Tommy Tucker - R&B (USA)

Tommy Tucker was an R&B singer, best remembered for his 1964 hit single ‘Hi-Heel Sneakers’. His real name was Robert Higginbotham. Tommy was a talented piano player and singer/songwriter. Tommy recruited many musicians to work on his albums, including Louisiana Red, Willie Dixon and Donny Hathaway. Tommy co-wrote a song with Atlantic Records founder executive Ahmet Ertegün, entitled ‘My Girl (I Really Love Her So)’. Tommy took a break from music in the late sixties. He returned to recording in 1974, recruiting the services of Bo Diddley on two of his albums, namely ‘Mother Tucker’ and, later, ‘The Rocks Is My Pillow, The Cold Ground Is My Bed’.

Mother Tucker