Celebrity death thread 2026
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"That's a fact...."
Cannon, born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr., had eight top-40 hits, 1959-65. Three made the top ten: Tallahassee Lassie, Palisades Park and Way Down Yonder In New Orleans. Among his other hits are Transistor Sister and Action, the theme song of ABC-TV's 1965-67 pop music variety show Where The Action Is.
Freddy Cannon, rocker whose late '50s and early '60s hits included Palisades Park and Tallahassee Lassie, dies at 89
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Freddy Cannon, rocker whose late '50s and early '60s hits included Palisades Park and Tallahassee Lassie, dies at 89
Freddy Cannon, Rocker Whose Late ’50s and Early ’60s Hits Included ‘Palisades Park’ and ‘Tallahassee Lassie,’ Dies at 89
Freddy Cannon, whose late '50s and early '60s hits included "Palisades Park," "Tallahassee Lassie" and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," died at 89.
variety.com
In May 1999, Rhino Records released a 17-track oldies compilation, Oldies Radio K-Earth 101 FM Greatest Hits. (KRTH, formerly KHJ-FM, switched to an oldies format in 1972, got rid of all the pre-1964 oldies in 2005, gradually phased out the 1964-69 music and added more 1980s-90s and is now classic hits.) The CD includes Freddy Cannon's K-Earth tribute. sung to the tune of Palisades Park.
I think you killed off Freddy Cannon 4 times, I'll give him a second. Not a fan of the songs but I know them.
The first post I made had a lot of blank space beneath it. (No relation to the Taylor Swift song.) I deleted it and re-posted it minus the blank space. Here is Freddy Cannon's final chart hit, Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock N Roll. He's backed by the Belmonts. This peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #77 on the Cash Box Top 100 in October 1981.