Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins was born on December 8,1944 and is an American singer-songwriter.
15 Facts About Bertie Higgins
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In 1982, Higgins had a top 40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise.
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Bertie Higgins was born in Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States, and is of Portuguese, Irish and German descent.
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Bertie Higgins once supported himself as a sponge diver, and began his career in show business at the age of twelve as a ventriloquist.
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Bertie Higgins won prizes in local talent contests and became a favorite at school assemblies around Tampa Bay, Florida.
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Bertie Higgins has stated that he is related to German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Bertie Higgins eventually left college and became a drummer for Tommy Roe in his sometime backup band The Roemans, and played alongside such groups as The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys.
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Bertie Higgins put down his drumsticks, picked up a guitar and began crafting music and lyrics.
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Bertie Higgins' talent flourished and he was in demand to play venues throughout the state.
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In 1980, Bertie Higgins moved to Atlanta and met record producer Sonny Limbo.
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Bertie Higgins arranged a meeting between Higgins and music publisher Bill Lowery, whom Higgins had known through Tommy Roe.
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Bertie Higgins had been working on a song about a failed romance and presented the rough cut to Lowery and Limbo.
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Bertie Higgins has served on the Board of Governors of the Atlanta Chapter of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for several years.
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Bertie Higgins has moved into film production with his sons Julian and Aaron, producing Beast Beneath, 2009's Poker Run and 2012's The Colombian Connection, starring Tom Sizemore, and "Christmas in Hollywood".
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Bertie Higgins was inducted into the Florida Music Hall of Fame with a lifetime achievement award in January 2016 along with Jimmy Buffett, Julio Iglesias and Tom Petty.