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April 28, 2020
I don't remember ever seeing a recording with one name on the label as a composer and another name (of the same person) as the artist. Well, in 1961, it happened.
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Don Stirling (Petolino) was a very religious man. I remember trying to write a section of the lyric, with all my "Heart & Soul". Don was very much against the word, "Soul".
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After being asked to join Connie's company, I arrived back home to tell my parents what had transpired with Don Stirling that afternoon. I told them that I met Connie Francis...
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I was, first, a performer, then, by a quirk of fate, I became a songwriter. It happened when I quit my job at the New York Stock Exchange in the fall of 1960.
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We were in the midst of a recording session by a well known artist. During a break, I asked the engineer if he knew how to recreate Phil Spector's, "Wall of Sound"?
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Larry Brown (AKA "L. Russell Brown") and I were called into Bob Crewe's Office one afternoon in the mid 1960's. Being the major songwriters on staff at Saturday Music...
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This is one of a long list of complimentary articles about my experiences with a true genius, Bob Crewe. He changed the music business, himself, with his array of artists...
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My sister, Edy was always a student who studied almost, endlessly throughout her early life. Whether there was a social affair or a friend’s get together, no matter the event...
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I met "Steve" at a backyard party given by my girlfriend at that time, "Terry". It was held at Terry's parent's home in fashionable Millburn, New Jersey. This was a suburban upscale town...
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I remember the Centurion architecture. Walking up two sets of stairs to get to the front porch of the home, I vividly remember a man who was the strongest person I had ever seen.
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I was about 13 years old. The special event took place at the Boy's Club of Hillside, New Jersey. The players were Fat Harvey (Lifland) Drums, Allen Kreutzer, Lead Guitar and myself, Gary Temkin...
Read moreApril 7, 2020
This all started in Sayreville, New Jersey... a middle class neighborhood. The Bonjiovi family were all musically inclined.
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