Thomas Arthur Adderley (7 April 1940 – 5 February 1993) was a New Zealand singer.[1][2]
Adderley was born in Birmingham, England in 1940.[3] He later managed Auckland's Top 20s club, and in the 1970s was best known as leader of Tommy Adderley's Head Band.[3][4] He died in Takapuna in 1993 at age 52.[3]
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.
^Mintrom, Christine (2004). Tommy Adderley (1940-1993): The Man and His Contributions to Pop, Jazz, and Rock Music in New Zealand. iUniverse. ISBN0595305210. Birmingham-born Tommy Adderley was a working-class lad who started singing in New Zealand in the late 1950s when he was still in the Merchant Navy.
^ abc"Tommy Adderley". AudioCulture. Retrieved 26 March 2015.In the fall of 1964 he scored airplay across North America with "I Just Don't Understand", a remake of Ann-Margret's single two years earlier. His version made major radio playlists in Chicago, New York and Detroit, and peaked at #4 in Vancouver.
^Archaeology in New Zealand - Volume 47 - Page 92 2004 "It also provides an interesting journey back through Auckland's early alternative music scene from Tommy Adderley's Top 20s club (where the Rolling Stones once played after a concert) to the Punk club Swine, through to Babes Disco until it ..."
