Freddy Cannon

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon (born Frederick Anthony Picariello, December 4 1940, [imdb name|0134194] [ [http://www.history-of-rock.com/freddy_cannon.htm history-of-rock.com] ] in the North Boston suburb of Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American rock and roll singer.

Biography

He learned to play the guitar as a boy and in high school formed a band. Singing vocals, he emulated the hard-driving style of singing star Little Richard. Picariello eventually signed with Swan Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a recording studio in which music promoter Dick Clark had an interest, and who brought him national exposure through numerous appearances on the television program, "American Bandstand".

In 1959 and the early 1960s, singing under the stage name, Freddy Cannon, and dubbed "Boom Boom" because of his thundering musical renditions, he had three Top 10 hits.

He played himself, and performed one of his songs, in the final episode of the teen soap opera, "Never Too Young", on 24 June 1966.

Freddy recorded a single with The Belmonts in 1981, entitled "Let's Put the Fun Back in Rock and Roll", for MiaSound Records. The record charted for four weeks, peaking at #81 on Billboard. Cannon and The Belmonts appeared on "Solid Gold" and other shows to promote the single. They were also featured in the soundtrack of the 1982 independent movie, "The Junkman".

While signed with Swan, Freddy had such Top 10 hits as "Palisades Park" (#3), "Tallahassie Lassie" (#6), ansd "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (#3). In 1964 , Freddy signed a new contract with Warner Brothers, which yielded such hits as "Action" (the theme song for television's "Where The Action Is"), "Abigail Beecher" , and "The Dedication Song". Freddy was later able to get complete ownership of both his Swan & Warner Brothers recordings.

A resident of Tarzana, California, Cannon continues to put on performances at assorted concert venues.

Partial discography

ingles

*"Tallahassee Lassie"
*"Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"
*"Palisades Park"
*"Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy"
*"Muskrat Ramble"
*"Abigail Beecher"
*"Buzz buzz a diddle it"
*"Transistor Sister"
*"Humdinger"
*"Action"
*"For Me & My Gal"
*"Everybody Monkey"
*"Okefenokee"
*"Hanky Panky"
*"The Boom Boom Man"

References

* "Guinness Book of British Hit Singles" - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
* "Guinness Book of British Hit Albums" - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
* "The Book of Golden Discs" - 2nd Edition - ISBN 0-214-20512-6

External links

* [http://www.freddycannon.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.history-of-rock.com/freddy_cannon.htm Biography at the History of Rock website]
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* [http://www.colorradio.com/freddy_cannon.htm Colorradio biography of Cannon]
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