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Making use of their youthful exuberance and lighthearted method of pop, the DeFranco Family was probably one of the most successful pop sets of the 1970s. Their debut 1973 solitary, “Heartbeat, From the Lovebeat,” offering the business lead vocals of after that-13-year-old Tony DeFranco, reached number 3 for the Billboard …

When Tony DeFranco was just a little young man in Ontario, Canada, he belonged to an instrumental quintet which was made up of his siblings. The family members played through the entire region, with four-year-old Tony on maracas, brothers Nino and Benny on guitars, sister Merlina on drums, and sister …