
Ernie Maresca
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20 April 1939, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Tillotson's father was a country music disc jockey and Johnny himself was appearing on local radio from the age of nine. His parents encouraged his talent by giving him first a ukulele and then a guitar, and he was influenced by the...
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Buddy Knox
- 90% match to Ernie Maresca
Buddy Wayne Knox, 20 July 1933, Happy, Texas, USA, d. 14 February 1999, Bremerton, Washington, USA. Knox was one of the first "pop-abilly" hit-makers in the 50s. In 1955, while at West Texas State University, he formed the Serenaders with bass player Jimmy Bowen and Don Lanier...
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Jimmy Clanton
- 80% match to Ernie Maresca
2 September 1940, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Pop vocalist Clanton celebrated his 18th birthday with his co-written debut hit, the R&B ballad "Just A Dream", at number 4 in the US Hot 100. His smooth singing style appealed to the teen market and his subsequent releases were...
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Freddy Cannon
- 76% match to Ernie Maresca
Freddy Picariello, 4 December 1940, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. A frantic and enthusiastic vocalist, known as the "last rock 'n' roll star", Cannon was the link between wild rock 'n' roll and the softer Philadelphia-based sounds that succeeded it. The son of a dance-band leader,...
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Fabian
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Del Shannon
- 50% match to Ernie Maresca
Charles Westover, 30 December 1934, Coopersville, Michigan, USA, d. 8 February 1990, Santa Clarita, California, USA. From the plethora of clean, American, post doo-wop male vocalists to find enormous success in the early 60s, only a small handful retained musical credibility....
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