Freddy Cannon
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Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. (born December 4, 1939), known as Freddy Cannon, is an American
rock and roll
singer, whose biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
", and "Palisades Park
".
, Massachusetts
, moving to the neighboring town of Lynn
as a child. His father worked as a truck driver and also played trumpet
and sang in local bands. Freddy grew up listening to the rhythm and blues
music of Big Joe Turner
, Buddy Johnson
and others on the radio, and learned to play guitar
. After attending Lynn Vocation High School, he made his recording debut in 1955, singing and playing rhythm guitar
on a single, "Cha-Cha-Do" by the Spindrifts, which became a local hit. He also played lead guitar
on a session for an R&B vocal group, The G-Clefs
, whose record "Ka-Ding Dong" made No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100
in 1956. At a young age he joined the National Guard, took a job driving a truck, married, and became a father.
Inspired musically by Chuck Berry
and Little Richard
, he formed his own group, Freddy Karmon & the Hurricanes, which became increasingly popular in the Boston area, and began to develop a trademark strained singing style. He also became a regular on a local TV dance show, Boston Ballroom, and, in 1958, signed up to a management contract with Boston disc jockey
Jack McDermott. With lyrics written by his mother, he prepared a new song which he called "Rock and Roll Baby", and produced a demo
which McDermott took to the writing and production team of Bob Crewe
and Frank Slay. They rearranged the song and rewrote the lyrics, and offered to produce a recording in return for two-thirds of the composing credits. The first recording of the song, now titled "Tallahassee Lassie", with a guitar solo by session musician Kenny Paulson, was rejected by several record companies, but was then heard by TV presenter Dick Clark who part-owned Swan Records
in Philadelphia. Clark suggested that the song be re-edited and overdubbed to add excitement, by highlighting the pounding bass drum
sound and adding hand claps and Freddy's cries of "whoo!", which later became one of his trademarks. The single was finally released by Swan Records, with the company president, Bernie Binnick, suggesting Freddy's new stage name of "Freddy Cannon". After being promoted and becoming successful in Boston and Philadelphia, the single gradually received national airplay. In 1959, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100
, becoming the first of his 22 songs to appear on the Billboard chart, and also reached No. 13 on the R&B singles chart. In the UK
, where his early records were issued on the Top Rank
label, it reached No. 17.
He stayed on the Swan label with producer Frank Slay for the next five years, and became known as Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, for the thumping power of his recordings. Dick Clark brought him national exposure through his numerous appearances on his television program
, American Bandstand
- a record of 110 appearances in total. In the words of writer Cub Koda:
His second single "Okefenokee" (credited to Freddie Cannon, as were several of his other records) only made No. 43 on the charts, but the next record, "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
", a rocked-up version of a 1922 song, became a gold record and reached No. 3 in the pop charts in both the US and the UK, where it was the biggest of his hits. Cannon toured in Britain, and in March 1960 his album
, The Explosive Freddy Cannon, became the first LP
by a rock and roll
singer to top the album charts in the UK. For the next two years, until early 1962, he continued to have lesser chart hits in the US, in some cases with versions of old standards including "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
" and Louis Armstrong
's "Muskrat Ramble
". His hits also included "Twistin' All Night Long", recorded with Danny and the Juniors and also featuring Frankie Valli
and the Four Seasons on backing vocals. However, one of his biggest hits came in May 1962 with "Palisades Park
", written by future TV Gong Show host Chuck Barris
. Produced by Slay with overdubbed rollercoaster sound effects, it reached No. 3 on the Hot 100, No. 15 on the R&B chart, and No. 20 in the UK.
Cannon also appeared with Bobby Vee
, Johnny Tillotson
and others, in the movie Just for Fun, made in the UK in 1962. Although his popularity in the US faded, he remained a popular touring act in Britain and elsewhere in the world for some years. In 1963 he signed for Warner Bros. Records
where he recorded his last two US top twenty hits, "Abigail Beecher" in 1964, and the following year "Action", from Dick Clark's TV show Where the Action Is
, which he recorded with top Los Angeles
session musicians including Leon Russell
, James Burton
, Glen Campbell
, and David Gates
. Also in 1965, Slay acquired Cannon's Swan recordings and sold them to Warner Bros.
He appeared, along with The Beau Brummels
, in Village of the Giants
, a teen movie
with early film appearances by Beau Bridges
and Ron Howard
, and played himself, and performed one of his song
s, in the final episode of the teen soap opera
, Never Too Young
, on 24 June 1966.
