RIP Johnny Maestro (Crests, Brooklyn Bridge)

[John Quincy]

NEW YORK — Singer Johnny Maestro of the rock-and-roll and doo-wop band The Brooklyn Bridge has died.

Original band member Les Cauchi says Maestro died late Wednesday in Florida. Maestro was 70 and had been battling cancer. His last residence was in Cape Coral, Fla.

Maestro begin his career in the 1950s with The Crests, whose hits included "16 Candles."

He later joined The Brooklyn Bridge, which has continued to perform.

Cauchi said the group performed its hit, "The Worst That Could Happen," on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Other well-known songs include "Blessed is the Rain" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."

[bruiser]

RIP Johnny Mastrangelo. Johnny had one of the best voices of the rock era, and was still performing up to a few months ago. Johnny's voice powered The Crests, one of the first integrated groups, on such hits as "16 Candles", "Step By Step", "Trouble In Paradise", "The Angels Listened In", and others, as well as the million selling "Worst That Could Happen" by The Brooklyn Bridge.

Johnny left The Crests around '60 or '61, and did not have much success as a solo act. A few years later he met The Del Satins, who had backed up Dion after Dion and The Belmonts split. He also met a brass band. The three acts combined and formed The Brooklyn Bridge.

RIP Johnny

Thanks John for posting this. Johnny was one of my favorite singers. Check him out on youtube.