Johnny Maestro, the golden-voiced singer behind The Crests' "Sixteen Candles" and The Brooklyn Bridge's "Worst That Could Happen," died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 70.

*Singer/Trumpeter Johnny Britt sings and plays his smooth muted trumpet on his jazzy rendition of the 1964 classic “Walk On By.” Originally made famous by Dionne Warwick … this classic has been sung ...

Singer Johnny Maestro of the rock 'n' 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 ...

Johnny Walker ’24 always wanted to play tackle football. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a very good flag football player as a pre-teen, and he loved watching the NFL on television, rooting on ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Johnny Maestro, 70, a singer who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit ’16 ...

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WESTAMPTON – You don’t need to travel far or pay big bucks to enjoy the greatest hits from the likes of Neal Diamond, Hall & Oates, Johnny Maestro and more this summer. Tribute and cover bands from ...

On this day (May 1) in 1956, Johnny Cash released his signature hit “I Walk the Line.” It became his first No. 1 single and sold millions of copies. Today, more than sixty years later, the track ...

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NEW YORK — Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit “16 Candles” with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, ...

Johnny Maestro, lead singer on the Crests’ doo-wop evergreen “16 Candles” and co-founder of the ’60s vocal act the Brooklyn Bridge, died Wednesday in Florida of cancer. He was 70. Born John ...