met a cute Filipino girl in 1991...Sheila..was 19 years old...fell in love..but she had been "working" the bars in Angeles City Philippines since age 13...😢...she was popping pills, drinking beer with a straw in the bottle... suffice it to say I couldn't control her...we broke up after she cheated on me .. about 8 years later they found her dead from AIDs...very sad tale..all true...I tried to change her for the good....but the bar owners, other girls, people... didn't like that...now...she's dead....😮😢
I know it still hurts 42 yrs later. As long as you remember your brother ,whether by memory or the song Shiela,he’s still alive in your heart and with you always.
LUV Tommy Roes song dizzy. I watch his video on you tube every night before I go to bed. in 1969 I was 21 years old. Dizzy is my favourite songs he recorded.
Wow ! I have not heard this since '62 when I was 12years old (and a half) and now I can TURN UP the volume and seriously rock out...the fire is still there !
Same here. I am now 73 and remember this from1962, also the year Marilyn Monroe died. I like the backing singers here and of course the relentless drumming.
I never knew Tommy Roe did this song. I was also 12 years old in 1962. I remember going to the stock car races with my dad in Waukegan Illinois listening to the song.
-He should be about in our age group . And it's not unusual to live to 90 if you don't smoke and quit drinking when you were in your forty's. Plus eating the right foods. Joys to us all that lived in the great 60's.
I was 7 years old when this was a hit in 1962 but I grew up on this music thanks to older siblings born in the 40's especially one brother who was 17 and rebellious (jelly roll hair up front and ducktail in the back) and would turn the radio on and UP when he got home from high school. At least it was on and UP until Dad got home and turned it off.
@paulinek9764 Tommy Roe first released this song in the late 1950's without the "Buddy Holly" touches or embellishments, & it didn't take off. Several years later & a couple of years after Buddy Holly's death, Tommy Roe's producer suggested, that there were still a lot of people around who wanted the Buddy Holly sound, so he insisted, that Tommy re-release "Sheila", but change it to make it sound like Buddy Holly. Roe reluctantly did it, because he was a Buddy Holly fan & thought it might be disrespectful to the memory of Holly. The second time around, "Sheila" went to #1.
This hit from Tommy Roe went to #1 on the Top 40 charts. It also went to #1 in Australia and in Canada. It went to #3 in the United Kingdom, and to #9 in Germany. It would finish at #22 for the year, 1962. The numbers are getting smaller and the hits are getting bigger. Who will be #1? Will Bobby Lewis repeat? Or will a new act take the torch? Stay tuned.
Interestingly enough, Tommy Roe first released this song in the late 1950's without the "Buddy Holly" touches or embellishments, & it didn't take off. Several years later & a couple of years after Buddy Holly's death, Tommy Roe's producer suggested, that there were still a lot of people around who wanted the Buddy Holly sound, so he insisted, that Tommy re-release "Sheila", but change it to make it sound like Buddy Holly. Roe reluctantly did it, as he liked Buddy Holly & felt it might be disrespectful of the memory of Holly. The second time around, "Sheila" went to #1.
In 1965 there was a two-day show that came to town called 'The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars'. The second night was the Rolling Stones but the first night was a collection of pop stars of the era including the Shangri Las, Dave Ckark Five, and of course Tommy Roe. Great shows!
The ABC recording of the song is done in the style of the Lubbock sound, made popular by Buddy Holly and the Crickets in the late 1950s; the strumming pattern, tempo, drumming, and chords (both songs are in the key of A) bear particularly strong resemblance to the Crickets' “Peggy Sue"; Roe's vocals are similar to Holly's. The song became the title track of Tommy Roe's debut studio album, Sheila, in 1962. - wikipedia
I love this song. It’s one of the few “Sheila” songs that I love. It’s one of the good memories I have of my biological father and I hate the song “Oh Sheila”.
