Bobby Lewis, the R&B singer behind 'Tossin’ and Turnin’' — one of the biggest hits of the early Sixties — has died at the age of 95
Bobby Lewis, the R&B singer behind "Tossin’ and Turnin’" — one of the biggest hits of the early Sixties — died in April at the age of 95.Bobby Lewis, the R&B singer behind “Tossin’ and Turnin’” — one of the biggest hits of the early Sixties — died in late April at the age of 95.Lewis’ death Saturday, nearly two months after the singer died after a bout with pneumonia.
The Indianapolis-born singer is best known for the original version of “Tossin’ and Turnin’,” which he recorded in the fall of 1960; in the summer of 1961, the single began a seven-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100. “Tossin’ and Turnin’” was also named Billboard’s Number One single of 1961, besting songs like Dion’s “Runaround Sue,” Del Shannon’s “Runaway,” the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and Elvis Presley’s “Surrender.
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