Happy B-Day…Jimmy B!
This coming Tuesday, October 21 is the birthday of an old friend … the Legendary … Jimmy Beaumont of the Skyliners! One of the greatest singers I have ever worked with, a good friend, a humble gentleman who loved to sing and play golf! This coming Sunday, October 19th, I will be honoring my old … Read more
I Wanted To Be A Drummer … My Mother Wanted An Accordion Player!
From the first time I heard music I wanted to be a drummer. However, my Mom wanted me to be an accordion player. In the late fifties and early sixties, there wasn’t much call for an accordion player in Soul, Rhythm n’ Blues and Rock n’ Roll music even know I appreciated ethnic music … … Read more
Happy Birthday to my Philly Friend … Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans)
Over the years I have worked with and became friends with many talented entertainers from across the State like Cesear Berry of the Tymes, Dee Dee Sharp, Len Barry, Eddie Holman, the Dreamlovers, the Delfonics, the Orlons and Ernest Evans … known to the world as Chubby Checker. Tomorrow is Chubby’s birthday, born October 3, … Read more
Hanging Ben E. King Photo … what a great memory!
This week I was going through some old pictures and memories of days gone by. I stumbled upon a photo of the great Ben E. King with me backstage at a show . And mind started racing … Ben E. King’s birthday is this coming Sunday, September 28th, born in Henerson, North Carolina. One of … Read more
DooWop, Street Corner … Northside, Pgh.
DooWop … Street Corner Harmony… the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s … Northside Pittsburgh! DooWop harmony was sweeping the Nation … every street corner in every major city had their favorite street corner singers. Pittsburgh was full of street corner singers but especially the Northside of Pittsburgh where I grew up. Groups like the … Read more
Johnny Angel/Herbie Cox – celebrate Porky Chedwick!
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of spending a few hours at my Ginchy Stuff Museum with an old friend … Rob Pratt from KDKA. Rob conducted an interview with me which caused me to reminisce about some great times from my music career. When I got home, I began to look through some of my … Read more