Salve, : È talmente coinvolgente questo Brano cantato, che potrebbe far danzare anche Coloro che non lo sanno fare.- Infatti il Ritmo è travolgente a dimostrazione che esso è uno dei fattori principe nella Musica, ed in questo Brano esso è giunto ai suoi limiti di espressione.- ( Aldo da Verona ).- Un particolare Grazie all’Autore.-
Good Evening! This song reminds of my Daniel Stewart Grayson. Man this little girl is fine! That is nice. That what Daniel Stewart Grayson said about me! She said she never leaves me. He was right! I would never leave him. He was so adorable! So polite & well manner. He was a Gentleman! To top of He was very intelligent person. Marlene Toledo Grayson
Good Morning! Daniel Stewart Grayson was always smiling. He study Law at UNM here in Albuquerque. He use tell me the State of NM is full of loopholes. He said. Criminal gets away with a lot. He said. When he first got out the military. He was a tank driver. During the Vietnam Veteran Marines War. He was a Marine Corp. Handsome person. In San Jose, California. He lived with some Jewish Catholic Lawyers. They had inspired him to study Law. Daniel has been gone for 18 years. I still miss him to this day. He was a man with a Heart he said. I don't know what he means. But somehow I understand now. Thank you for likely my comment. May God Bless you! Remember this coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. Remember to attend a church service. Put ash on n your forehead to say you are proud to be a representative of our Heavenly Father and Jesus. Marlene Toledo Grayson
❤❤❤❤je chantais cette chanson en français à ma petite fille j avais remplacé Sheila par son prénom Mia ❤❤❤❤c était hier elle a bien grandi depuis je l adore ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Tommy Roe first released this song in the late 1950's without the "Buddy Holly" touches or embellishments, & it didn't take off. Several years later & a couple of years after Buddy Holly's death, Tommy Roe's producer suggested, that there were still a lot of people around who wanted the Buddy Holly sound, so he insisted, that Tommy re-release "Sheila", but change it to make it sound like Buddy Holly. Roe reluctantly did it, & the second time around, "Sheila" went to #1.
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1962. My brother John was killed by a drunk driver when he was 18. He had just met his girlfriend Sheila. I have never forgotten every word to this song. And I've never forgotten John.
Sorry for your loss
Consolation listening to this beautiful song. Stay strong my brother. From Durban South Africa.
Heart goes out to you❤
Met a cute Filipino girl in 1991...Sheila..was 19 years old...fell in love..but she had been "working" the bars in Angeles City Philippines since age 13...😢...she was popping pills, drinking beer with a straw in the bottle... suffice it to say I couldn't control her...we broke up after she cheated on me .. about 8 years later they found her dead from AIDs...very sad tale..all true...I tried to change her for the good....but the bar owners, other girls, people... didn't like that...now...she's dead....😮😢
I know it still hurts 42 yrs later.
As long as you remember your brother ,whether by memory or the song Shiela,he’s still alive in your heart and with you always.
My grandma died 2 weeks ago, that was her favorite song. We also played it at her funeral, everytime i hear that song, i can see her dancing. 😊😢
Sorry for your loss!!
what a lovely tribute.
12yrs old when this was released in 1962 I'm 72yrs old now and still listening ❤
Me too. I was 12 in 1962 but am now 73! Still like this song though.
... same here, so simple in many ways comparable to Beatles and Stones who followed, but so powerful, too.
Me, too!
Same to me ❤
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LUV Tommy Roes song dizzy. I watch his video on you tube every night before I go to bed. in 1969 I was 21 years old. Dizzy is my favourite songs he recorded.
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I remember my father driving me to school listening to this song.I am 75 now.
Ain't time a bitch in heat.
"Now" isn't now any longer. It is now a month ago. Same will be true of this reply in a month.
I too was 12 in ‘62. Loved Tommy Rowe then a still do. Danced for hours to these old songs. 🤣
Those were the good old days 😊
My mom named me Sheila , after this song, and played it for me a lot growing up.
@Sheila McKillop My sister's best friend was Sheila Jacobs. Hot looking 🔥 with the bluest eyes.
