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Addrisi Brothers
American pop vocal duo
The Addrisi Brothers were an American popduo from Winthrop, Massachusetts. The brothers themselves were Donald "Don" Addrisi (December 14, 1938 – November 13, 1984(1984-11-13) (aged 45))[1] and Richard "Dick" Addrisi (born (1941-07-04) July 4, 1941 (age 83)).[2]
Biography
Both Don and Dick played parts in their family's acrobatic group, The Flying Addrisis. In the 1950s, they got in touch with Lenny Bruce about starting a singing career and moved to California.[3] They auditioned for parts on the Mickey Mouse Club, but were rejected.[4] Soon after, however, they signed to Del-Fi Records and recorded several singles.[5] Aside from the modest charthit "Cherrystone" (1959), these were not successes.[5] Further releases from Imperial Records and Warner Bros. Records fared no better, so the pair began working more as songwriters.[5]
The Addrisi Brothers' biggest success as a songwriting duo was "Never My Love", a hit for The Association; the b
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Never My Love
1967 single by The Association
"Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Don and Dick Addrisi, and best known from a hit 1967 recording by the Association. The Addrisi Brothers had two Top 40 hits as recording artists, but their biggest success as songwriters was "Never My Love". Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, in 1999 the music publishing rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) announced it was the second most-played song on radio and television of the 20th century in the U.S.[5]
History
The first recording of "Never My Love" to achieve success was by the Association, an American sunshine pop band from California. Their version of the song, recorded with members of the Wrecking Crew,[6] peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, kept out of the number one spot by "The Letter" by the Box Tops,[7] and hit number one on the Cashbox charts in October 1967, one of the band's five top-ten hits in the late 1960s.[8] Their third number 1 on the Cash
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THE ADDRISI BROTHERS
Dick (Richard) Addrisi, born 4 July 1941, Winthrop, Massachusetts. Don (Donald) Addrisi, born 14 December 1938, Winthrop, Massachusetts. Died 13 November 1984, California.
Born near Boston of Hispanic descent, Dick and Don Addrisi were destined to become entertainers. Their parents were the Flying Addrisis, a famous travelling trapeze act. Around 1957 the family moved to Los Angeles, where the brothers auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club. Not being as cute as Annette, they lost the audition, but got involved instead in the L.A. music scene, especially as practiced by other Hispanics like Ritchie Valens, Chan Romero and the Carlos Brothers (the Del-Fi connection). They attended college while continuing to pursue their show biz ambitions. To this end, they studied composition and arranging techniques and the two became songwriters/performers. In 1958, they were the youngest act to play Las Vegas. That year they also had their first record release : "I'll Be True"/"Everybody Happy" on an obscure local label, Brad Records.
Following the death of Ritchie Valen
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