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Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. (born December 4, 1939), known as Freddy Cannon, is an American rock and roll singer, whose biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", and "Palisades Park".
Freddy Picariello was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, moving to the neighboring town of Lynn as a child. His father worked as a truck driver and also played trumpet and sang in local bands. Freddy grew up listening to the rhythm and blues music of Big Joe Turner, Buddy Johnson and others on the radio, and learned to play guitar. After attending Lynn Vocation High School, he made his recording debut in 1955, singing and playing rhythm guitar on a single, "Cha-Cha-Do" by the Spindrifts, which became a local hit. He also played lead guitar on a session for an R&B vocal group, The G-Clefs, whose record "Ka-Ding Dong" made No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1956. At a young age he joined the National Guard, took a job driving a truck, married, and became a father.
When I first laid eyes on you
I got the urge to hold you
And the way you move your lips
I got the urge to kiss you
Every single little movement
Filled my heart with desire
And electric current through me
Like a forest fire
I got the urge, woo, to love you
Now, baby, turn the lights down low
I got the urge to hug you
Snuggle tighter in my arms
I got the urge to squeeze you
Be my loving doll forever
Let me carry you home
Cause I got a mind to marry you
And make you my own
I got the urge, woo, to love you
Well, the way I feel for you
Scares me half to death
I have to calm down
Just to catch my breath
I'm counting ten (nine)
Eight (seven) six (five)
Four (three) two, one
Have you heard
I got the urge
I got the urge
I got the urge, woo, to love you
Yeah, woo
Well, the way I feel for you
Scares me half to death
I have to calm down
Just to catch my breath
I'm counting ten (nine)
Eight (seven) six (five)
Four (three) two, one
I got the urge
I got the urge
I got the urge, woo, to love you
Yeah, move it