Exactly sixty years ago today on October 29th, 1960 the 'Dick Clark Caravan of Stars'* rolled into the Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York... Freddy Cannon was one of the acts* to appear, and at the time his "Humdinger" was at position #59 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, which was also its peak position on the chart, and it spent four weeks on the Top 100... Between 1959 and 1981 'Boom Boom' had twenty-two records on the Top 100 chart, three made the Top 10, "Tallahassee Lassie" {#6 in 1959}, "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" {#3 in 1959}, and "Palisades Park" {#3 in 1962}... His twenty-second and last Top 100 record was a duet with the Belmonts, "Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock 'n Roll", it reached #81 in 1981... Freddy Cannon, a Revere, Massachusetts native, was born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr., he will celebrate his 80th birthday in six days on December 4th, 2019... * Some of the other acts on the bill were Fabian, Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Clanton, and Jimmy Charles...
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Exactly sixty years ago today on October 29th, 1960 the 'Dick Clark Caravan of Stars'* rolled into the Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York...
Freddy Cannon was one of the acts* to appear, and at the time his "Humdinger" was at position #59 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, which was also its peak position on the chart, and it spent four weeks on the Top 100...
Between 1959 and 1981 'Boom Boom' had twenty-two records on the Top 100 chart, three made the Top 10, "Tallahassee Lassie" {#6 in 1959}, "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" {#3 in 1959}, and "Palisades Park" {#3 in 1962}...
His twenty-second and last Top 100 record was a duet with the Belmonts, "Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock 'n Roll", it reached #81 in 1981...
Freddy Cannon, a Revere, Massachusetts native, was born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr., he will celebrate his 80th birthday in six days on December 4th, 2019...
* Some of the other acts on the bill were Fabian, Brenda Lee, Duane Eddy, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Clanton, and Jimmy Charles...