The Rockin' Jesters
The Rockin' Jesters
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About The Rockin' Jesters
MY BIRTH NAME IS THOMAS E. NAZZIOLA THE NAME OF MY BAND WAS THE ROCKIN' JESTERS, FOR OVER 50 YEARS. ONE OF MY ARTIST NAMES WAS TOMMY ELLSWORTH. I HAD WRITTEN AND RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SONGS:" I WAS TOO BLIND", "YOUR LIPS", "TIARA"; AND "ROCKBOTTOM". I RECORDED THESE SONGS IN 1958 ON OKLAHOMA RECORDS. JERRY CALLACINO SHARED IN THE WRITING OF TIARA AND ROCKBOTTOM. I ALSO RECORDED :"TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT" AND "I WISH WE WERE STILL TOGETHER", WHICH THE LATTER OF THE TWO WAS WRITTEN BY ROSEMARIE MCCOY. ROREMARIE ALSO WROTE "I BEG OF YOU" FOR ELVIS PRESLY. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE TWO SONGS WERE NEVER RELEASED BECAUSE THE RECORD COMPANY HAD BREACHED MY CONTRACT. I RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SONGS, UNDER THE NAME OF TOMMY ELLSWORTH AND THE ROCKIN' JESTERS: "ON THE STREET OF REGRET" AND "WAIT FOR ME", THE RECORD COMPANY WAS ROMAINE RECORDS. ON THE STREET OF REGRET WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY FRANKIE LANE. "WAIT FOR ME" WAS WRITTEN BY TOM CHIANTI OF JERSEY CITY. TOM CHIANTI WAS MY MANAGER DURING THE EARLY SIXTIES. I WOULD LOVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM, BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE IS. I ALSO RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SONGS ON BARO RECORDS: "I'VE BEEN AROUND" AND "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME", WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY FATS DOMINO. BARO RECORDS WAS MY OWN RECORD COMPANY. I ALSO RECORDED : "BLACK AND BLUE", WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY FRANKIE LANE. AL CHIOLA WAS OUR A&R MAN ON THE RECORDING SESSION. THE RECORD COMPANY WAS SCOTT RECORDS. UNFORTUNATELY, DISC-JOCKIES WOULD NOT PLAY BLACK AND BLUE BECAUSE THE WORDS REFERENCED A PERSON THAT WAS BLUE BECAUSE THEY WERE BLACK. WE EVEN CHANGED THE LYRICS. THAT, IN MY OPINION, WAS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS WE EVER RECORDED. I ALSO RECORDED "SONG FOR A SUMMER NIGHT" AND "RUBY DUBI DO", WHICH WERE BOTH INSTRUMENTALS. MY GROUP, THE ROCKIN' JESTERS, IS IN THE ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME FOR MY RECORDING OF "I WAS TOO BLIND". THE MEMBERS OF THE ROCKIN JESTERS VARIED OVER THE YEARS, WHO WERE TOM CAVALUCCI, FRANKIE CUPO, JERRY CALACCINO, FRANKIE BLUNDA, JOEY BLUNDA, ANGELO VALENTI, JOHN CALLARUSSO, GARY CARLSON, MARK VILLA, OTIS HENDERSON, KARNIE NAGARIAN, BOB BROWN, VINNIE CALLABRICE, GABE NAZZIOLA, MIAMI MONDAY, STEVE ROXY, JASON NAZZIOLA, TOM NAZZIOLA JR., SCOTT GENTILE, TIDO HALTKAMP, DAVE GERARDIN, MILTON SLUCHSINGER, BOBBY BLOOM, FRANK PECORA, FRANK CATUCUSO AND EDDIE RAZZILO. WHO EVER IS READING THIS, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE A CALL TO DISCUSS OTHER AREAS OF MY LIFE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOMAS E. NAZZIOLA 336-287-9928.
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