The Johnny Maestro Story

Last updated
The Johnny Maestro Story
Johnnymaestrostory.jpg
Compilation album by
Johnny Maestro/The Brooklyn Bridge/The Crests
Released1971
Label Buddah Records
The Brooklyn Bridge chronology
Brooklyn Bridge
(1970)
The Johnny Maestro Story
(1971)
The Bridge in Blue
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

The Johnny Maestro Story is a compilation of songs recorded by Johnny Maestro with The Crests and The Brooklyn Bridge.

Track listing

The Crests
  1. "16 Candles "
  2. "Step By Step"
  3. "Angels Listened In"
  4. "Six Nights a Week"
  5. "Trouble in Paradise"
The Brooklyn Bridge
  1. "Worst That Could Happen"
  2. "Blessed is the Rain"
  3. "Welcome Me Love"
  4. "The Love's Still Growing"
  5. "Wednesday in Your Garden"

Related Research Articles

Today may refer to:

Buddah Records US record label

Buddah Records was an American record label founded in September 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding. Buddah handled a variety of music genres, including bubblegum pop, folk-rock (Melanie), experimental music, and soul.

Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's "Worst That Could Happen" (1968).

Doo Wop 50 was a PBS pledge drive special created and produced for PBS member station WQED-TV by TJ Lubinsky, grandson of Herman Lubinsky. The special was inspired by a 1994 CD box-set of doo wop music produced and sold by Rhino Records, which was also a development and production partner in the special. It aired on December 5, 1999.

Collectables Records

Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Greene was previously associated with New York City's Times Square Record Shop, Philadelphia's Record Museum retail chain, and the Lost Nite and Crimson record labels.

Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Sullivan may refer to:

The Crests were an American doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records. Their most popular song, "16 Candles", rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1959 selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status. The group's other hits include "Step By Step", "The Angels Listened In", "Trouble In Paradise", "Six Nights A Week", and "A Year Ago Tonight". The Crests were the first interracially mixed doo-wop group, consisting of three African American members, one Puerto Rican, and one Italian American.

Joe "Bean" Esposito is an American singer/songwriter whose career spans from the 1970s to the present day. Esposito's songs have been recorded by Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Labelle, Stephen Stills and others.

The Wanderer (Dion song)

"The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, released on his 1961 album Runaround Sue. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked number 243 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

<i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</i> (musical) American stage musical

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Betty Smith, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and music by Arthur Schwartz.

The Del-Satins were an American vocal group, most active in the early 1960s, who recorded on their own but are best remembered for their harmonies on hit records for Dion and others. They have been described as having "few peers as practitioners of white doo-wop."

<i>Brooklyn Bridge</i> (album) 1968 studio album by The Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge is the eponymous debut album from the American band The Brooklyn Bridge. It was released in 1968 by Buddah Records.

<i>The Second Brooklyn Bridge</i> 1969 studio album by The Brooklyn Bridge

The Second Brooklyn Bridge is the second album from The Brooklyn Bridge. It was released in 1969 by Buddah Records.

Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge is a 1993 recorded and released collection of classic songs by The Brooklyn Bridge and The Crests, as well as other notable doo wop songs.

<i>For Collectors Only</i> 1992 compilation album by Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge

For Collectors Only is a now out-of-print two-disc set released by Collectables Records in 1992. It includes original recordings by The Brooklyn Bridge.

A discography for the band The Brooklyn Bridge.

Tony Romeo was an American songwriter. He is best known for writing the number 1 hit "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family as well as many other hit records, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s.

A cappella is an adjective that means unaccompanied singing.

Alan White (DJ)

Alan R. White, is an American Top 40 disc jockey, pioneering nightclub DJ, booking agent, talent manager, record producer, disco innovator, nightclub operator and promoter, radio and television personality, dance event promoter, an internet broadcasting pioneer, and author.

JiveBop TV Dance Party American TV program

JiveBop Dance Party TV Show is an American dance-based television program created by American Top 40 disc jockey and nightclub operator Alan White.

References

  1. "Johnny Maestro – The Johnny Maestro Story". AllMusic.