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- Birth nameLloyd Arrington Sparks
- Randy Sparks was born on July 29, 1933 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Angel Unchained (1970), The Big Night (1960) and How Do I Love Thee? (1970). He was married to Diane Jergens and Jackie Miller. He died on February 11, 2024 in San Diego, California, USA.
- SpousesDiane Jergens(September 6, 1963 - October 9, 2018) (her death, 4 children)Jackie Miller(1958 - 1962) (divorced)
- As of September 2008, he lives in Mokelumne Hill, California, a former gold mining town, with his wife, Diane Jergens. They live in a historic building, which is also a museum of memorabilia of the gold rush days, and Diane occasionally tends bar at the Hole In The Wall Saloon, located in the downstairs of their home.
- Founder and first musical director of The New Christy Minstrels.
- One of the group's first hits was Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Their debut album in 1962 for Columbia Records won a Grammy and went to #19 on the Billboard charts. A hit single off their second album, "Green, Green", hit #3 in 1963.
- Founder and first music director of the successful pop/folk chorus The New Christy Minstrels, he also wrote, or co-wrote, many of their biggest hits ("Green, Green", "Today" and "Saturday Night").
- Singer and guitarist and folk musician who performed solo mixing folk music and Broadway tunes before the "folk craze" of 1958 (The Kingston Trio, The Highwaymen) had him founding the upbeat The New Christy Minstrels in the early 1960s.
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