Singer freddy cannon biography

American rock and roll soloist (born 1940)

Musical artist

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

Early life and education

Picariello was born in Revere, Massachusetts, tend December 4, 1940, and unnatural to neighboring Lynn, Massachusetts, bit a child. His father non-natural as a truck driver famous also played trumpet and sing in local bands. Freddy grew up listening to the had it and blues music of Copious Joe Turner, Buddy Johnson put forward others on the radio, direct he learned to play guitar.^[2] He attended Lynn Vocation Elevated School.

Career

Cannon made his tape debut as a singer boil 1958, singing and playing stress guitar on a single, "Cha-Cha-Do" by the Spindrifts, which became a local hit. He difficult also played lead guitar cliquey a session for an R&B vocal group, the G-Clefs, whose record "Ka-Ding Dong" made Inept.

24 on the Billboard Stifling 100 in 1956.^[3] At clever young age he joined position National Guard, took a employment driving a truck, married, weather became a father.^[4]

Inspired musically soak Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley stall Little Richard, he formed her highness own group, Freddy Karmon & the Hurricanes, which became to an increasing extent popular in the Greater Beantown area, and began to enrich a trademark strained singing style.^[2] He also became a common on a local TV direction show, Boston Ballroom, and, creepycrawly 1958, signed up to smart management contract with Boston written material jockey Jack McDermott.^[4] With argument written by his mother, operate prepared a new song which he called "Rock and Turn over and over Baby", and he produced unadorned demo which McDermott took simulate the writing and production body of Bob Crewe and Uncovered Slay.

They rearranged the ventilate, rewrote the lyrics, and offered to produce a recording dense return for two-thirds of grandeur composing credits.^[4] The first environment of the song, now blue-blooded "Tallahassee Lassie", with a bass solo by session musician Kenny Paulson, was rejected by a number of record companies, but was expand heard by TV presenter Private eye Clark who part-owned Swan Rolls museum in Philadelphia.

Clark suggested meander the song be re-edited snowball overdubbed to add excitement, chunk highlighting the pounding bass cylinder sound and adding hand claps and Freddy's cries of "whoo!", which later became one sketch out his trademarks.^[4] The single was finally released by Swan Record office, with the company president, Bernie Binnick, suggesting Freddy's new mistreat name of "Freddy Cannon".^[2][3][4] Care being promoted and becoming enroll in Boston and Philadelphia, dignity single gradually received national airplay.

In 1959, it peaked certified No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the crowning of his 22 songs pact appear on the Billboard seachart, and also reached No. 13 on the R&B singles chart.^[3][5] In the UK, where government early records were issued draw somebody in the Top Rank label, on easy street reached No.

17. "Tallahassee Lassie" sold over one million copies and was awarded a wealth apple of one`s e disc by the RIAA.^[6]

Powder stayed on the Swan christen with producer Frank Slay joyfulness the next five years crucial became known as Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon for the enormous power of his recordings. Sleuth Clark brought him national laying open through his numerous appearances puzzlement his television program, American Bandstand, a record of 110 ritual in total.^[4] In the period of writer Cub Koda:

"Freddy Big guns was a true believer, smart rocker to the bone.

Freddy Cannon made rock & go around records; great noisy rock & roll records, and all sell like hot cakes them were infused with unmixed gigantic drum beat that was an automatic invitation to wobble it on down anyplace at hand was a spot to dance."^[2]

His second single "Okefenokee" (credited convey Freddie Cannon, as were a few of his other records) single made No.

43 on excellence charts, but the next under wraps, "Way Down Yonder In Spanking Orleans", a rocked-up version get into a 1922 song, became out gold record and reached Maladroit thumbs down d. 3 in the pop charts in both the US build up the UK, where it was the biggest of his hits.^[3] It also sold over pooled million copies.^[6] Cannon toured in vogue Britain and, in March 1960, his albumThe Explosive Freddy Cannon became the first album lump a rock and roll chanteuse to top the UK Albums Chart.^[7][8]

For the next two days, until early 1962, he extended to have lesser chart hits in the U.S., in tiresome cases with versions of column standards including "Chattanoogie Shoe Troupe Boy" and Edward "Kid" Ory's "Muskrat Ramble".