After leaving Warner Bros. Records in 1967, Cannon released singles on several labels, including Sire
, Royal American, Metromedia, MCA
, Andee, Claridge
, Horn, and Amherst. In the 1970s he recorded and became a promotional man for Buddah Records
, but returned to the lower reaches of the charts in 1981 with "Let's Put the Fun Back in Rock'n'Roll," recorded with The Belmonts
for MiaSound Records and in 1982 appeared in the independent movie
, The Junkman
. Thereafter, he continued to work with Dick Clark at his Bandstand reunion concerts, and to tour all over the world. In 2002, he released an album of seasonal songs, Have A Boom Boom Christmas!!.
A resident of Tarzana, California
, Cannon continues to put on performances at assorted concert
venues. He has complete control and ownership of his Swan and Warner Bros. masters.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
singer, whose biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
"Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton, Jr. and lyrics by Henry Creamer. First published in 1922, Creamer and Layton advertised it as "A Southern Song, without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon", a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley clichés of the era.It was...
", and "Palisades Park
Palisades Park (song)
"Palisades Park" is a song written by Chuck Barris and recorded by Freddy Cannon. A tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, the song is an up-tempo tune led by a distinctive organ part. It also incorporates amusement park sound effects....
".
Biography
Freddy Picariello was born in SwampscottSwampscott, Massachusetts
Swampscott is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population is 13,787...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, moving to the neighboring town of Lynn
Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 89,050 at the 2000 census. An old industrial center, Lynn is home to Lynn Beach and Lynn Heritage State Park and is about north of downtown Boston.-17th century:...
as a child. His father worked as a truck driver and also played trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
and sang in local bands. Freddy grew up listening to the rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
music of Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and...
, Buddy Johnson
Buddy Johnson
Not to be confused with Budd Johnson.Buddy Johnson was an American jazz and New York blues pianist and bandleader, active from the 1930s through the 1960s...
and others on the radio, and learned to play guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. After attending Lynn Vocation High School, he made his recording debut in 1955, singing and playing rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
on a single, "Cha-Cha-Do" by the Spindrifts, which became a local hit. He also played lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
on a session for an R&B vocal group, The G-Clefs
The G-Clefs
The G-Clefs were an American soul group from Roxbury, Massachusetts.The G-Clefs consisted of four brothers and a fifth member who was a childhood friend. They first began performing locally around 1952...
, whose record "Ka-Ding Dong" made No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in 1956. At a young age he joined the National Guard, took a job driving a truck, married, and became a father.
Inspired musically by Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
and Little Richard
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
, he formed his own group, Freddy Karmon & the Hurricanes, which became increasingly popular in the Boston area, and began to develop a trademark strained singing style. He also became a regular on a local TV dance show, Boston Ballroom, and, in 1958, signed up to a management contract with Boston disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
Jack McDermott. With lyrics written by his mother, he prepared a new song which he called "Rock and Roll Baby", and produced a demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
which McDermott took to the writing and production team of Bob Crewe
Bob Crewe
Bob Crewe is an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. He is known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons...
and Frank Slay. They rearranged the song and rewrote the lyrics, and offered to produce a recording in return for two-thirds of the composing credits. The first recording of the song, now titled "Tallahassee Lassie", with a guitar solo by session musician Kenny Paulson, was rejected by several record companies, but was then heard by TV presenter Dick Clark who part-owned Swan Records
Swan Records
Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label, founded in 1957, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It had a subsidiary label called Lawn Records....
in Philadelphia. Clark suggested that the song be re-edited and overdubbed to add excitement, by highlighting the pounding bass drum
Bass drum
Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...
sound and adding hand claps and Freddy's cries of "whoo!", which later became one of his trademarks. The single was finally released by Swan Records, with the company president, Bernie Binnick, suggesting Freddy's new stage name of "Freddy Cannon". After being promoted and becoming successful in Boston and Philadelphia, the single gradually received national airplay. In 1959, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, becoming the first of his 22 songs to appear on the Billboard chart, and also reached No. 13 on the R&B singles chart. In the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, where his early records were issued on the Top Rank
Rank Organisation
The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment company formed during 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Plc. It was the largest and most vertically-integrated film company in Britain, owning production, distribution and exhibition facilities....
label, it reached No. 17.
