I met Freddie Cannon in Lima Ohio back in the 60's, great personality. Sure miss the 50's-60's r&r. Garbage they call music today I won't even listen to.🕺
Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon was born on December 4, 1936, therefore he is celebrating his 85th birthday today December 4, 2021. He is an American rock and roll singer, whose biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", and "Palisades Park"
I always felt that Freddie was keeping driving rock and roll alive at this time, when most of his contemporaries were doing more polite (i.e.dull) music. Thanks Freddie! Thanks uploader.
Freddie Cannon unique style of singing is heard regularly on Australian radio where he is very popular to this day.Thanks for the posting..a top talent!!
I sure had fun with this song in 1959! I was graduating from high school in Minneapolis, Minn., when I purchased my first car. It was a mint green 1950 Ford 2-door V8 sedan and cost $125. The previous owner wintered in St. Petersburg and the car had Florida plates with the name Tallahassee on them. When my girl friends and I went cruising on weekends, we told boys we met that we were from Florida, and of course Tallahassee. Coincidently, one of the most popular songs that summer was “Tallahassee Lassie”. We sure did have fun with that car for a while…until I had to buy Minnesota plates!
My dad graduated in 59' in Lemmon SD, he always like garage band stuff and he had a band in High School. He told me one time that the good times are done, and prepare for some wicked times ahead.
Knew & worked with Mr. Cannon back in California for a few years, he helped on a few records we recorded circa: 1972 thru 1975!! He loved my moms Baked Macaroni Sicilian style when he would stop by with news on the record, fantastic times, hope he's doing well!! 🤳🤳🎤🎤💞💞
One of the Boys of Bandstand...Freddie "Boom-Boom" Cannon...from Boston. He and the late Bobby Rydell (R.I.P.) bring back some good memories of AB in its Philadelphia days. They provided some musical thrills. Thank you for the video.
I was born in the Bronx, raised in Miami, and went to school in Tallahassee, Florida State University. I was always kinda amused of how I’m from the north and ended up in a small southern town called Tallahassee. I loved it there. The campus was beautiful, the people were very welcoming, the town had just enough of everything for a big city gal. It was picture perfect through the different seasons. I loved being a Tallahassee Lassie if just for 4 years! Go Seminoles!!
I go by Palisades Park (former) all the time on my Circle Line boat! I still hold my phone up to the mic every once in a while so people could hear what great rock ‘n’ roll was really like! - George Jay
There is so little information available about this musician - who played some of the most inventive solos of the rock 'n' roll era. I know he did some terrific stuff with Dale Hawkins.
tictac1959, He did suzy q with Dale. I know it was done over in the recording studio for release and Dale used someone else.Dale had the lyrics & Kenny came up with the hook. But Kenny was in that band with Roy Buchannan & Dales brother. I was so young, but the information is all fact...
tictac1959 Roy Buchannan quoted, Kenny was an original pioneer with the electric guitar. wah wah, Fuzz & feedback. The quote is on the back of a Roy lp.I no lnger have the lp & with dvd the omitted a lot of the stuff we got when we bought a vinyl album. Thanks for recognizing my late Dad... peace
Wow!! I read Freddy's autobiography years ago called Action in which he says your dad's solo was so good that that's the reason the record became a hit!
I think it's a damn shame.. I was a white male teenager in 59.. and I didn't realize what was going on.. I grew up marinated in racists white privilege . in retrospect..I see how wrong it was... if you want some stories from my day.. just let me know..
This song was several years old by the time of this clip. Freddy Cannon probably appeared to plug a then-new song he had recorded, but included this one as well, since often during the years, performers appearing on "American Bandstand" would do two songs, their current release and one of their past hits.
I don't think so. I think you're watching part of the act. He knows where the camera is and looks into it several times. I think he acts "exasperated" with the kids for clapping out of rhythm, which I think they are doing intentionally(watch them laughing). At 1:33, I think he's looking at Dick Clark and pointing with his thumb back at the audiance with an expression of like "what's wrong with these kids?". Then he turns back to the camera laughing.
Believe it or not, I just discovered this song last week, thanks to Andy Kaufman. Freddy was a guest on the midnight special, I guess Andy was hosting that particular Midnight Special episodes. Anyways, this such catchy song, great beat! Couldn't help but to notice him getting lost in the middle, didn't know what camera to look into, did they not have red lights on the cameras back then?
Again, us white folks AINT GOT NARY A LICK OF RHYTHM.Can't even clap in time to one of the dirt-simplest records ever! Even Freddie had to give up in the break. And now,back to James Brown on The TAMI Show. All the rhythm you need and nothing you don't.
If I remember correctly, I saw Freddie Cannon,ConwayTwitty, Little Richard and Duane Eddy all in the same show (!!!) at the Hammersmith Odeon back in the early 60's. And the lovely creature I took to the show dumped me soon afterwards . . . .
You got it right my friend - this the way the Baby Boomer generation lived and died for! There was and never will be any better music and dancing then then out generation was!😂❤️❤️
Funny you should say that. A lot of his songs were about locations or had a location built into them: TALLAHASEE Lassie, PALLISADES PARK, Way Down Yonder in NEW ORLEANS, (WHERE THE) Action (IS).
WOW...how'd it go??? I was one of those teenager who loved this music..danced to many tunes of that era but this & Palisades Park were ones that were great to dance to...also loved going to Palisades Park in NJ..
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