Joey Dee Biography -
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Joey Dee Biography
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Joey Dee - Circa 1961
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Joey Dee formed his first group, The Thunder Trio, while still in high school.
hile the line-up would change and grow, the core remained Joey Dee, Tony Sciuto on drums, and John Yanick on guitar.
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Joey met and recruited David Brigati, lead singer of The Hi-Fives, during a gig at Garfield High School, Garfield, New Jersey.
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Their first musical collaboration had come with The Hi-Fives, for whom Dee sang background on a few cuts, and who David had recorded with for Decca Records.
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Joey Dee & the Starliters - circa 1962
At the suggestion of high school friends, The Shirelles, Joey contacted Florence Greenberg of Scepter Records and began working on some new material with staff writer, Luther Dixon.
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In 1959, Joey Dee recognized the potential of the newest fad, a new dance called "The Twist".
The Starliters, now composed of Dee, drummer Don Martin, Willie Davis, organist Carlton Lattimore, and Larry Vernieri, Joey worked out a stage act with some unbeatable dance routines.
The Starliters, now composed of Dee, drummer Don Martin, Willie Davis, organist Carlton Lattimore, and Larry Vernieri, Joey worked out a stage act with some unbeatable dance routines.
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Joey Dee and the Starliters were discovered while working at a nightclub called Oliveri's in Lodi, New Jersey, by a New York City agent named Don Davis.
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Capitol Records and Atlantic Records approached the group for a contract, but Joey opted to go with Roulette Records which promised to record them "live" at the Peppermint Lounge and to market a record immediately, as well as to sort out all the other conflicting contracts signed by the group.
The Peppermint Lounge
Dee, Brigati and the group began working with Roulette producer Henry Glover on new compositions.
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Joey Dee's first movie was for Paramount Pictures, entitled "Hey Let's Twist".
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Joey Dee performed in a second motion picture, this time for Columbia Pictures, "Two Tickets to Paris".
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Joey Dee & the Starliters
The soundtrack also featured more new Dee-Glover originals.
A very special song, "What Kind Of Love Is This" , written by Johnny Nash, put Joey Dee back in the Top 20.
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It was this new sound for Joey Dee that pointed his career in a new direction -- a direction without The Starliters.
Joey Dee and The Starliters set out on their second European tour in November 1963.
Their opening act in Europe: The Beatles!
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The solo album, "Joey Dee", included "I Lost My Baby" , "Keep Your Mind On What You're Doing" as well as two other Nash originals.
Joey Dee & the Starliters - circa 1962
· Two songs were recorded in December 1962 before the album's release at one last Starliters session: "Baby You're Driving Me Crazy", a new Dee-Glover original with a rinky-dink rhythm, and another Johnny Nash tune, as good as its predecessors: "Help Me Pick Up The Pieces".
· These formed the last "new" Joey Dee & The Starliters singles for Roulette.
Unfortunately, airplay was split between the sides and, as a result, neither really broke through.
Roulette seemed unsure of the future of Dee and The Starliters as they went into 1963.
In yet another marketing coup, the label pulled "Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes" from the successful "Doin' The Twist..." album and released it as a two-part single which made the Top 40.
Something new was needed.
That turned out to be the three girls who danced with Joey at the Peppermint Lounge: Veronica and Estelle Bennett, and Nedra Talley, also known as The Ronettes!
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Dee recruited The Ronettes for his next sessions in May and June of 1963.
Joey recorded eight songs with The Ronettes as well as four instrumentals with a new band.
"Dance, Dance, Dance" a single and an LP, were released in July 1963.
Roulette next released "Ya Ya" and "Fanny Mae" from the "Doin' The Twist..." LP.
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Dee was finished with Roulette by 1966 and signed with Jubilee Records.
Joey Dee's debut release on Jubilee Records in May 1966 was "Feel Good About It".
An album released at the end of the 1966, "Hitsville", featured cover versions of then-recent hits, as well as his own current single release, "It's Got You".
A few years later after a reunion with the original Starliters, Joey wrote a song with Dave Brigati and Larry Vernieri entitled "How Can I Forget", which was issued on his own Caneil Records label as by Joey Dee and The New Starliters.
A few years later after a reunion with the original Starliters, Joey wrote a song with Dave Brigati and Larry Vernieri entitled "How Can I Forget", which was issued on his own Caneil Records label as by Joey Dee and The New Starliters.
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In 1970, Joey tried again with "Roses And Candy Kisses" on the Tonsil label.
In 1972, Joey formed the group Hawk and, on the Sunburst label, released "Wasn't It A Heavy Summer".
In the mid-1970's, an album entitled "Joey Dee, Volume 1" was released on Mohawk.
Joey continues to tour regularly around the U.S. and Canada.
Joey Dee is also one of the lead singers of DREAM TEAM OF ROCK AND ROLL!
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