He stayed on the Swan label with producer Frank Slay for the next five years, and became known as Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, for the thumping power of his recordings. Dick Clark brought him national exposure through his numerous appearances on his television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, American Bandstand
American Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
- a record of 110 appearances in total. In the words of writer Cub Koda:
"Freddy Cannon was a true believer, a rocker to the bone. Freddy Cannon made rock & roll records; great noisy rock & roll records, and all of them were infused with a gigantic drum beat that was an automatic invitation to shake it on down anyplace there was a spot to dance."
His second single "Okefenokee" (credited to Freddie Cannon, as were several of his other records) only made No. 43 on the charts, but the next record, "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
"Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton, Jr. and lyrics by Henry Creamer. First published in 1922, Creamer and Layton advertised it as "A Southern Song, without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon", a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley clichés of the era.It was...
", a rocked-up version of a 1922 song, became a gold record and reached No. 3 in the pop charts in both the US and the UK, where it was the biggest of his hits. Cannon toured in Britain, and in March 1960 his album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, The Explosive Freddy Cannon, became the first LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
by a rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
singer to top the album charts in the UK. For the next two years, until early 1962, he continued to have lesser chart hits in the US, in some cases with versions of old standards including "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" is a popular song written by Harry Stone and Jack Stapp and published in 1950.Many versions of the song charted in 1950, but the biggest was by Red Foley. His recording, produced by Owen Bradley, was released by Decca Records as catalog number 46205...
" and Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
's "Muskrat Ramble
Muskrat Ramble
"Muskrat Ramble" is a jazz composition written by Kid Ory in 1926. It was first recorded on February 26, 1926 by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and became the group's most frequently recorded piece...
". His hits also included "Twistin' All Night Long", recorded with Danny and the Juniors and also featuring Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons. He is well-known for his unusually powerful falsetto singing voice...
and the Four Seasons on backing vocals. However, one of his biggest hits came in May 1962 with "Palisades Park
Palisades Park (song)
"Palisades Park" is a song written by Chuck Barris and recorded by Freddy Cannon. A tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, the song is an up-tempo tune led by a distinctive organ part. It also incorporates amusement park sound effects....
", written by future TV Gong Show host Chuck Barris
Chuck Barris
Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris is an American game show producer, film director and presenter best known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game. Barris, a survivor of lung cancer, is also an author and claims to have worked for the CIA.-Early career:Barris was born in Oakland, New...
. Produced by Slay with overdubbed rollercoaster sound effects, it reached No. 3 on the Hot 100, No. 15 on the R&B chart, and No. 20 in the UK.
Cannon also appeared with Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee
Robert Thomas Velline , known as Bobby Vee, is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine, Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.-Career:...
, Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson is an American singer and songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored 9 top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult contemporary billboard charts including "Poetry In Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'"...
and others, in the movie Just for Fun, made in the UK in 1962. Although his popularity in the US faded, he remained a popular touring act in Britain and elsewhere in the world for some years. In 1963 he signed for Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
where he recorded his last two US top twenty hits, "Abigail Beecher" in 1964, and the following year "Action", from Dick Clark's TV show Where the Action Is
Where the Action Is
Where the Action Is or ' was a music-based television variety show in the United States from 1965–67. It was carried by the ABC network and aired each weekday afternoon...
, which he recorded with top Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
session musicians including Leon Russell
Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
, James Burton
James Burton
James Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame...
, Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
, and David Gates
David Gates
David Gates is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the tops of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame...
. Also in 1965, Slay acquired Cannon's Swan recordings and sold them to Warner Bros.
He appeared, along with The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels were an American rock band. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the band's original lineup included Sal Valentino , Ron Elliott , Ron Meagher , Declan Mulligan , and John Petersen...
, in Village of the Giants
Village of the Giants
Village of the Giants is a 1965 science-fiction/comedy movie with many elements of the beach party film genre. It was produced, directed and written by Bert I. Gordon, and based loosely on H.G. Wells's book The Food of the Gods...
, a teen movie
Teen film
Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and alienation...
with early film appearances by Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor and director.- Early life :Bridges was born in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Bridges . He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes's son in Gone with the Wind, the book...
and Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
, and played himself, and performed one of his song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s, in the final episode of the teen soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
, Never Too Young
Never Too Young
Never Too Young is an American teen soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to June 24, 1966 and was the first soap opera geared towards a teen audience.-Synopsis:...
