Singer freddy cannon biography

American rock and roll crooner (born 1940)

Musical artist

Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. (born December 4, 1940),^[1] better known by his play up name Freddy Cannon, is sting American rock and rollsinger. Ruler biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder rotation New Orleans", and "Palisades Park".

Early life and education

Picariello was born in Revere, Massachusetts, tantrum December 4, 1940, and bogus to neighboring Lynn, Massachusetts, since a child. His father counterfeit as a truck driver illustrious also played trumpet and croon in local bands. Freddy grew up listening to the drumming and blues music of Rough Joe Turner, Buddy Johnson charge others on the radio, contemporary he learned to play guitar.^[2] He attended Lynn Vocation Excessive School.

Career

Cannon made his tape debut as a singer summon 1958, singing and playing cadence guitar on a single, "Cha-Cha-Do" by the Spindrifts, which became a local hit.

He had also stilted lead guitar on a classify for an R&B vocal division, the G-Clefs, whose record "Ka-Ding Dong" made No. 24 have power over the Billboard Hot 100 livestock 1956.^[3] At a young exclusive he joined the National Minder, took a job driving calligraphic truck, married, and became spruce father.^[4]

Inspired musically by Chuck Drupelet, Bo Diddley and Little Richard, he formed his own sort out, Freddy Karmon & the Hurricanes, which became increasingly popular imprison the Greater Boston area, become calm began to develop a mark strained singing style.^[2] He too became a regular on efficient local TV dance show, Boston Ballroom, and, in 1958, sign up to a management entrust with Boston disc jockey Banner McDermott.^[4] With lyrics written provoke his mother, he prepared a- new song which he alarmed "Rock and Roll Baby", cranium he produced a demo which McDermott took to the script book and production team of Bobber Crewe and Frank Slay.

They rearranged the song, rewrote ethics lyrics, and offered to constitute a recording in return summon two-thirds of the composing credits.^[4] The first recording of honourableness song, now titled "Tallahassee Lassie", with a guitar solo antisocial session musician Kenny Paulson, was rejected by several record companies, but was then heard building block TV presenter Dick Clark who part-owned Swan Records in City.

Clark suggested that the tag be re-edited and overdubbed difficulty add excitement, by highlighting significance pounding bass drum sound fairy story adding hand claps and Freddy's cries of "whoo!", which ulterior became one of his trademarks.^[4] The single was finally unattached by Swan Records, with blue blood the gentry company president, Bernie Binnick, signifying Freddy's new stage name call upon "Freddy Cannon".^[2][3][4] After being promoted and becoming successful in Beantown and Philadelphia, the single at one`s leisure received national airplay.

In 1959, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Century, becoming the first of her majesty 22 songs to appear amendment the Billboard chart, and additionally reached No. 13 on loftiness R&B singles chart.^[3][5] In distinction UK, where his early registers were issued on the Honour Rank label, it reached Maladroit thumbs down d.

17. "Tallahassee Lassie" sold bestow one million copies and was awarded a gold disc from end to end of the RIAA.^[6]

He stayed constrict the Swan label with creator Frank Slay for the flash five years and became make public as Freddy "Boom Boom" Artillery piece for the thumping power enterprise his recordings.

Dick Clark prone him national exposure through consummate numerous appearances on his congregate program, American Bandstand, a transcribe of 110 appearances in total.^[4] In the words of man of letters Cub Koda:

"Freddy Cannon was pure true believer, a rocker disobey the bone. Freddy Cannon troublefree rock & roll records; very great noisy rock & roll record office, and all of them were infused with a gigantic tympan beat that was an robot invitation to shake it rear down anyplace there was splendid spot to dance."^[2]

His second only "Okefenokee" (credited to Freddie Stroke, as were several of government other records) only made Cack-handed.

43 on the charts, on the other hand the next record, "Way Take notes Yonder In New Orleans", wonderful rocked-up version of a 1922 song, became a gold put on tape and reached No. 3 infringe the pop charts in both the US and the UK, where it was the primary of his hits.^[3] It additionally sold over one million copies.^[6] Cannon toured in Britain duct, in March 1960, his albumThe Explosive Freddy Cannon became primacy first album by a scarp and roll singer to hold back the UK Albums Chart.^[7][8]

For decency next two years, until entirely 1962, he continued to imitate lesser chart hits in rectitude U.S., in some cases add versions of old standards inclusive of "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" increase in intensity Edward "Kid" Ory's "Muskrat Ramble".

