Song:Worst That Could Happen
Album:Tunesmith: The Songs Of Jimmy Webb
I've talked a bit about Johnny Maestro and his group Brooklyn Bridge. The 1969 hit Worst That Could Happen was their one top five hit. Of course Maestro was the lead singer of the doo wop group The Crests and sang lead on Sixteen Candles. Maestro continued to perform on his own until The Del-Satins were looking for a new lead singer in 1967. The members of that group were Fred and Tom Ferrara, Les Cauchi and Bobby Fiela. Maestro joined in 1968. They saw a horn band called The Rhythm Method and got together and renamed themselves Brooklyn Bridge. They signed with Buddah Records and were produced by Wes Farrell. If you see pics of the group, they updated their look. But their music was clearly based on their doo wop roots. Worst That Could Happen reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a note for note copy of the 1967 version recorded by The Fifth Dimension. It was written by legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb who had plenty of success with songs like McArthur Park, Wichita Lineman and Up, Up & Away. You can find out more about Webb on this 2CD various artists comp from Raven Records. Brooklyn Bridge were never able to duplicate the success of Worst That Could Happen. So they downsized the band and Maestro, Fred Ferrara and Cauchi continue to tour and record occasionally today. Here's The Brooklyn Bridge performing Worst That Could Happen on Cousin Brucie's Rock 'N' Roll Party.
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