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Tommy Sands (American singer) Tommy Sands (American singer) Thomas Adrian Sands (born August 27, 1937) is an American pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as early as 1949, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he appeared on "Kraft Television Theater" in January 1957 as "The Singin' Idol". The song from the show, "Teen-Age Crush", reached #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #1 on Cashbox. Sands was born into a musical family in Chicago, Illinois; his father, Ben, was a pianist, and his mother, Grace, a big-band singer. He moved with the family to Shreveport, Louisiana. He