Freddy Cannon

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Frederick Anthony Picariello, Jr. (born December 4, 1936),[1] better known by his stage name Freddy Cannon, is an American rock and roll singer. His biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", and "Palisades Park".

Early life and education

Picariello was born in Revere, Massachusetts on December 4, 1936, and moved to neighboring Lynn, Massachusetts 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 he learned to play guitar.[2] He attended Lynn Vocation High School.

Career

Cannon made his recording debut as a singer in 1958, singing and playing rhythm guitar on a single, "Cha-Cha-Do" by the Spindrifts, which became a local hit. He had 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.[3] At a young age he joined the National Guard, took a job driving a truck, married, and became a father.[4]

Inspired musically by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard, he formed his own group, Freddy Karmon & the Hurricanes, which became increasingly popular in the Greater Boston area, and began to develop a trademark strained singing style.[2] 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.[4] With lyrics written by his mother, he prepared a new song which he called "Rock and Roll Baby", and he produced a demo which McDermott took to the writing and production team of Bob Crewe and Frank Slay. They rearranged the song, rewrote the lyrics, and offered to produce a recording in return for two-thirds of the composing credits.[4] 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.[4] The single was finally released by Swan Records, with the company president, Bernie Binnick, suggesting Freddy's new stage name of "Freddy Cannon".[2][3][4] 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.[3][5] In the UK, where his early records were issued on the Top Rank label, it reached No. 17. "Tallahassee Lassie" sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.[6]

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.[4] 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."[2]

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.[3] It also sold over one million copies.[6] Cannon toured in Britain and, in March 1960, his album The Explosive Freddy Cannon became the first album by a rock and roll singer to top the UK Albums Chart.[7][8]

For the next two years, until early 1962, he continued to have lesser chart hits in the U.S., in some cases with versions of old standards including "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and Edward "Kid" Ory's "Muskrat Ramble". His hits also included "Twistin' All Night Long", recorded with Danny & the Juniors and also featuring Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on backing vocals.[4] 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. This release also sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status.[9]

Cannon also appeared with Bobby Vee, Johnny Tillotson and others, in the movie Just for Fun, made in the UK in 1962.[3] 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" (No. 16) in 1964 and the following year "Action" (No. 13), 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.[4] "Action" got a fourth gold disc for Cannon.[10] Also in 1965, Slay acquired Cannon's Swan recordings and sold them to Warner Bros.[11] 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, performing one of his songs, in the final episode of the teen soap opera, Never Too Young, on June 24, 1966.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

After leaving Warner Bros. Records in 1967, Cannon released singles on several labels, including Sire, Royal American, Metromedia, MCA, Andee, Claridge, Horn, and Amherst.[12] 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[4] and in 1982 appeared in the independent movie, The Junkman.[3] After that, he continued to work with Dick Clark at his American Bandstand reunion concerts and toured all over the world.[5] In 2002, he released an album of seasonal songs, Have A Boom Boom Christmas!![13]

One notable fan of Cannon's was the late Box Tops and Big Star singer Alex Chilton; Chilton reportedly had a portrait of Cannon hanging on the wall of his home in New Orleans and had once offered the following comment about Cannon to a friend: "Freddy Cannon’s shows always worked, because he moved through life with ease."[14]

Personal life

Cannon resides in Tarzana, California.[15]

