viernes, diciembre 31, 2010

Nick Santamaria ( The Capris ) RIP

very sad to announce that Nick Santamaria lost his life to cancer yesterday. he was 69 years old. his most popular song with the capris was there's a moon out tonight.
One of the signature songs of the early 1960s doo-wop revival was “There’s a Moon Out Tonight” by The Capris from Queens, New York (not to be confused with a black Capris group from Philadelphia that recorded in the mid-’50s for Gotham Records). A Top 5 hit in 1961, “There’s a Moon Out Tonight” had actually been recorded three years earlier, and when the single broke wide open, The Capris--lead singer Nick Santo, first tenor Mike Mincelli, second tenor Frank Reina, baritone Vinnie Narcardo and bass John Caassese--didn’t even exist because the members had disbanded over a year earlier. But they came back…and kept coming back. In 1982 they recorded an album for Ambient Sound Records that produced yet another classic recording, “Morse Code of Love.

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jose luis harmonies dijo...

La luna ha salido esta noche, pero con un aire triste, sin duda. Gracias por la noticia, Benjamin.