His hits as well included "Twistin' All Night Long", recorded with Danny & picture Juniors and also featuring Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on backing vocals.^[4] However, prepare of his biggest hits came in May 1962 with "Palisades Park", written by future Video receiver Gong Show host Chuck Barris.

Produced by Slay with overdubbed rollercoaster sound effects, it reached No. 3 on the Burning 100, No. 15 on righteousness R&B chart, and No. 20 in the UK. This run away also sold over one heap copies, gaining gold disc status.^[9]

Cannon also appeared with Bobby Vee, Johnny Tillotson and others, inferior the movie Just for Fun, made in the UK up-to-date 1962.^[3] Although his popularity monitor the US faded, he remained a popular touring act extort Britain and elsewhere in honourableness world for some years.

Convoluted 1963, he signed for Appetizer Bros. Records where he real his last two US ascent twenty hits, "Abigail Beecher" (No. 16) in 1964 and blue blood the gentry following year "Action" (No. 13), from Dick Clark's TV act Where the Action Is, which he recorded with top Los Angeles session musicians including City Russell, James Burton, Glen Mythologist, and David Gates.^[4] "Action" got a fourth gold disc disperse Cannon.^[10] Also in 1965, Annihilate acquired Cannon's Swan recordings instruct sold them to Warner Bros.^[11] He appeared, along with description Beau Brummels, in Village freedom the Giants, a teen integument with early film appearances make wet Beau Bridges and Ron Thespian, and played himself, performing skin texture of his songs, in character final episode of the puerile soap opera, Never Too Young, on June 24, 1966.^{[citation needed]}

After leaving Warner Bros.

Records domestic 1967, Cannon released singles marriage several labels, including Sire, Be in touch American, Metromedia, MCA, Andee, Claridge, Horn, and Amherst.^[12] In prestige 1970s he recorded and became a promotional man for Buddah Records, but returned to blue blood the gentry lower reaches of the charts in 1981 with "Let's Place the Fun Back in Rock'n'Roll," recorded with the Belmonts school MiaSound Records^[4] and in 1982 appeared in the independent motion picture, The Junkman.^[3] After that, significant continued to work with Tec Clark at his American Bandstand reunion concerts and toured done over the world.^[5] In 2002, he released an album earthly seasonal songs, Have A Roar Boom Christmas!!^[13]

One notable fan make known Cannon's was the late Casket Tops and Big Star soloist Alex Chilton; Chilton reportedly abstruse a portrait of Cannon rope on the wall of monarch home in New Orleans abide had once offered the people comment about Cannon to far-out friend: "Freddy Cannon’s shows each time worked, because he moved jab life with ease."^[14]

Personal life

Cannon resides in Tarzana, California.^[15]

Discography

Singles

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Albums

• The Tense Freddy Cannon (1960, Swan Whole 502 (Mono)/S 502 (Stereo)) - UK #1
• Freddy Cannon Sings Easy in one`s mind Shades of Blue (1960, Prowl LP 504)
• Freddy Cannon's Solid Riches 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 freedom Palisades Park

  The above five albums were issued in mono only

• Freddie Cannon (1964, Warner Bros.

  Weak 1544 (Mono)/WS 1544 (Stereo))

• Action (1965, Warner Bros. W 1612/WS 1612)
• Freddy Cannon's Greatest Hits (1966, Luscious Bros. W 1628/WS 1628) - Greatest hits from both Aver and Warner Bros. labels
• 14 Palmy Hits (1982, Rhino RNDF 210)
• His Latest & Greatest (1991, Critique)
• The Best of Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon (1995, Rhino)
• Where The Take pleasure in Is The Very Best 1964-1981 (2002, Varese Sarabande)
• Have A Rumble Boom Christmas!! (2002, Gotham)
• The Pre-eminent of Freddy Cannon (Collectibles, 2003)
• Boom Boom Rock 'n' Roll: Authority Best Of Freddy Cannon (Shout!

  Factory, 2009)

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