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Quote from Johnny's Wife Grace: Love it!! Beautifully done!!! The girl singing in the background sounds like a young Ronnie Spector..:) Good Luck with this Chad. You have my blessings that it goes well for you..
God Bless
Grace
Les Cauchi who performs as The Brooklyn Bridge as well
as a former member of The Del Satins gave his blessing on this project as well.
Created by Chad Siniscalchi, this project was a collaboration of Artists who donated hours of time for the memory of the legend of Johnny Maestro.
Johnny Maestro, who fronted the rock-and-roll and doo-wop band Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge, passed away at the age of 70 on March 24, 2010
Johnny Maestro, who started out singing on the New York subways and a few years later recorded one of the great teen love anthems, "Sixteen Candles," died late Wednesday night in Florida after a battle with cancer. He was 70.
A distinctive and highly respected vocalist both among his peers and fans of early rock ‘n' roll, Maestro spent his life in the music business, scoring hits as lead singer of the Crests in the 1950s and then the Brooklyn Bridge a decade later.
He continued performing live shows with the Brooklyn Bridge until he was diagnosed several months ago with an invasive cancer.
The Crests were best known for "Sixteen Candles," which peaked at No. 2 on the national charts and later lent its name to a John Hughes movie in which Hughes used a later Stray Cats version of the title song.
"Sixteen Candles" was originally written as "21 Candles," but the number was downsized on the theory that "16" would better reflect the rock 'n' roll demographic.
The Crests followed with a number of catchy uptempo hits, including "Trouble In Paradise," "The Angels Listened In" and "Step By Step" – though many R&B aficionados today favor their lesser-known early classic ballads like "Sweetest One" and "No One To Love."
Maestro, who was born Johnny Mastrangelo on May 7, 1939 and grew up on Mulberry St., broke off in 1961 for a solo career that went nowhere. Then in 1968 he formed the Brooklyn Bridge, whose swelling instrumental and vocal sound scored a No. 3 hit in early 1969 with "The Worst That Could Happen."
The Bridge also had some lesser hits, including "Blessed Is the Rain" and "Welcome Me Love."
While Maestro had one of the strongest and most distinctive voices in early rock ‘n' roll, he was not a flamboyant personality and didn't seek the spotlight off-stage....more
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This song is a memorial dedicated to Cancer awareness. All proceeds will be donated to a Cancer fund in Johnny's name.
lyrics
The Worst that could happen
A legend in your own time
You filled our dreams
with the songs songs that you sang
You'll never walk alone
Step by step we follow along
Welcome me love
The Angels listened in and carried you home
Blessed is the rain that wash the tears we cry for you
A light shines for you Leading you to
that bridge that you cross
where you you will be free and paradise Paradise will be yours
Now we stand together Keeping that doowop music alive
It rings out forever That sound that we love will never die
woahhhhh YEA will never die
never never ever gonna for get you
Ill never forget you oh oh oh oh ohhh
A light shines for you Leading you to
that bridge that you cross
where you you will be free and paradise Paradise will be yours
never never never ever gonna
We never forget
credits
released May 7, 2014
Recorded at Arminio Studios.
Produced by Joey Arminio
Engineered by Alec Hay
Remix by Joey Arminio
Musical arrangement by Alec Hay
Lead Vocals Joey Arminio and Sax,
Keyboards Alec Hay
Guitar Jim Fracassi
Back of Vocals:
Doreen Arminio, Christopher Cerullo, Dan Ugarte, John Basilone,
The Cameos, Arminio Entertainment, Arminio Studios
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