Sammy King

Alan Twohig, aka Sammy King, was born in 1941 in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, Great Britain
He joined a band called The Saints then the Dingos in Bradford for a few years. After the Dingos broke up he found himself with no group. One day he was in a Batley bingo hall, sat at the back with a bingo card his mate who ran the hall had given him. A band called the Voltaires played during the interval. The singer walked out and, as he knew the lads, Sammy got up and sang a twist song then a ballad. He was so successful he became the group’s singer.
All the top groups had the singer’s name then the group’s name, so it was decided it should be Sammy King and the Voltaires.
His songs were covered by Roy Orbison, The Wurzels and others.