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THE HURT OF THE CITY (KENT 087 LP)
BIG CITY SOUL VOLUME 2
ASIDE: TRACK 4 : TOMMY HUNT - I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. (SCEPTER RECORDS 1236 YEAR 1962). COMPOSED BY DAVID BACHARACH. PRODUCED BY JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER. ARRANGED BY BERT BACHARACH. HE WAS BORN CHARLES JAMES HUNT BUT HIS SCHOOL FRIENDS DIDN'T THINK HE LOOKED LIKE A 'CHARLES' SO NAMED HIM TOMMY WHICH HAS STUCK WITH HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. TOMMY FORMED THE GROUP FIVE ECHOES WHILE DOING NATIONAL SERVICE IN THE AIR FORCE. WHILE PERFORMING IN A CLUB ONE NIGHT, HE WAS APPROACHED BY ZEKE CAREY (THE FLAMINGOS) TO TEMPORARILY TAKE HIS PLACE WHILST HE SERVED HIS TIME IN THE ARMY. WHEN THE GUYS RETURNED TOMMY WAS TOO MUCH OF AN ASSET SO WAS KEPT ON BUT HE LEFT IN 1960.