Tommy James
Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 16 March 2007
TOMMY JAMES' first job in show business was as child model, when he appeared in an ad in Life magazine in 1951, dressed as a cowboy; "What can I say? That was my first major achievement!" he said.
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