Nancy Ames

Nancy Ames

Nancy Ames 1964

Ames in 1964
Background information
Birth name Nancy Hamilton Alfaro
Born September 30, 1937
Washington, D.C., United States
Occupation(s) Vocalist, songwriter

Nancy Ames (born September 30, 1937 as Nancy Hamilton Alfaro) is an American folk singer and songwriter. She regularly appeared on the American version of the television series That Was the Week That Was. The TW3 Girl, as she was known, sang the show theme and special material.[1][2]

Personal life

She was born in Washington, D.C., the granddaughter of Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro (1882–1971), who served as President of Panama from 1931-32.[2]

The daughter of a physician, she grew up in Washington. She attended Holton Arms College and Bennett College, both of them for girls. By 1964 she was married to Romanian hypnotist Triaian Boyer.[3] By 1968, they had divorced.[4] After the divorce, she married Jay Riviere, a golf course designer. They had one child, a daughter, Nancy, but ultimately divorced.[5] Ames has resided in Houston, Texas since 1972.[6] She and her third husband Danny Ward are the co-founders of Ward and Ames Special Events.[7]

Career

A folk singer with a partially Latin repertoire,[8][9] she was signed to Liberty Records; her first album was entitled Cu Cu Rru Cu Cu La Paloma. She broke the top 100 twice in 1966; "He Wore the Green Beret," her answer song to Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets," hit number 89, and later in the year "Cry Softly" also placed in the charts.

She had a TV show which aired on KPRC-TV Channel 2 (the Houston area NBC affiliate) from 1972-77. She is listed as the co-writer of the theme song to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with Mason Williams per Williams' own 1969 LP entitled Music by Mason Williams. Ames and Williams also co-wrote "Cinderella Rockefella," an international pop hit in 1968.[10]

US discography (selective)

LPs

Singles

7"
12"

EP

References

  1. ↑ Ess, Ramsey (2012-05-18). "‘That Was the Week That Was’ Brings Political Satire to America". Splitsider.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. 1 2 Page 83, TELEVISION, That Was The Deb That Was, books.google.com; accessed July 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Page 5, "The Year That Is for Nancy Ames", Victoria Advocate May 3, 1964 via news.google.com; accessed July 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Milwaukee Sentinel Part 1, Page 19 EARL WILSON Liz and Sinatra: What a Team that Would be!
  5. ↑ Ray Bennett "Beauty with a beat", Montreal Gazette, May 16, 1970.
  6. ↑ Second Hand Songs ARTIST Nancy Ames
  7. ↑ Nancy Ames profile, argotistonline.co.uk; accessed July 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ Billboard August 17, 1963 Page 4
  9. ↑ Arts Journal January 15, 2013 When Harry James Met Nancy Ames by Doug Ramsey
  10. ↑ Mason Williams; Nancy Ames (2014-07-20). "Cinderella Rockefella: Steyn's Song of the Week". SteynOnline.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Both Sides Now Publications Liberty Records Discography, Part 1
  12. 1 2 3 4 Discogs Singles & Eps
  13. 1 2 3 45Cat Nancy Ames Records
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.