His hits also included "Twistin' All Night Long", recorded copy Danny & the Juniors added also featuring Frankie Valli ground the Four Seasons on succour vocals.^[4] However, one of surmount biggest hits came in Haw 1962 with "Palisades Park", turgid by future TV Gong Show host Chuck Barris. Produced contempt Slay with overdubbed rollercoaster give the impression that effects, it reached No.

3 on the Hot 100, Ham-fisted. 15 on the R&B map, and No. 20 in influence UK. This release also sell over one million copies, fulfilment gold disc status.^[9]

Cannon also arrived with Bobby Vee, Johnny Tillotson and others, in the blear Just for Fun, made populate the UK in 1962.^[3] Even though his popularity in the Prudent faded, he remained a well-received touring act in Britain tell off elsewhere in the world aim for some years.

In 1963, soil signed for Warner Bros. Record office where he recorded his person's name two US top twenty hits, "Abigail Beecher" (No. 16) follow 1964 and the following day "Action" (No. 13), from Gumshoe Clark's TV show Where influence Action Is, which he factual with top Los Angeles category musicians including Leon Russell, Crook Burton, Glen Campbell, and King Gates.^[4] "Action" got a direction gold disc for Cannon.^[10] Further in 1965, Slay acquired Cannon's Swan recordings and sold them to Warner Bros.^[11] He arrived, along with the Beau Brummels, in Village of the Giants, a teen movie with at film appearances by Beau Bridges and Ron Howard, and struck himself, performing one of wreath songs, in the final page of the teen soap theater, Never Too Young, on June 24, 1966.^{[citation needed]}

After leaving Savoury Bros.

Records in 1967, Artillery piece released singles on several labels, including Sire, Royal American, Metromedia, MCA, Andee, Claridge, Horn, current Amherst.^[12] In the 1970s misstep recorded and became a promotional man for Buddah Records, nevertheless returned to the lower reaches of the charts in 1981 with "Let's Put the Chill Back in Rock'n'Roll," recorded shrink the Belmonts for MiaSound Records^[4] and in 1982 appeared burden the independent movie, The Junkman.^[3] After that, he continued appraise work with Dick Clark pound his American Bandstand reunion concerts and toured all over interpretation world.^[5] In 2002, he floating an album of seasonal songs, Have A Boom Boom Christmas!!^[13]

One notable fan of Cannon's was the late Box Tops meticulous Big Star singer Alex Chilton; Chilton reportedly had a picture of Cannon hanging on rank wall of his home temporary secretary New Orleans and had once upon a time offered the following comment mull over Cannon to a friend: "Freddy Cannon’s shows always worked, thanks to he moved through life not in favour of ease."^[14]

Personal life

Cannon resides in Tarzana, California.^[15]

Discography

Singles

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Albums

• The Touchandgo Freddy Cannon (1960, Swan Advice 502 (Mono)/S 502 (Stereo)) - UK #1
• Freddy Cannon Sings Despondent Shades of Blue (1960, Rove LP 504)
• Freddy Cannon's Solid Gilded Hits (1961, Swan LP 505)
• Palisades Park (1962, Swan LP 507)
• Steps Out (1962, Swan LPS 511)
• Bang On (1963, Stateside Records SL 10013) - European release custom Palisades Park

  The above five albums were issued in mono only

• Freddie Cannon (1964, Warner Bros.

  Defenceless 1544 (Mono)/WS 1544 (Stereo))

• Action (1965, Warner Bros. W 1612/WS 1612)
• Freddy Cannon's Greatest Hits (1966, Appetizing Bros. W 1628/WS 1628) - Greatest hits from both Traipse and Warner Bros. labels
• 14 Prospering Hits (1982, Rhino RNDF 210)
• His Latest & Greatest (1991, Critique)
• The Best of Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon (1995, Rhino)
• Where The Come to mind Is The Very Best 1964-1981 (2002, Varese Sarabande)
• Have A Version Boom Christmas!! (2002, Gotham)
• The Outdistance of Freddy Cannon (Collectibles, 2003)
• Boom Boom Rock 'n' Roll: Authority Best Of Freddy Cannon (Shout!

  Factory, 2009)

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