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Lavender Blue by Freddy Cannon

Artist Biography For Freddy Cannon

Freddy Cannon Born Frederick Anthony Picariello In Revere Massachusetts On December 4 1936 Is An American Rock-N-Roll Singer. Picariello Grew Up In The North Boston Suburb Of Lynn And Learned To Play Guitar As A Boy. In High School He Formed A Band And Tried To Emulate The Hard-Driving Style Of Little Richard. Picariello Eventually Signed With Philadelphia Label Swan Records A Recording Studio In Which Dick Clark Had An Interest. Clark Brought Picariello National Exposure Through Numerous Appearances On Clark's TV Show American Bandstand. Cannon Holds The Record For Most Appearances By A Performer 110 On Bandstand! He And Clark Continued To Collaborate On Bandstand Reunion Concerts Long After The TV Show Ended. By 1959 Picariello Was Singing Using The Stage Name Freddy Cannon. He Was Also Called "Boom Boom" Because Of His Thundering Musical Renditions And The "Cannon" Name. From 1959 Through The Early 60s Cannon Had Three Top Ten Hit Palisades Park
Tallahassee Lassie A Song Written By Cannon's Mother. It Was Also The First Of 22 Songs Which Appeared On The Billboard Charts For Cannon. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans On June 24 1966 Cannon Played Himself And Performed One Of His Own Songs During The Final Episode Of The Teen Soap Opera "Never Too Young." The Role Of Cannon Was Played By David Julian Hirsh In George Clooney's 2003 Film "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind.' As Of 2006 Cannon Was A Resident Of Tarzana California And Continued Performing In Concert.

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