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DID YOU KNOW...?
In December, 1962,
Frankie Valli and the
Four Seasons' version
of "Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town"
reached number 23 on
the Billboard singles
chart. The song was
originally a hit for
George Hall in 1934.
Bobby Vinton found his
biggest hit, "Roses Are
Red" in a pile of reject
demo records while he
was waiting to be told
of his release from his
recording contract. He
talked Epic Records
management into
letting him record the
song and soon after, he
and the label had their
first million selling,
number one smash.
In December, 1962,
Frankie Valli and the
Four Seasons' version
of "Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town"
reached number 23 on
the Billboard singles
chart. The song was
originally a hit for
George Hall in 1934.
Bobby Vinton found his
biggest hit, "Roses Are
Red" in a pile of reject
demo records while he
was waiting to be told
of his release from his
recording contract. He
talked Epic Records
management into
letting him record the
song and soon after, he
and the label had their
first million selling,
number one smash.
A performer since childhood, Jimmy Clanton began
playing guitar and singing with a band called the
Dixie Cats around his hometown, Baton Rouge,
Louisana. He joined another group, The Rockets,
and after graduation, he appeared in local clubs
and on "Teen-Town Rally," a local radio show.
In 1958, the Rockets went to New Orleans to record at
a studio owned by Cosimo Matassa. Matassa was so
impressed with Jimmy's voice that he took him for an
audition in front of Johnny Vincent, Ace Records
president. Jimmy was soon signed to the company,
and by that summer, Jimmy wrote a song that was to
be his first hit on Ace Records, "Just a Dream," which
sold well over a million records. Soon afterward, he
was awarded his first gold record on Dick Clark's
wildly-popular "American Bandstand."
Riding the wave of popular teen music in the
1950s and 1960s, Clanton toured with performers
like Fats Domino, The Platters, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Between 1958 and 1962, he had several national
hits such as "Go Jimmy Go," "Another Sleepless
Night," written by Neil Sedaka and "Venus in Blue
Jeans," another solid gold hit.
Clanton even continued to release hits after he was
drafted into the U.S. Army in 1961 and served for two
years. Clanton also starred in the rock `n roll movie,
Go Johnny Go, produced by Allan Freed, the noted
pioneer disk jockey. He later starred in another
fan-favorite movie called Teenage Millionaire.
Today, in addition to authoring (with his wife Roxanne)
Hardcore Health, a wellness program, and writing an
ongoing eColumn by the same name for
www.MyBestYears.com, Clanton still performs in
popular shows (along with such legends as Chuck
Berry, Fabian, the Cadillacs, Frankie "Sea Cruise"
Ford, and Jerry Butler) which hearken audiences back
to a time when rock `n roll was exploding and stars
such as Jimmy Clanton were sweeping the nation*s
airwaves with unforgettable sounds!
He's a solid gold entertainer...
playing guitar and singing with a band called the
Dixie Cats around his hometown, Baton Rouge,
Louisana. He joined another group, The Rockets,
and after graduation, he appeared in local clubs
and on "Teen-Town Rally," a local radio show.
In 1958, the Rockets went to New Orleans to record at
a studio owned by Cosimo Matassa. Matassa was so
impressed with Jimmy's voice that he took him for an
audition in front of Johnny Vincent, Ace Records
president. Jimmy was soon signed to the company,
and by that summer, Jimmy wrote a song that was to
be his first hit on Ace Records, "Just a Dream," which
sold well over a million records. Soon afterward, he
was awarded his first gold record on Dick Clark's
wildly-popular "American Bandstand."
Riding the wave of popular teen music in the
1950s and 1960s, Clanton toured with performers
like Fats Domino, The Platters, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Between 1958 and 1962, he had several national
hits such as "Go Jimmy Go," "Another Sleepless
Night," written by Neil Sedaka and "Venus in Blue
Jeans," another solid gold hit.
Clanton even continued to release hits after he was
drafted into the U.S. Army in 1961 and served for two
years. Clanton also starred in the rock `n roll movie,
Go Johnny Go, produced by Allan Freed, the noted
pioneer disk jockey. He later starred in another
fan-favorite movie called Teenage Millionaire.
Today, in addition to authoring (with his wife Roxanne)
Hardcore Health, a wellness program, and writing an
ongoing eColumn by the same name for
www.MyBestYears.com, Clanton still performs in
popular shows (along with such legends as Chuck
Berry, Fabian, the Cadillacs, Frankie "Sea Cruise"
Ford, and Jerry Butler) which hearken audiences back
to a time when rock `n roll was exploding and stars
such as Jimmy Clanton were sweeping the nation*s
airwaves with unforgettable sounds!
He's a solid gold entertainer...
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