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Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon (born Frederick Anthony Picariello, December 4, 1940,[1][2] in the North Boston suburb of Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American rock and roll singer. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Lynn is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African

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He learned to play the guitar as a boy and in high school formed a band. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Singing vocals, he emulated the hard-driving style of singing star Little Richard. Rev Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932 better known by the Stage name Little Richard, is an American Singer, Songwriter 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. Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based Record label, founded in 1957, based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound In Biology, a promoter is a region of DNA that facilitates the transcription of a particular Gene. Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U American Bandstand was a Television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark

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. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular

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. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Never Too Young is an American Teen Soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27 1965 to June 24 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 Belmonts are a Doo wop group that originated in the mid 1950s 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. Solid Gold is an American syndicated Television series which aired from 1980 to 1988 usually on Saturday in the early evening time slot They were also featured in the soundtrack of the 1982 independent movie, The Junkman. The Junkman was a 1982 independent film which spent two years in production

A resident of Tarzana, California, Cannon continues to put on a rollicking performance at assorted concert venues. Tarzana (/tɑɹˈzænə/ is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience.

Partial discography

Singles

References

  1. ^ Freddy Cannon at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ history-of-rock.com

External links

" Palisades Park " is a hit song written by Chuck Barris and recorded by Freddy Cannon. British Hit Singles & Albums is a Music Reference book published in the United Kingdom by Hit Entertainment allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide.
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