Gene & Debbe

Gene and Debbe were a pseudo-pop/country duo hailing from Nashville, Tennessee.

They had some brief successes on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Gene Thomas (born 28 December 1938, Palestine, Texas) and had some minor success in the early 1960s with the songs "Sometimes" and "Baby's Gone". After the latter he dabbled in writing music for a few years before running into aspiring crooner, Debbe Neville, (or Nevills as some sources say). In an Everly Brothers style of harmonizing, they launched a career at Acuff-Rose music, singing romantic country style pop melodies. They were signed to the subsidiary of Hickory Records (Sue Thompson, Don Gibson, The Newbeats etc), TRX, where they recorded their two biggest hits, "Go With Me" and "Playboy". After hitting the charts in 1968 with "Playboy" at #18 they both faded into obscurity.

The couple produced one album "Hear and Now", which is a rarity to find. It contains the single "Playboy".