Sweet Pea
Tommy Roe
1966
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Tommy Roe
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Tommy Roe combined singing with songwriting, writing much of the repertoire that established his early recording career. Songs such as Sheila, Dizzy, Everybody and Sweet Pea reached audiences during the 1960s, when his performing work also included a tour with the Beatles. He later formed a music publishing company and continued composing new material, including We Can Make Music and There's a Great Day Coming. His book From Cabbagetown to Tinseltown and Places In Between recounts his career.
Artist background sources
Tommy Roe oral history - NAMM
Read NAMM interview synopsis: songwriter/singer role, named early/later repertoire, Beatles tour, publishing company and memoir. Omit exact chart/release data and do not treat source as a recording-identity authority. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Sweet Pea by Tommy Roe appears at number 46 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1966. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1966 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1966 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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