The same here.lol
@Shelia Butler Really? I always enjoyed it when Sheila was around. If I wasn't so shy back then, I would have taken the chance and asked her out. 😉
My name is for a french singer named Sheila too. 😊
The song of this era are some of the greatest. Tommy Roe really brings back memories.
Wow ! I have not heard this since '62 when I was 12years old (and a half) and now I can TURN UP the volume and seriously rock out...the fire is still there !
Same here. I am now 73 and remember this from1962, also the year Marilyn Monroe died. I like the backing singers here and of course the relentless drumming.
I was 13! (And I also loved "Dizzy!")
I am 73 going on 74. Ahh the 60s music and miniskirts.
I was 11 in 62 listening on my little transistor radio, 60's were the absolute best 🎉
I never knew Tommy Roe did this song. I was also 12 years old in 1962. I remember going to the stock car races with my dad in Waukegan Illinois listening to the song.
Just finished my treatments and back at apartment. Leaving first thing in the morning to go stay with friend for few weeks.
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I was 18, when Tommy hit the charts with Sheila , it was pre Beatles dayS and I loved American pop then, one of my Fav songs from that era.
I saw him in Edmonton years ago singing Sheila and he was awesome
So lucky to have Tommy Roe still with us! Awesome oldie!
-He should be about in our age group . And it's not unusual to live to 90 if you don't smoke and quit drinking when you were in your forty's. Plus eating the right foods. Joys to us all that lived in the great 60's.
@@auggie803 I like your advice!
hes dead btw
@@auggie803 you mean live the lifestyle of Keith Richards?
I was 7 years old when this was a hit in 1962 but I grew up on this music thanks to older siblings born in the 40's especially one brother who was 17 and rebellious (jelly roll hair up front and ducktail in the back) and would turn the radio on and UP when he got home from high school. At least it was on and UP until Dad got home and turned it off.
A Great Song!!! Happy Memories Of Our Youth!!! Love And Great Respect To Everyone!!!🙏💜🤩🎸🎶♥️✌️🇬🇧
I married my own Sheila 34 years ago ❤Love this song ❤
Happy Birthday to Tommy Roe Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
One of many songs that I used to listen to growing up that inspired me to play the drums. Simple yet driving rhythm.
Dizzy was the first song I learned to play on the drums , I was nine years old
Reminiscent of Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue" and just as good.
@paulinek9764 Tommy Roe first released this song in the late 1950's without the "Buddy Holly" touches or embellishments, & it didn't take off. Several years later & a couple of years after Buddy Holly's death, Tommy Roe's producer suggested, that there were still a lot of people around who wanted the Buddy Holly sound, so he insisted, that Tommy re-release "Sheila", but change it to make it sound like Buddy Holly. Roe reluctantly did it, because he was a Buddy Holly fan & thought it might be disrespectful to the memory of Holly. The second time around, "Sheila" went to #1.
Maybe you would like to hear the drumming in Sembua Humpdediddle's channel's "Drums" playing list.
Tommy Roe thank you for your beautiful music !!! One of the best 👌
I first heard this song in the 70s. I've loved it ever since.
The so called Lubbock style (Buddy Holly & the Crickets). Great song, well done.
Played this song to my mum as she was passing away on 17.6.21 she loved it
Great song but sorry for your loss
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Brutal lmao @@jchris8444
This song mimics the heartbeats of teens.
Him and Bobby Fuller. Among my many favorites!
my song.. my dad bought the 45rpm for me as an early b'day gift way back when!
My favorite song as a little boy. So when I was a big boy I married Sheila. 40 years later, man this little girl is mine.
I was 14 years old when this song came out, and I decided one day I’d have a baby girl and name her Sheila. I did too..
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Great Song ! Remember it till this day !
Love this song 💗😊
This hit from Tommy Roe went to #1 on the Top 40 charts. It also went to #1 in Australia and in Canada. It went to #3 in the United Kingdom, and to #9 in Germany. It would finish at #22 for the year, 1962. The numbers are getting smaller and the hits are getting bigger. Who will be #1? Will Bobby Lewis repeat? Or will a new act take the torch? Stay tuned.
