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Wink Martindale (born December 4, 1934 in Jackson , Tennessee ), real name Winston Conrad Martindale , is an American television presenter and disc jockey .

Live and act

Martindale began a career as a disc jockey at the age of 17 at various radio stations, first at WPLI and two other radio stations in Jackson, and later in Memphis, Tennessee and Los Angeles .

At the same time, Martindale began a career on television. First he was on WHBQ-TV in Memphis as the presenter of Mars Patrol , a science fiction-oriented children's TV show. Martindale was friends with Elvis Presley , after whose death in 1977 he hosted a US-wide radio show dedicated to him.

Martindale was entertainer on many American quiz shows like What's This Song? , Debt , Gambit , High Rollers , The Last Word , Tic Tac Dough and Trivial Pursuit . He founded the quiz shows Bumper Stumpers and Headline Chasers ; he moderated the latter himself.

With his spoken song title Deck Of Cards from 1959 Martindale reached number 7 in the American charts " Billboard Hot 100 "; the record has sold over a million times.

Martindale divorced his first wife Madelyn in 1971; In 1975 he married Sandy Ferra. He has four children and seven grandchildren.

On June 2, 2006, Martindale was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

Discography

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1959 Deck of Cards UK5 (29 weeks)
UK 		US7 (17 weeks)
US
1961 Black Land Farmer - US85 (2 weeks)
US
1973 Deck of Cards '73 UK22 (12 weeks)
UK 		-

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK US

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Commons : Wink Martindale  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Martindale, wink
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martindale, Winston Conrad (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television presenter and disc jockey
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Jackson, Tennessee