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The Velvetones

Doo wop group the Velvetones formed in Newark, NJ, in 1943. Based on the content on Marv Goldberg’s R&B Notebooks internet site (http://home.att.net/~marvy42/marvart.html), the original Velvetones were tenor business lead Madison Flanagan, second tenor and bassist Walter Dawkins, baritone and guitarist Sam Rucker, and pianist/arranger Enoch Martin, plus they spent …

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Joe Pesci

A consummate personality actor, Joe Pesci rose to success on the effectiveness of some Martin Scorsese movies which took complete benefit of his present for outlandishly menacing helping performances. Born Feb 9, 1943 in Newark, NJ, Pesci was a kid actor who started his radio profession at age four. Broadway …

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