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The Rockin' Jesters
12+ albums
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MY BIRTH NAME IS THOMAS E. NAZZIOLA THE NAME OF MY BAND WAS THE ROCKIN' JESTERS, FOR OVER 50 YEARS. ONE OF MY ARTIST NAMES WAS TOMMY ELLSWORTH. I HAD WRITTEN AND RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SONGS:" I WAS TOO BLIND", "YOUR LIPS", "TIARA"; AND "ROCKBOTTOM". I RECORDED THESE SONGS IN 1958 ON OKLAHOMA RECORDS. JERRY CALLACINO SHARED IN THE WRITING OF TIARA AND ROCKBOTTOM. I ALSO RECORDED :"TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT" AND "I WISH WE WERE STILL TOGETHER", WHICH THE LATTER OF THE TWO WAS WRITTEN BY ROSEMARIE MCCOY. ROREMARIE ALSO WROTE "I BEG OF YOU" FOR ELVIS PRESLY. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE TWO SONGS WERE NEVER RELEASED BECAUSE THE RECORD COMPANY HAD BREACHED MY CONTRACT. I RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SONGS, UNDER THE NAME OF TOMMY ELLSWORTH AND THE ROCKIN' JESTERS: "ON THE STREET OF REGRET" AND "WAIT FOR ME", THE RECORD COMPANY WAS ROMAINE RECORDS. ON THE STREET OF REGRET WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY FRANKIE LANE. "WAIT FOR ME" WAS WRITTEN BY TOM CHIANTI OF JERSEY CITY. TOM CHIANTI WAS MY MANAGER DURING THE EARLY SIXTIES. I WOULD LOVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM, BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE IS. I ALSO RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SONGS ON BARO RECORDS: "I'VE BEEN AROUND" AND "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME", WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY FATS DOMINO. BARO RECORDS WAS MY OWN RECORD COMPANY. I ALSO RECORDED : "BLACK AND BLUE", WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY FRANKIE LANE. AL CHIOLA WAS OUR A&R MAN ON THE RECORDING SESSION. THE RECORD COMPANY WAS SCOTT RECORDS. UNFORTUNATELY, DISC-JOCKIES WOULD NOT PLAY BLACK A
