[Hallicrafters] The Halli Transistor Sistor

[Bruce MacLellan]

I remember his song "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"   There wewe others but this one stands out for me.

YMMV, Bruce

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Jun 4, 2009 3:13 PM
>To: k9ffk at comcast.net
>Cc: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net, "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
>Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] The Halli Transistor Sistor
>
>K9FFK wrote:
>> I don't think it was his middle name Duane.
>> Freddie "Boom-boom" Cannon, 1961.
>>
>>   
>Well, technically it was *Frederick Anthony Picariello, aka *Freddy 
>Karmon before he was given the stage name Freddy Cannon by his manager.  
>I've heard him interviewed where he described how his first hit, a song 
>called "Rock and Roll Baby", came about after his mom told him she 
>wanted him to put a poem she'd written to music.  He says the idea 
>wasn't all that exciting but he knew better than to disobey his mom, and 
>the rest is history!
>
>73,  Bob W9RAN
>
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