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Chanteur
Rock 'n' Roll US né Ernest Peter Maresca, le 21 Août 1938 à New York. Ernie
Maresca est surtout connu pour avoir écrit ou co-écrit quelques-uns des plus
grands succès de Dion, y compris "Runaround
Sue" et "The Wanderer". Il est décédé le 8 Juillet 2015.
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.
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Record Label Executive
Style musical : Doo Wop, Rock 'n' Roll, Pop
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself
Out) (1962)
MARY JANE
(1962)
Down
On The Beach (1962)
Love
Express (1963)
Lorelei
(1963)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 08/1960 | SP SEVILLE 45-107 (US) | . | Lonesome Blues / I Don't Know Why |
| 02/1962 | SP SEVILLE 45-117 (US) | . |
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
/ Crying Like A Baby Over You |
| 06/1962 | SP SEVILLE 45-119 (US) |
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Mary Jane
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Down
On The Beach
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| 10/1962 | SP SEVILLE 45-122 (US) | . | Something To Shout About / How Many Times |
| 1962 | EP 33 t. SEVILLE SSP-1 (US) (promo) |
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
/ Someday You'll Change Your Ways /
Mary Jane
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Down
On The Beach
/ How I Cry
/ What Good Is Living |
| 04/1963 | SP SEVILLE 45-125 (US) | . |
Love Express
/
Lorelei
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| 12/1963 | SP SEVILLE 45-129 (US) | . | The Rovin' Kind / Please Be Fair |
| 02/1964 | SP RUST 5076 (US) | . | The Beetle Dance / Theme From Lily, Lily (instr.) |
| 10/1965 | SP SEVILLE 45-138 (US) | . | It's Their World / I Can't Dance |
| 05/1966 | SP LAURIE LR 3345 (US) | . | The Good Life / A Bum Can't Cry |
| 10/1966 | SP Providence 417 (US) | . | Rockin' Boulevard Street / Am I Better Off Than Them |
| 12/1966 | SP ARIOLA 19 192 AT (GER) |
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Rockin' Boulevard Street / Am I Better Off Than Them |
| 01/1967 | SP LAURIE LR 3371 (US) | . | My Son / My Shadow And Me |
| 02/1967 | SP ARIOLA 19 322 AT (GER) |
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My Son / My Shadow And Me |
| 05/1968 | SP LAURIE LR 3447 (US) | . | What Is A Marine / The Night My Papa Died |
| 04/1969 | SP LAURIE LR 3496 (US) | . | Blind Date / People Get Jealous |
| 09/1969 | SP LAURIE LR 3519 (US) | . | The Spirit Of Woodstock / Web Of Love |
| 1978 | SP LAURIE LR 3671 (US) | . | The Night My Poppa Died / Please Don't Play Me A Seven |
| 1979 | SP Dureco Benelux 41.96 (NL) |
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Golden Hit-Parade - Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) / Crying Like A Baby Over You |
| 1980 | SP LAURIE LR 3698 (US) | . | Medley (BELMONTS) / You're The Only Girl For Me (Ernie MARESCA) |
| 1982 | SP COLLECTABLES LDG 2120 (US) | . | Bobby's Girl (Marcie Blaine) / Shout, Shout (Knock Yourself Out) (Ernie MARESCA) |
| 1988 | SP LAURIE Double Gold LDG 120 (US) | . | Bobby's Girl (Marcie Blaine) / Shout, Shout (Knock Yourself Out) (Ernie MARESCA) |
| 19?? | SP SEVILLE Great Hits 5N-59057 (US) | . | Bobby's Girl (Marcie Blaine) / Shout, Shout (Knock Yourself Out) (Ernie MARESCA) |
| 19?? | SP LONDON 5N-59057 (US) | . | Bobby's Girl (Marcie Blaine) / Shout, Shout (Knock Yourself Out) (Ernie MARESCA) |
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Albums
| 1962 | LP 12" SEVILLE ? (US) |
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out / Some Day You'll Change Your Ways / They Don't Know / I Don't Know Why / Down On The Beach / Crying Like A Baby Over You / Mary Jane / What Good Is Living / How I Cry / I'm Gonna Make It Somehow / Subway Blues / Can't Forget About You |
| 07/1999 | LP 12" SEVILLE SEL 3 (US) |
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out / Some Day You'll Change Your Ways / They Don't Know / I Don't Know Why / Down On The Beach / Crying Like A Baby Over You / Mary Jane / What Good Is Living / How I Cry / I'm Gonna Make It Somehow / Subway Blues / Can't Forget About You / It's Their World |
| 08/2000 | CD Ace CDCHD 762 (UK) |
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The Original Wanderer - The Songs And Sounds Of Ernie Maresca - The Wanderer (Take 1) (DION) / Please Be Fair (Ernie MARESCA & The DEL SATINS) / Lonesome Boy (The REGENTS) / The Story Of Love (The DESIRES) / Unbelieveable (The RUNAROUNDS) / Child Of Clay (The 1929 DEPRESSION) / I Ask Of You (The DESIRES) / A Fool In Love (The REGENTS) / Happy Guy (NINO & The EBBTIDES) / Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) (Ernie MARESCA) / Remember Last Summer (The FOUR WINDS) / Donna The Prima Donna (Glen STUART CHORUS) / Runaround Sue (DION) / The Wanderer (FOREIGN INTRIGUE) / Come On, Little Angel (The BELMONTS) / Rockin' Boulevard Street (Ernie MARESCA & The BELMONTS) / Mi-A-Suri Talk (Mike TAYLOR) / Lorelei (Ernie MARESCA) / Runaround (The REGENTS) / When Will We Know (The FOUR GRADUATES) / Dream, Dream, Dream (The CHIFFONS) / Party Girl (Bernadette CARROLL) / Your Big Mistake (The DELRONS) / Whenever A Teenager Cries (The JEANS) / Down On The Beach (Ernie MARESCA) / Lovers Who Wander (Warren GRADUS) / Run, Run, Run (Sal CORRENTE) / Hot Rod City (Vocals) (The HUBCAPS) / You're The Only Girl For Me (Ernie MARESCA) / The Wanderer (song demo) (Ernie MARESCA) |
| 2013 | CD Hallmark 714432 (UK) |
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Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out / Some Day You'll Change Your Ways / They Don't Know / I Don't Know Why / Down On The Beach / Crying Like A Baby Over You / Mary Jane / What Good Is Living / How I Cry / I'm Gonna Make It Somehow / Subway Blues / Can't Forget About You |
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