Discography

Singles

Year A-side, B-side
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Label & Cat. No. U.S. Pop
[16] 		U.S. R&B
[16] 		UK
[17] 		Album
1959 "Tallahassee Lassie"
b/w "You Know" (from Freddy Cannon's Solid Gold Hits!) 		Swan 4031
Top Rank JAR135 (UK)
6
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13
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"Okefenokee"
b/w "Kookie Hat" (Non-album track) 		Swan 4038
43
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"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"
b/w "Fractured" (Non-album track) 		Swan 4043
Top Rank JAR247 (UK)
3
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14
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3
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1960 "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"
b/w "Boston (My Home Town)" 		Swan 4050
34
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"California Here I Come"
b/w "Indiana" 		Top Rank JAR309 (UK)
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33
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"Jump Over" (US A-side) /
"The Urge" (UK A-side) 		Swan 4053
Top Rank JAR369 (UK)
28
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18
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"Happy Shades of Blue"
b/w "(Kwa-Na-Va-Ka) Cuernavaca Choo Choo" 		Swan 4057
83
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"Humdinger"
b/w "My Blue Heaven" (from Freddy Cannon Sings Happy Shades of Blue) 		Swan 4061
59
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"Muskrat Ramble"
b/w "Two Thousand-88" 		Swan 4066
Top Rank JAR548 (UK)
54
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32
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1961 "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It" / Swan 4071
51
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"Opportunity"
114
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"Transistor Sister"
b/w "Walk to the Moon" (Non-album track) 		Swan 4078
35
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Palisades Park
"For Me And My Gal"
b/w "Blue Plate Special" (from Freddy Cannon Sings Happy Shades Of Blue) 		Swan 4083
71
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1962 "Twistin' All Night Long"
(with Danny and The Juniors)
b/w "Some Kind of Nut" (by Danny and The Juniors)" 		Swan 4092
68
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"Teen Queen of the Week"
b/w "Wild Guy" (Non-album track) 		Swan 4096
92
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Palisades Park
"Palisades Park"
b/w "June, July and August" 		Swan 4106
Stateside SS101 (UK)
3
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15
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20
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"What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Done"
b/w "Broadway" 		Swan 4117
45
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Freddy Cannon Steps Out
"If You Were a Rock And Roll Record"
b/w "The Truth, Ruth" (Non-album track) 		Swan 4122
67
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1963 "Four Letter Man"
b/w "Come On and Love Me" (from Freddy Cannon Steps Out) 		Swan 4132
121
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Non-album track
"Patty Baby"
b/w "Betty Jean" 		Swan 4139
65
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Freddy Cannon Steps Out
"Everybody Monkey"
b/w "Oh Gloria" (Non-album track) 		Swan 4149
52
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"That's the Way Girls Are"
b/w "Do What the Hippies Do" 		Swan 4155
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"Sweet Georgia Brown"
b/w "What a Party" (from Freddy Cannon Steps Out) 		Swan 4168
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Non-album tracks
"The Ups and Downs of Love"
b/w "It's Been Nice" 		Swan 4178
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1964 "Abigail Beecher"
b/w "All American Girl" 		Warner Bros. 5409
16
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Freddie Cannon
"Odie Cologne"
b/w "O.K. Wheeler, The Used Car Dealer" 		Warner Bros. 5434
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"Gotta Good Thing Goin'"
b/w "Summertime, U.S.A." 		Warner Bros. 5448
-
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"Too Much Monkey Business"
b/w "Little Autograph Seeker" 		Warner Bros. 5487
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"In the Night"
b/w "Little Miss a Go-Go-Go" 		Warner Bros. 5615
132
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1965 "Action"
b/w "Beachwood City" 		Warner Bros. 5645
13
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Action!
"Let Me Show You Where It's At"
b/w "The Old Rag Man" (Non-album track) 		Warner Bros. 5666
127
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"She's Somethin' Else"
b/w "Little Bitty Corrine" (Non-album track) 		Warner Bros. 5673
-
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1966 "The Dedication Song"
b/w "Come On, Come On" 		Warner Bros. 5693
41
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Non-album tracks
"The Greatest Show on Earth"
b/w "Hokie Pokie Girl" 		Warner Bros. 5810
-
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"The Laughing Song"
b/w "Natalie" 		Warner Bros. 5832
111
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"Run for the Sun"
b/w "Use Your Imagination" 		Warner Bros. 5859
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"In My Wildest Dreams"
b/w "A Happy Clown" 		Warner Bros. 5876
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1967 "Maverick's Flat"
b/w "Run To The Poet Man" 		Warner Bros. 7019
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"20th Century Fox"
b/w "Cincinnati Woman" 		Warner Bros. 7075
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1968 "Rock Around the Clock"
b/w "Sock It to the Judge" 		We Make Rock'N Roll Records 1601
121
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"Sea Cruise"
b/w "She's a Friday Night Fox" 		We Make Rock'N Roll Records 1604
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1969 "Beautiful Downtown Burbank"
b/w "If You Give Me a Title" 		Sire ST 4103
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"Strawberry Wine"
b/w "Blossom Dear" 		Royal American RA 288
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1970 "Charged-Up, Turned-Up Rock-N-Roll Singer"
b/w "I Ain't Much But I'm Yours" 		Royal American RA 2
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"Night Time Lady"
b/w "I Ain't Much But I'm Yours" 		Royal American RA 11
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1971 "Rockin' Robin"
b/w "Red Valley" 		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"
b/w "Superman" 		MCA 40269
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1975 "I Loves Ya"
b/w "Chomp-Chomp, Sooey-Sooey" (By Cannon's Express) 		Andee 4001
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1976 "Sugar"
b/w "Sugar -- Part Two" 		Claridge 416
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1981 "Suzanne Somers"
b/w "Blankcheck's Market" (by Freddie and Connie W. Cannon) 		Horn HR-8
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"Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock N Roll"
b/w "Your Mama Ain't Always Right"
(with the Belmonts) 		MiaSound 1002
81
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1983 "Dance To The Bop"
b/w "She's A Mean Rebel Rouser" 		Amherst AM-201
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1988 "Rockin' In My Socks"
b/w "Rockin' In My Socks" (Instrumental) 		Amherst AM-327
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2013 "The Sox Are Rockin'"
b/w "Red Sox Nation"
(with Los Straitjackets) 		Spinout Records SPIN 45-028
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2016 "Svengoolie Stomp"
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Albums

  • The Explosive Freddy Cannon (1960, Swan LP 502 (Mono)/S 502 (Stereo)) - UK No. 1
  • Freddy Cannon Sings Happy Shades of Blue (1960, Swan LP 504)
  • Freddy Cannon's Solid Gold Hits (1961, Swan LP 505)
  • Palisades Park (1962, Swan LP 507) - US No. 101
  • Steps Out (1962, Swan LPS 511)
  • Bang On (1963, Stateside Records SL 10013) - European release of Palisades Park
    The above five albums were issued in mono only
  • Freddie Cannon (1964, Warner Bros. W 1544 (Mono)/WS 1544 (Stereo))
  • Action (1965, Warner Bros. W 1612/WS 1612)
  • Freddy Cannon's Greatest Hits (1966, Warner Bros. W 1628/WS 1628) - Greatest hits from both Swan and Warner Bros. labels
  • 14 Booming Hits (1982, Rhino RNDF 210)
  • His Latest & Greatest (1991, Critique)
  • The Best of Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon (1995, Rhino)
  • Where The Action Is The Very Best 1964-1981 (2002, Varese Sarabande)
  • Have A Boom Boom Christmas!! (2002, Gotham)
  • The Best of Freddy Cannon (Collectibles, 2003)
  • Boom Boom Rock 'n' Roll: The Best Of Freddy Cannon (Shout! Factory, 2009)

[12][16]

See also

References

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