Hey people. I just talked to Norman Wright, a very old frined of mine from way back. I met Norm when I was a mere child of 15 when we went to New York to re-record Rama Lama Ding Dong for those of you who are children of the late 50's and early 60'd. Anyway, Dick Biondi who was at WHOT here in Youngstown wanted us to go to New York as he had contacted Alan Freed who was at WKBN here back then, and moved from Cleveland to NY. We went and did the song. While we were waiting for the pressing, Alan came and asked if we would back up a group becausethe studio band hadn't arrived yet, and he wanted to get the new record pressed. We went back into the studio, where I met Norman, and Corinthian ( Cripps ) Johnson. We cut a record called "Whispering Bells", if any of you guys recall the Del Vikings. If you hear the song played, your gonna hear brushes at the beginning on the snare. That's me. Well, I asked Norm if they would consider doing a benefit to help with Doug's research. He said ok, but he'd have to check with his publicist to when they had an open date. Norm's gonna put the word pout to see if we can get more groups to join in. I know I can get Larry Chance from the "Earles" if I can find him. I have Biondi's email so, I'm gonna ask him to help. Keep your fingers crossed.
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