Saturday, February 17, 2018

Susie-Q



Jimmy Cicero






Susie-Q

Penthouse P-621





James Stanley Cicero


 
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area Jimmy Cicero started playing piano and singing professionally when he was about 12  His mother encouraged him to take piano lessons as a child.   His mother played saxophone and sang. She worked in a band with Jimmy’s aunt who played piano for many, many years in the East Bay Area.

“My first gig was singing at a church dance.”
That was in 1957, two years after Elvis Presley’s emergence and three years into the rock ’n’ roll era. 
 
Also a composer.  Three of his songs have been placed in a Francis Ford Coppolla film. It's called "The Florentine".



3 comments:

  1. Hi!

    LOTS of "info." about this song/record but NO date of release??!! Please, any help?

    Cheers!
    Ciao! For now.
    rntcj

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    1. Dear Pointillus Anonymous, I'd say 1962 (from the flip copyright date)

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