We told you that our FH Buddy Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon lost his wife of 60+ years, Jeanette, a couple of weeks ago and I know from talking to him just how devastated he was by this loss.
But it ‘tis the Halloween Season … so hopefully Freddy can find some amount of cheer in teaming with Svengoolie again to sing his rocker new rocker “Hey Svengoolie!”
Tom Cuddy tells us more …
SIXTY FIVE YEARS LATER FREDDY “Boom Boom” CANNON IS BACK WITH A NEW RELEASE!
The song he wrote and sang is a modern day “Monster Mash” dedicated to the horror movie host on ME-TV Saturday nights. Svengoolie is played by radio-TV veteran Rich Koz.
Cannon, a huge fan of horror films, became a fan of Svengoolie almost 20 years ago, Back in 2016, he wrote his first song for the TV host, “The Svengoolie Stomp.” The ME-TV crew flew Cannon to Chicago, where the show is produced, and filmed a video for the tune.
Now, eight years later, in preparation for the horror host debuting “Hey Svengoolie” later this month on ME-TV, Koz’s crew flew to Los Angeles this fall, where Cannon lives, to make a video of the newest musical creation.
Cannon, who holds the record for the most appearances of any artist on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand (110 times), gave us numerous hits over the years, including:
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Transister Sister
- Palisades Park (written by game show host Chuck Barris)
- Action (TV Theme from “Where the Action Is”)
- Abigail Beecher
Freddy’s new release can be heard on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0b9O9DMH5E
It’s available for downloading at Amazon, iTunes, Pandora, Spotify and TikTok.
FREDDY FACTS:
**Mick Jagger: “Freddy Cannon inspired “Brown Sugar”
**Robert Plant: “I love Tallahassee Lassie and once recorded it with my band”
**Freddy wrote his autobiography in 2011. Dick Clark wrote the Introduction
**Bruce Springsteen has sung “Tallahassee Lassie” in concert
**When they met for the first time, Elvis Presley told Freddy he has “Tallahassee Lassie” in his jukebox
**Chuck Berry: “To my ears, Freddy Cannon is a rock & roll original.
**Paul McCartney owns the publishing rights to many of Freddy’s songs.
Several years ago, Freddy recorded the track called “The Svengoolie Stomp,” dedicated to long-time Chicago television personality Rich Koz, who hosts Svengoolie’s Horror Movies on Me-TV. Here’s a picture of me, Freddy and Sven from a few years back, taken after Freddy had done a show at The Arcada Theatre …
Have you heard the new Duran Duran’s new single???
It’s a very exciting remake of the ELO classic “Evil Woman” (and the lyric video ties in PERFECTLY with today’s Halloween theme!)
The recently-inducted Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame group hasn’t had a Top 40 Hit in DECADES (1993 to be exact!) … but this one sure sounds like a winner to me! (kk)
More from Chuck Buell … aka The Sequel!
Because so many told me how much they enjoyed our "CB Special Fun Stuff" the other day, here's another that I think you might find that also quite possibly personifies both you and me!
So . . . . .
"Here We Go Again!" 1:25
I hope you enjoy this one too!
Chuck!
And here's another one from Buell ...
He points out that this is where we are today!
We Free-Wheelin' Forgotten Hitters Children of the 1960s Rockin’ the Rockies in our Custom VW Minibuses in 2024!
CB ( which stands for “Cruising Boy!” )
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
10/14/64 – It is announced that Martin Luther King, Jr. will be this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the youngest person ever to receive this honor.
Also on 10/14, Nikita Khrushchev is voted out as leader of The Soviet Union