, on 24 June 1966.
After leaving Warner Bros. Records in 1967, Cannon released singles on several labels, including Sire
Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
, Royal American, Metromedia, MCA
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
, Andee, Claridge
Claridge Records
-History:Claridge records was started in 1965 by Frank Slay as a division of River Bottom Enterprises. At that time, it was based in New York. The Rockin' Ramrods were the first band that signed a contract with the new company in the fall of 1965...
, Horn, and Amherst. In the 1970s he recorded and became a promotional man for Buddah Records
Buddah Records
Buddah Records was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding...
, but returned to the lower reaches of the charts in 1981 with "Let's Put the Fun Back in Rock'n'Roll," recorded with The Belmonts
The Belmonts
The Belmonts are an American doo-wop group that originated in the mid 1950s. The group consisted of Fred Milano, Angelo D'Aleo, Carlo Mastrangelo, and Nick Caruso.. The group took their first name from Belmont Avenue in the Bronx. There were several stages in their history, including the 1958–1960...
for MiaSound Records and in 1982 appeared in the independent movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, The Junkman
The Junkman
The Junkman is a 1982 independent film which spent two years in production. To make the film, H. B. Halicki used his own personal collection of over 200 cars, toys, and guns - including Eleanor, the star of his 1974 cult classic Gone in 60 Seconds....
. Thereafter, he continued to work with Dick Clark at his Bandstand reunion concerts, and to tour all over the world. In 2002, he released an album of seasonal songs, Have A Boom Boom Christmas!!.
A resident of Tarzana, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Cannon continues to put on performances at assorted concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
venues. He has complete control and ownership of his Swan and Warner Bros. masters.
Singles
| Year | Title | Label & Cat. No. | U.S. Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1959 | "Tallahassee Lassie" | Swan 4031 Top Rank JAR135 (UK) |
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| 1959 | "Okefenokee" | Swan 4038 | |
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| 1959 | "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Way Down Yonder In New Orleans "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton, Jr. and lyrics by Henry Creamer. First published in 1922, Creamer and Layton advertised it as "A Southern Song, without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon", a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley clichés of the era.It was... " |
Swan 4043 Top Rank JAR247 (UK) |
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| 1960 | "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" is a popular song written by Harry Stone and Jack Stapp and published in 1950.Many versions of the song charted in 1950, but the biggest was by Red Foley. His recording, produced by Owen Bradley, was released by Decca Records as catalog number 46205... " |
Swan 4050 | |
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| 1960 | "California Here I Come" / "Indiana" | Top Rank JAR309 (UK) | |
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| 1960 | "Jump Over" / "The Urge" (UK A-side) | Swan 4053 Top Rank JAR369 (UK) |
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| 1960 | "Happy Shades of Blue" | Swan 4057 | |
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| 1960 | "Humdinger" | Swan 4061 | |
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| 1960 | "Muskrat Ramble Muskrat Ramble "Muskrat Ramble" is a jazz composition written by Kid Ory in 1926. It was first recorded on February 26, 1926 by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and became the group's most frequently recorded piece... " |
Swan 4066 Top Rank JAR548 (UK) |
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| 1961 | "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It" | Swan 4071 | |
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| 1961 | "Opportunity" | Swan 4071 | |
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| 1961 | "Transistor Sister" | Swan 4078 | |
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| 1961 | "For Me And My Gal For Me and My Gal (song) For Me And My Gal is a 1917 popular standard song by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, and E. Ray Goetz.This song was used in the 1942 film of the same name, where it is the first song that Jo Hayden and Harry Palmer perform together.... " |
Swan 4083 | |
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| 1962 | "Twistin' All Night Long" (with Danny and the Juniors) |
Swan 4092 | |
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| 1962 | "Teen Queen of the Week" | Swan 4096 | |
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| 1962 | "Palisades Park Palisades Park (song) "Palisades Park" is a song written by Chuck Barris and recorded by Freddy Cannon. A tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, the song is an up-tempo tune led by a distinctive organ part. It also incorporates amusement park sound effects.... " |
Swan 4106 Stateside Stateside Records Stateside Records is a British record label which initially released licenced American recordings and is now a reissue label.... SS101 (UK) |
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| 1962 | "What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Done" | Swan 4117 | |
