ERNIE MARESCA
Ernie Maresca was a fairly successful songwriter in the New York doo wop/rock & roll scene in the first half of the 1960s, most known for writing several of Dion's biggest hits (by himself or in collaboration with Dion): "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer," "Lovers Who Wander," "A Lover's Prayer," and "Donna the Prima Donna." He also wrote for a great deal of other artists throughout the 1960s, usually in a style that combined doo wop with the developing sounds of girl groups or Dion's boastful Bronx pop/rock; the Regents' modest modern doo wop hit "Runaround" was the biggest of these. Although he didn't think of himself as a singer, and was an average nondescript vocalist at best, he was persuaded to record as a solo artist. In mid-1962, he ended up with his one and only hit under his own name, "Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)." A fun if extremely basic rocker that used the same chord pattern that anchored Dion hits like "Runaround Sue" and added the dance-rock energy of bands like Joey Dee & the Starliters, it made number six.
Maresca made an album in 1962, and continued to record, without success, for Seville through 1965 and then for Laurie during the remainder of the 1960s. He kept on writing for plenty of artists, too (often on the Laurie roster), and in that capacity had some modest hits with Reparata & the Delrons ("Whenever a Teenager Cries"), Bernadette Carroll ("Party Girl"), and Jimmie Rodgers ("Child of Clay," co-written with Jimmy Curtiss). While some of his songs for Dion were classics, Maresca was a limited songwriter, many of his compositions limited to variations (or replicas) of the ascending, circular basic doo wop chord structures heard on Dion's "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer," "Lovers Who Wander," and "Donna the Prima Donna." By the 1970s he was head of Laurie Records' publicity department, which concentrated on reissuing the label's catalog, and as of 2000 was working as a consultant to EMI and administrator for Laurie's publishing.
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18 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
Pop - Paru chez President Records le 1 janv. 1962
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
Pop - Paru chez Jasmine Records le 1 janv. 1962
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 06)
Pop - Paru chez Music Manager le 19 déc. 2018
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Shout! Shout! (Mono Version)
Rock - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1962
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Shout! Shout / Crying Like a Baby over You (Mono Version)
Rock - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1962
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Ernie Maresca Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) Cd
Jazz - Paru chez Eco Sound le 21 nov. 2019
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
Rock - Paru chez Seville le 22 janv. 1962
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Shout! Shout! Knick Yourself Out
Jazz - Paru chez Black Sheep Music le 7 mai 2013
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Stay at Home Sue - Ernie Maresca
Soul - Paru chez Isis le 7 sept. 2022
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Shout! Shout! Knick Yourself Out
Jazz - Paru chez Stars and Stripes le 7 mai 2013
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Come On Little Angel
R&B - Paru chez Retro Music Box le 26 août 2022
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Mary Jane
Jazz - Paru chez Black & Partner Licenses LLC le 13 avr. 2019
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Down on the Beach
Pop - Paru chez Vintage Vinyl Records le 7 mars 2017
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Top 20 Songs of 1962 (Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)/Limbo Rock/Sherry/Do You Love Me/Soul Dance Party/Big Girls Don't Cry/Legend/)
ERNIE MARESCA, The Four Seasons, James Brown, Brian Hyland
Pop - Paru chez JB Production le 16 août 2022
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
Pop - Paru chez PnR le 1 janv. 2000
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