Adam Wade

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name = Adam Wade


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birth_date = March 17, 1937
birth_place = Pittsburgh, flagicon|Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, flagicon|USA USA
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occupation = Singer, drummer and television actor

Adam Wade (born 17 March 1937, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American singer, drummer and television actor. Adam worked for a time as a lab assistant Dr. Jonas Salk on the polio research team. He wanted to pursue a recording career and signed with Coed records in late 1959. He had his first major hit with a song called "Ruby" in early 1960. Wade was popular in the early 1960s with vocal styling similar to that of Johnny Mathis [ [http://www.oldies.com/artist-view/Adam-Wade.html] ] . In 1961 three of Wade's songs ("Take Good Care of Her" (#7), "As If I Didn't Know" (#10) and "The Writing on the Wall" (#5)) made the Top Ten in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. These songs also made the top five of Billboard's easy listening (later adult contemporary) survey.

Wade was the first African-American to host a television game show ("Musical Chairs") in 1975. He starred in the production "Guys and Dolls" in 1978 and hosted the talk show "Mid-Morning LA".

External links

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* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,506488,00.html Artist Direct]
* [http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Adam-Wade.html Oldies.com]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/adam-wade Answers.com]