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Mitchell Torok
Mitchell Joseph Torok, born in Houston, Texas, on 28 October 1929, is an
American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and author. He began
playing guitar at 12 and studied art at Stephen F. Austin State University while
playing collegiate baseball. He gained a number 8 hit with
"Hootchy Kootchy Henry (from Hawaii)" in 1953. He also wrote"Mexican Joe"
(1953), a composition that catapulted Jim Reeves to stardom; the same year he
issued "Caribbean", which stayed on the country chart for 24 weeks and peaked at
number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. Mitchell Joseph Torok...
