Brooklyn Bridge

The ’60s pop clothing Brooklyn Bridge were led by Johnny Maestro, the former frontman from the Crests. The group was produced on Long Isle in 1968 in the ashes of regional competitors the Del-Satins (a vocal quartet including Maestro, Fred Ferrara, Mike Gregorio, and Les Cauchi) as well as the Tempo Method (musical movie director Tom Sullivan, guitarist Jim Macioce, organist Carolyn Woods, bassist Jim Rosica, trumpeter Shelly Davis, saxophonist Joe Ruvio, and drummer Artie Cantanzarita). Upon signing up for pushes as the Brooklyn Bridge, the bandmembers released their self-titled debut record in 1969, credit scoring their first Best Five hit using the Jimmy Webb structure “Most severe That CAN HAPPEN.” Following singles like “Blessed May be the Rainfall” and “Your Hubby — MY PARTNER” didn’t recapture the debut’s achievement, nevertheless, and albums just like the Second Brooklyn Bridge and 1970’s Time IS PERFORMED also fared badly; as the Brooklyn Bridge’s agreement using the Buddah label finished in the wake of 1972’s Bridge in Blue, they continuing performing live through the entire years to check out, with Maestro, Ferrara, Cauchi, and Rosica staying from the initial lineup in the ’90s and 2000s. Beneath the moniker Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, the group also released CDs such as for example 2004’s Today, which contains re-recordings of music by the initial incarnations from the Brooklyn Bridge as well as the Crests from years previously. Today, Vol. 2 implemented in ’09 2009. In March 2010 Johnny Maestro passed away of cancers at his house in Cape Coral, FL; he was 70 years of age.