Love this song by Tommy Rowe my favourite song
Happy 80th birthday Tommy Roe!!!
I feel like Buddy Holly’s Spirit is in him
No just buddy Hollys zombie D is in Tommy Roe
He does add those features like buddy holly
He came before Buddy Holly.
@@sheilagreenfield8102 What? You know that’s not true, right?
Handsome man with a cheeky smile.
Love this song!! True love will.never die
Best line
A perfect Salute to Buddy Holly, to be honest for many years i thought it was him
Well said.
LIKE WATCHING BUDDY HOLLY..LOVE TO SEE TOMMY ROE SING PEGGY SUE...FAN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
I can’t help thinking of Buddy Holly’s PEGGY SUE when I hear this.
I was 10 yrs old in 1962
Two of the best songs from that era !
The song is a blatant Buddy Holly imitation.
What a great memory from the 60s,this song is Tommy Roe’s best by a mile,it reminds me a lot of Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly.
Great to hear it again.
Interestingly enough, Tommy Roe first released this song in the late 1950's without the "Buddy Holly" touches or embellishments, & it didn't take off. Several years later & a couple of years after Buddy Holly's death, Tommy Roe's producer suggested, that there were still a lot of people around who wanted the Buddy Holly sound, so he insisted, that Tommy re-release "Sheila", but change it to make it sound like Buddy Holly. Roe reluctantly did it, as he liked Buddy Holly & felt it might be disrespectful of the memory of Holly. The second time around, "Sheila" went to #1.
1st. Album I bought....Played it over and over again
Tommy Roe war ein Held meiner Jugend
He was very popular in Germany in the sixties. Fabulous time.
In 1965 there was a two-day show that came to town called 'The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars'. The second night was the Rolling Stones but the first night was a collection of pop stars of the era including the Shangri Las, Dave Ckark Five, and of course Tommy Roe. Great shows!
can't get this song out of my mind...love it!!
Beautifully recorded.
Great singer, great song. He really delivers.
hes dead
Loved Tommy Roe growing up....damn he was good
I love this song 💖💖💖
My mother named me after this Song ❤, now I'm 53 😊
👏👏 Very sweet of your mom! Love the name and this song!! ❤
Great song
Even now he is good looking ❤
The ABC recording of the song is done in the style of the Lubbock sound, made popular by Buddy Holly and the Crickets in the late 1950s; the strumming pattern, tempo, drumming, and chords (both songs are in the key of A) bear particularly strong resemblance to the Crickets' “Peggy Sue"; Roe's vocals are similar to Holly's. The song became the title track of Tommy Roe's debut studio album, Sheila, in 1962.
- wikipedia
LUV ❤ the new dance routine.
WOW Flashback...one of my favourites...thx...I was a 17 yo rock 'n roller.
I love this song. It’s one of the few “Sheila” songs that I love. It’s one of the good memories I have of my biological father and I hate the song “Oh Sheila”.
I only new about the Ready for the World version of Shelia. Never heard the Tommy Roe-Shelia song until today
This version is better.
My favorite song in 1962.
Been forever since I’ve heard this song
I remember hearing this back in 1974, but it was old then. Have you ever seen Tommy Roe and Benny Hill at the same time? 🙂
And he drove the fastest milk cart in the west.
BRILLIANT
I live this song mainly cause it reminds me of my Grandma "SHEILA"❤
I was twelve at that time. And I remember that my father also loved this song. 2:02
My mum played this to me when I was young my name is Sheila and I do gave blue eyes and a ponty tail lol I still love this song
Terrific song 🎵
God bless 🙏 to you brother John rest in peace 😊
Status Quo did a cover of this. Which is how I first heard it. Love this song
Fantastic version. Thanks.
This is the original, not a version
Mooiklinkende compositie! Mooie song! Evergreen! Knappe performance! Super!
