Trivia

1. You select the Inductess to be announced January 2010. 2. You suggest future Nominees, your favorites for next year.

This past year over a quarter-million Internet fans voted. I encourage you to invite your friends to cast their votes for their favorites and they'll also be able to suggest recordings stars who might be honored in the future by the Nominating Committee.

Qualifications for nomination require an artist to have had at least two top ten hits of any genre during a thirty year period beginning in 1950.

It is the vote of fans, coupled with other factors such as career longevity, record sales and concert success that are then voted on by the nominating committee at the end of each year with inductees and nominees for the New Year announced shortly thereafter.

The Angels, Til (1961)

Linda Jansen (lead vocals)

Sisters Barbara Allbut and Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut and Linda Jansen had their first hit in 1961, "Till," followed by "Cry Baby Cry."

Both songs were released on Gerry Granahan's Caprice label.

Linda left and was replaced by Peggy Santiglia, (formerly with Denise Ferri in The Delicates, featured in my 1962 Twist-a-rama revue.)

In 1963 , the trio then signed on to the Smash label and recorded

"My Boyfriend's Back," which reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and led to an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.

Go to ANGELS PAGE

Beach Party movies were an American 1960s genre of feature films which often starred Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. The films combined music, romance, and slapstick comedy, notable for portraying wholesome, fun-loving teens cavorting and living in beach houses free from intrusive parents or authority figures. The films helped popularize surfing, surf music, the twist and often included performances by well-known pop groups, Beach Boys,

Supremes, Animals, Little Richard, and the Righteous Brothers. The AIP film not featuring Annette and Frankie was (7) Ride the Wild Surf with Fabian and Shelley Fabares in 1964.

1963, a Clay Cole stage show appearance at the St George Theatre on Staten Island, with my "boys" -- Freddie Cannon, Kenny Dino, Tony Orlando and Bobby Vee.

Kenny Dino Website

Kenny was hot as a pistol with "You're Mom Said You Cried In

Your Sleep Last Night."

New! Hear a rare interview with Queens-native, Kenny Dino on the

Ronnie Allen Radio Hour

Kenny Dino-Ronnie Allen Interview

1. Here Comes Summer

2. Riding In My Van

3. Hollywood's My Stop

4. I Carry The Music

5. Shy Boy

6. Outside The Gates Of Heaven

7. Teenager In Love

8. I'm Gonna Get Married

9. Big Time

10. Rake Up The Leaves

11. Guitars & Bongos

12. Make Summer Last Forever

13. Summer In Malibu

Plus a Bonus Track, Lou's

current Internet hit

"Non So Perche"

To Order: Lou Christie.com

Marcia Habib

Paul Anka

JoAnn Campbell

Dion DiMucci

Chuck Jackson

Diane Renay

Gary Stites

Mick Jagger

Tab Hunter

Ringo Starr

Steve Lawrence

Ed "Kookie" Byrnes

Robin Williams

Evelyn "Champagne" King

Linda Ronstad

Phoebe Snow

Martha Reeves

Arlo Guthrie

Bonnie Pointer

Carlos Santana

Maureen McGovern

Kim Carnes

Bill Withers

Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)

Rufus Wainwright

Don Henley

George Clinton

Bill Withers

Emil Stuccio (The Classics) Fred Schneider (The B-52's)

Debbie Harry (Blondie)

David Lynch (The Platters)

Huey Lewis ( & The News)

Robbie Robertson (The Band)

David Hodo (Village People)

Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)

Marky Ramone (Ramones)

Chet McCracKen

(Doobie Brothers)

Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)

Jeff Hana

(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Christine McVie

(Fleetwood Mac)

Roger McGuinn (Byrds)

John Lodge (Moody Blues)

Brian May (Queen)

Roger Taylor (Queen)

George Cummings (Dr. Hook)

Thursday (July 2), New York's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex displayed a multitude of Michael Jackson-related memorabilia celebrating the late singer's record-breaking career.

The artifacts cover all corners of Jackson's work. There are handwritten lyrics to a handful of his biggest hits, including "Billie Jean," "Beat It" and "Bad." Fans of "We Are the World" are in for a particular treat, as the lyrics to the song (co-written with Lionel Ritchie) are a part of the collection, as is the stunning gold-beaded black jacket Jackson wore in the all-star music video. In fact, there are a number of iconic items from Jackson's videos in the collection, including a pair of black leather gloves worn by Jackson in the "Beat It" video.

But perhaps the most fascinating item is one from deep in Jackson's past: An official Motown Records identification card issued to Jackson when he and the rest of the Jackson 5 signed with the label in 1968.

Most of the items on display came directly from Jackson's private collection and were donated to the museum before he died. Like many places celebrating Jackson's life, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex has become something of a makeshift shrine, with people leaving notes, pictures, flowers and gifts outside the building in honor of the King of Pop.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is also getting in on the action, adding a number of extra Jackson-related items to their already-impressive display. They've put out one of the Grammys Jackson won for Thriller in 1984, the red leather jacket from the "Thriller" video, the outfit he wore in the Martin Scorsese-directed "Bad" clip and a Rick Baker-designed mask Jackson wore during performances of "Thriller" on the tours for Dangerous and HIStory.

Michael Jackson remembered

When Chubby Checker first performed and danced the twist on a hot August night in 1960 on my Summer Show at Palisades Amusement Park, he launched a world-wide dance craze, four major motion pictures, and drew adults to the dance floor for the very first time, twistin’ their nights away at clubs, lounges and parties.

To celebrate the Twist phenomenon of the early 60s, Ace Records (UK) has released a new CD in their "Land of 1000 Dances" series with an "All Twist Edition, with 30 hits from rock ’n’ rollers (Bill Haley, Danny and the Juniors), R&B greats (Isley Brothers, Freddie King, Linda Hopkins), European Pop royalty (Petula Clark), hipster (Louis Prima), doo woppers (the Zircons, the Marcels), hillbillies (the Sprouts) twist legends (Joey Dee) and me, repeating "Twist Around the Clock!" and much more. It was 50 summers ago in reality, but who’s counting?

In the 21st century, the next time Bill O"Reilly is reporting on a new outbreak of some fever of another, it might just be "Twist Fever".

Shake it up baby, we got a new dance and it goes like this: come on everybody let’s twist – around the clock! “Eee-aaah, Yeah, just like this….”

To Order: AMAZON (UK)

Pete Best, the legendary original drummer for the Beatles is teaming with Maryland-based Performance Video and NY concert promoter Sid Bernstein for a multimedia production called "Best of the Beatles," which will hit a handful of venues this summer. The first half of the show is a four-part Beatles tribute by the group REPETE, which will include never-before-seen pics of Best's days, as well as narrative from Best and Bernstein about the early days of the band. The Pete Best Band will then take the stage to perform the rock 'n' roll that Best played with the Beatles, including "Love Me Do" and the band's first release, "My Bonnie."

See Pete Best page