Artist:Ernie Maresca
Song:Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)
Album:Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)
Ernie Maresca was a successful songwriter before he scored a top ten hit with the 1962 single Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out). He continued to release singles. But he only recorded one album and never charted again. He was born Aug. 21, 1938 in The Bronx, NY. Maresca started out in the doo wop group The Monterays who became The Desires. After Maresca left the group, they became The Regents and they scored a big hit with Barbara Ann. Maresca's big break came when his demo for No One Knows got the attention of Dion DiMucci and Dion and the Belmonts had a hit with it. He continued to have success when Dion went solo. Maresca wrote Runaround Sue and The Wanderer. Edward Kassner offered Maresca a record contract with his label Seville Records. Maresca told Kassner that he wasn't much of a singer. Kassner didn't care. Maresca wrote Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out). It was his third single and it reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's basically Runaround Sue with new lyrics. So listeners probably thought it was a Dion record. The backup vocals were by the doo wop group The Del-Satins. It was produced by session guitarist Billy Mure who recorded instrumental albums as Supersonic Guitar. The album was recently reissued by Jasmine Records. Though Maresca continued to record, he never charted again. By the 70s Maresca worked for Laurie Records until he sold their back catalog to EMI in 1992. He continued to work for EMI administrating Laurie's publishing. Ernie Maresca died on July 8, 2015 at age 76. Here's a video for Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) by Ernie Maresca.
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