Catchy tune! 💓🎸🎸
Salve, : È talmente coinvolgente questo Brano cantato, che potrebbe far danzare anche Coloro che non lo sanno fare.- Infatti il Ritmo è travolgente a dimostrazione che esso è uno dei fattori principe nella Musica, ed in questo Brano esso è giunto ai suoi limiti di espressione.- ( Aldo da Verona ).- Un particolare Grazie all’Autore.-
this tune reminds me of a "TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY"!!!!!
Gracias x subir estos temas ya no se escucha en las Radios sólo en RUclips.😂❤❤
I saw him at the Granada in Kingston UK somewhere around 1962, love this song.
Whichever you cut the dice, he's got a Buddy Holly and the Crickets influence...👍🏼😊
Like the drums :)
True love will never die.❤
Good Evening! This song reminds of my Daniel Stewart Grayson. Man this little girl is fine! That is nice. That what Daniel Stewart Grayson said about me! She said she never leaves me. He was right! I would never leave him. He was so adorable! So polite & well manner. He was a Gentleman! To top of He was very intelligent person. Marlene Toledo Grayson
Good Morning! Daniel Stewart Grayson was always smiling. He study Law at UNM here in Albuquerque. He use tell me the State of NM is full of loopholes. He said. Criminal gets away with a lot. He said. When he first got out the military. He was a tank driver. During the Vietnam Veteran Marines War. He was a Marine Corp. Handsome person. In San Jose, California. He lived with some Jewish Catholic Lawyers. They had inspired him to study Law. Daniel has been gone for 18 years. I still miss him to this day. He was a man with a Heart he said. I don't know what he means. But somehow I understand now. Thank you for likely my comment. May God Bless you! Remember this coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. Remember to attend a church service. Put ash on n your forehead to say you are proud to be a representative of our Heavenly Father and Jesus. Marlene Toledo Grayson
Excellent 🙏👍🥲👍❤️
My daughters name is Shana. When she was little I would sing this song to her and change Sheila to Shana. She hated it. LOL
I know that's not the Crickets backing him, but WOW!
Maybe Preston Epps on Bongos. Ah, could be Doc ,could be !
I read somewhere that the backup band were the Crickets themselves.
Just love this.
reminds me of a girl i dated in 1972.sheila.blond hair,blue eyes.what ever happened to her i'll never know but the memories are great.
Loved this song when it came out and I still do !
Thank you so much! I love it!
❤❤❤❤je chantais cette chanson en français à ma petite fille j avais remplacé Sheila par son prénom Mia ❤❤❤❤c était hier elle a bien grandi depuis je l adore ❤❤❤❤❤❤
De jaren 60.Wat een mooie tijd. Tijd voor teenagers op de radio.Schittend
Sheila was our dog’s name! She loved this song whenever it played.
Awesome song
From Atlanta Georgia
I love this song
Timeless.
Yes quite agree they don't make them like this anymore
Tommy Roe first released this song in the late 1950's without the "Buddy Holly" touches or embellishments, & it didn't take off. Several years later & a couple of years after Buddy Holly's death, Tommy Roe's producer suggested, that there were still a lot of people around who wanted the Buddy Holly sound, so he insisted, that Tommy re-release "Sheila", but change it to make it sound like Buddy Holly. Roe reluctantly did it, & the second time around, "Sheila" went to #1.
Very Good Music,,,,Really Really Good Memories
I was 7 when this was released, the song I know Tommy for was Dizzy xx
So many years ago - he was a pioneer
Actually, Buddy Holly was a pioneer
FÜR DIE EWIGKEIT ❤
Love Tommy Roe and his song's he sure is good looking
That is from a Midnight Special from the 1970s. Bet it is from the time “American Graffiti” came out.
1965 ! This could have been a hit if we had no
British Invasion.
Listened in Germany ❤
Excellent titre, sans doute l'original.
Gosh there's a lot of Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue - in that song (or vice versa)