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| 1962 | "If You Were A Rock And Roll Record" | Swan 4122 | |
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| 1963 | "Four Letter Man" | Swan 4132 | |
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| 1963 | "Patty Baby" | Swan 4139 | |
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| 1963 | "Everybody Monkey" | Swan 4149 | |
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| 1963 | "Do What The Hippies Do" | Swan 4155 | |
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| 1963 | "Sweet Georgia Brown" | Swan 4168 | |
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| 1963 | "The Ups And Downs Of Love" | Swan 4178 | |
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| 1964 | "Abigail Beecher" | Warner Bros. Records 5409 | |
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| 1964 | "O.K. Wheeler, The Used Car Dealer" | Warner Bros. Records 5434 | |
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| 1964 | "Summertime, U.S.A." | Warner Bros. Records 5448 | |
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| 1964 | "Too Much Monkey Business" | Warner Bros. Records 5487 | |
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| 1964 | "In The Night" | Warner Bros. Records 5615 | |
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| 1965 | "Action" | Warner Bros. Records 5645 | |
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| 1965 | "Let Me Show You Where It's At" | Warner Bros. Records 5666 | |
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| 1965 | "She's Somethin' Else" | Warner Bros. Records 5673 | |
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| 1966 | "The Dedication Song" | Warner Bros. Records 5693 | |
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| 1966 | "The Greatest Show On Earth" | Warner Bros. Records 5810 | |
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| 1966 | "The Laughing Song" | Warner Bros. Records 5832 | |
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| 1966 | "Run For The Sun" | Warner Bros. Records 5859 | |
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| 1966 | "In My Wildest Dreams" | Warner Bros. Records 5876 | |
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| 1967 | "Maverick's Flat" | Warner Bros. Records 7019 | |
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| 1967 | "20th Century Fox" | Warner Bros. Records 7075 | |
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| 1968 | "Rock Around The Clock" | We Make Rock'N Roll Records 1601 | |
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| 1968 | "Sea Cruise" | We Make Rock'N Roll Records 1604 | |
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| 1969 | "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" | Sire ST 4103 | |
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| 1970 | "Charged-Up, Turned-Up Rock-N-Roll Singer" | Royal American RA 2 | |
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| 1970 | "Night Time Lady" | Royal American RA 11 | |
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| 1970 | "Strawberry Wine" | Royal American RA 288 | |
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| 1971 | "Rockin' Robin" | Buddah BDA 242 | |
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| 1972 | "If You've Got The Time" | Metromedia MM 262 | |
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| 1974 | "Rock N'Roll A-B-C's" | MCA 40269 | |
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| 1975 | "I Loves Ya" | Andee 4001 | |
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| 1976 | "Sugar" | Claridge 416 | |
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| 1981 | "Suzanne Somers" | Horn HR-8 | |
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| 1981 | "Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock N Roll" (with The Belmonts The Belmonts The Belmonts are an American doo-wop group that originated in the mid 1950s. The group consisted of Fred Milano, Angelo D'Aleo, Carlo Mastrangelo, and Nick Caruso.. The group took their first name from Belmont Avenue in the Bronx. There were several stages in their history, including the 1958–1960... ) |
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| 1983 | "Dance To The Bop" | Amherst AM-201 | |
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| 1988 | "Rockin' In My Socks" | Amherst AM-327 | |
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Albums
- The Explosive Freddy CannonThe Explosive Freddy CannonThe Explosive! Freddy Cannon was the first and only number 1 album in the UK for Freddy Cannon. It spent one week at number 1 and was the first number 1 album in the UK of the 1960s.It became Freddy's only hit album in the UK.-Track listing:...
(1960, Swan 502) - UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#1 - Freddy Cannon's Solid Gold Hits (1961, Swan 505)
- Freddy Cannon Sings Happy Shades of Blue (1962, Swan 504)
- Palisades Park (1962, Swan 507)
- Freddy Cannon Steps Out (1963, Swan 511)
- Freddy Cannon (1963, Warner Bros. Records W 1544)
- Action (1965, Warner Bros. Records W 1612)
- Freddy Cannon's Greatest Hits (1964, Warner Bros. Records W 1628)
- Have A Boom Boom Christmas!! (2002, Gotham)
- Boom Boom Rock 'n' Roll: The Best Of Freddy Cannon
See also
- List of rock and roll performers
- List of Italian American entertainers
- List of acts who appeared on American Bandstand
- List of guests appearing on The Midnight Special