What is Randy Sparks?
[[File:Randy Sparks.png|thumb|right|200px|Sparks in 1964]] '''Randy Sparks''' (born July 29, 1933) is an American folk guitarist and singer-songwriter.<ref>[http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |date=2012-10-13 }}</ref> He was born in [[Leavenworth, Kansas]]. He is the founder of [[The New Christy Minstrels]] and [[The Back Porch Majority]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/song/today-t2854963 allmusic.com] Accessed 2011-04-12.</ref> Sparks had the starring role in a 1960 movie drama, ''[[The Big Night (1960 movie)|The Big Night]]''. Sparks also sang the opening credits of the theme song of the 1958 movie ''[[Thunder Road (movie)|Thunder Road]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{iMDb name|0817029}} * [http://www.thenewchristyminstrels.com/ New Christy Minstrels website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021024736/https://thenewchristyminstrels.com/ |date=2018-10-21 }} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/325042-Randy-Sparks/ Randy Sparks discography] at [[Discogs]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sparks, Randy}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American guitarists]] [[Category:American singer-songwriters]] [[Category:American folk singers]] [[Category:American folk musicians]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:People from Leavenworth, Kansas]] [[Category:Actors from Kansas]] [[Category:Musicians from Kansas]] [[Category:Singers from Kansas]] {{US-actor-stub}}