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THE JOURNEY BEGAN, AUGUST 10, 1940 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. DUE TO MY MOTHER'S DRIVE, BOTH MY SISTER AND I BEGAN DEVELOPING
SKILLS IN SONG AND DANCE. AFTER MANY RADIO APPEARANCES IN CLEVELAND WE RE-LOCATED TO HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA WHERE WE FURTHER
HONED OUR SKILLS AND THEY PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ON STAGE WITH FRANK SINATRA, DANNY KAYE, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
AND DOROTHY DANDRIDGE AT THE TAIL END OF VAUDEVILLE. THE NEXT STEP WAS FILMS INCLUDING, "THE GLASS WALL", WITH GLORIA GRAHAME
AND VITTORIO GASMAN, "GO FOR BROKE", WITH VAN JOHNSON AND IN 1953 A STARRING ROLE IN ,"THE EDDIE CANTOR STORY", PLAYING EDDIE
CANTOR AS A BOY. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PERFORM SIX SONGS AND ONE DANCE SEQUENCE IN THE FILM. THREE YEARS LATER I HAD A FEATURED
ROLE IN, "THE MIDNIGHT STORY", STARRING TONY CURTIS, GILBERT ROLAND AND MARISA PAVAN. ALTHOUGH I CONTINUED ACTING IN PLAYS
AND FILMS MY INTERESTS WERE TURNING TO ACADEMICS, PIANO AND SONG WRITING. THE MUSIC AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE
A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THROUGH MY COLLEGE YEARS. MY FIRST RECORD WAS RELEASED A YEAR BEFORE I GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN MATHMATICS.
I HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR IT ON THE RADIO AND I WAS HOOKED. ALTHOUGH IT TOOK OVER A HUNDRED RELEASES OF MY SONGS BEFORE I HAD
A HIT I WAS DRIVEN TO SUCCEED. I NOW HAD A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN AND TIMES WERE TOUGH BUT I WAS USED TO IT AND WHEN MY FIRST
CHARTED SONG, SOUL DRIPPIN' BY THE MAUDS OUT OF CHICAGO, WAS HITTING I GAINED A SMALL FOOTHOLD. EVENTUALLY MY SONGS WERE RECORDED
BY, TOM JONES, GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP, KENNY ROGERS, ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, FRANKIE LAINE, SAMMY DAVIS JR., GLENN
YARBROUGH, JERRY WALLACE, JANE OLIVOR, THE STANDELLS, SYL JOHNSON, Z.Z. HILL, TED TAYLOR, PAPA JOHN CREACH, WOLFMAN JACK,
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, RUFUS, THE CHI-LITES, THE MAGIC LANTERNS, CARL CARLTON, RINGO STARR AND MANY OTHERS TOTALLING AROUND
SIX HUNDRED RECORDINGS. I ALSO WON THE JAPANESE SONG FESTIVAL WITH A SONG PERFORMED BY BARBI BENTON AND ALSO ONE OF THE TOP
PRIZES IN THE AMERICAN SONG FESTIVAL. MY BIGGEST SELLING RECORD WAS ONE I PRODUCED ON MYSELF UNDER THE NAME, DADDY DEWDROP.
ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAD ONE HIT UNDER THIS NAME I DID END UP ON THE WALL OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN THE ONE HIT WONDERS
ROOM. ALONG WITH MY SONGS I ALSO PRODUCED MANY ARTISTS INCLUDING THE HUDSON BROTHERS WHICH INCLUDED MARK HUDSON, BILL HUDSON
AND BRETT HUDSON. MARK IS A FAMED ARTIST WHO PRODUCED AND WROTE FOR AEROSMITH, RINGO, OZZIE, CELINE DION, BAHA MEN,
HANSON AND MANY OTHERS. MARK WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT ON,(ALL BY HIMSELF), THE BACKGROUND VOCALS FOR, "IT'S A GOOD DAY", ON
MY ALBUM. HE INVENTED AND PERFORMED ALL THE PARTS AND I FELT IT DESERVED A SPECIAL SPOT ON THE ALBUM WHERE THE CREDITS READ,
FEATURING MARK HUDSON AND HIS TRIBUTE TO HARRY NILSSON. SOME OF MY OTHER PRODUCTIONS INCLUDED PAPA JOHN CREACH, TED
TAYLOR, WOLFMAN JACK, PRISCILLA PARIS AND MANY OTHER TALENTED ARTISTS. IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE COMPLETED SEVERAL
SCREEN PLAYS AND ONE WHICH I COMMITTED TO DIGITAL VIDEO. IT IS CALLED,"THE ARTICHOKES", AND THE SONG ON MY ALBUM, "I SMELLED
THE ROSES", IS THE CENTER PIECE OF THE FILM. ALL OF THESE TWIST AND TURNS HAVE BROUGHT ME TO WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW AND I THOUGHT
IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE MUSIC I HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL MY LIFE TO DO. I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE SAMPLES I INCLUDED
IN THE WEB SITE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
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