Ernie Maresca

Ernest "Ernie" Maresca (born August 21, 1939,The Bronx, New York) is an American singer-songwriter and record company executive, best known for writing or co-writing some of Dion's biggest hits.

He began singing and writing in a doo-wop group, The Regents, who later had a hit with "Barbara Ann". His song "No-One Knows" came to the attention of Dion DiMucci, who recorded it successfully with The Belmonts on Laurie Records, the record reaching #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart in 1958. Maresca then began songwriting full time, writing "Runaround Sue" with Dion, and then "The Wanderer" - his biggest success, although his run of hits with Dion continued with "Lovers Who Wander" and "Donna the Prima Donna".

In 1961, he was offered a recording contract with Seville, a small New York label. His protestations that he was not much of a singer were brushed aside, and he wrote a hit for himself, "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)", which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1962. He continued to record, with less success, for the remainder of the 1960s, but also continued as a writer with hits including "Whenever a Teenager Cries" for Reparata and the Delrons, and "Party Girl" for Bernadette Carroll. He also wrote, along with Jimmy Curtiss, the Jimmie F. Rodgers' 1967 comeback (and last) hit, "Child of Clay". By the 1970s he was head of Laurie Records' publicity department, and continued as a record company executive.

Shout Shout

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Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Hey we're having a party now it's just begun
We're all over here and we're having fun
Joe's all alone and he wants to be kissed
While Mary's in the corner and she's doing the twist
So Let's Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Hey Play another song like A Runaround Sue,
Let's do a dance that we all can do
Turn that jukebox up mighty loud,
Let's liven up this crazy crowd
Comeon Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
Every party that I intend
Believe now it's the livin end
Moving and groovin with some friends of mine
Saturday night now we're having a time
So Lets. Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Hey Doing the fly with our hands in the sky
Yeah, foot stomping baby just a you and I
School was out about a quarter to three
And we're having fun it's plain to see
So Lets. Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
Wop wop wop, wop wop adada dada
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Teacher had sex with 13-year-old student, got pregnant, authorities say

Edit Springfield News-Sun 02 Jun 2016

A Texas teacher accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student turned herself in to police Wednesday. According to KTRK, Alexandria Vera, 24, of Houston is accused of sexually abusing the boy, who was an eighth-grade student in her English class at Stovall Middle School last summer ... Read more trending stories ... Read more here ... ....

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U.S. Army vet Claude Copeland, center, "is joined by protesting veterans, as he speaks during a press briefing outside a Donald Trump press conference, Tuesday May 31, 2016, in New York.

Protesters punch, throw eggs at Trump supporters in San Jose

Edit Atlanta Journal 03 Jun 2016

A group of protesters attacked Donald Trump supporters who were leaving the candidate's rally in San Jose on Thursday night. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person was pelted with an egg and Trump hats grabbed from supporters were set on fire on the ground. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests, but police had declared the gathering an unlawful assembly about a half-hour after the rally ended ... Hong) ... ....

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File - An old thirsty man sells bananas on the road side, while drinking water, on a very hot day, May 1, 2016 in Jammu, India.

The Earth's descent into the Sixth Circle of Hell plotted out by US scientists

Edit The Independent 02 Jun 2016

The US Geological Survey has produced an animation showing how the Earth’s temperature has risen from 1850 to the present day – and how it might continue towards a point described by one leading commentator as “the sixth circle of Hell” ... The spiral animation, with the figures for each year building up from a central core, went viral on social media with more than 2.5 million shares on one Facebook page alone....

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Researchers: King Tut's Iron Dagger Composed Of Materials Of Meteoritic Origins

Edit WorldNews.com 02 Jun 2016

New research not only suggests an iron dagger buried with King Tutankhamen was made from a meteorite, but the ancient Egyptians knew exactly what they were working with, CNN reported Thursday.Archaeologists and historians have been fascinated with the life and death of the boy-king along with his mummified remains and mysterious objects found in his tomb since their discovery in the 1920s....

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Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco

Former richest self-made US woman now worth nothing

Edit Times Union 02 Jun 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Forbes has revised the net worth of the woman it crowned America's richest self-made woman last year from $4.5 billion to nothing ... ....

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Spring Pops Concert Kicks Off Spring Arts Slate at Mercersburg (Mercersburg Academy)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Apr 2016

(Source. Mercersburg Academy). The Spring Pops Concert will be held Saturday, April 9, at 8 p.m. in the Burgin Center for the Arts' Simon Theatre ... Allen/Simmons, Gottwald, and Coumo, arranged by Deke Sharon; 'Runaround Sue' by Ernie Maresca and Dion DiMucci, arranged by Emerson; and 'Can't Feel My Face' by Tesfaye, Martin, Kotecha, Payami, and Svensson, arranged by Rotz ... Original Document ... (noodl. 32893537) ....

Many prominent people involved with oldies pop music died during 2015

Edit The Examiner 04 Jan 2016

During the year 2015, there were a number of noteworthy deaths of prominent and influential people in connection with American oldies pop music. Included among the departed solo singers were Percy Sledge, Lesley Gore, B.B. King, Ben E. King and Natalie Cole, and this article attempts to remember those who died in 2015 and left their legacies for fans of oldies music to enjoy forever ... Cause of death ... SONG SAMPLE ... ERNIE MARESCA (76, July 8)....

Meat Loaf answers the question – what is “That”?

Edit The Examiner 23 Oct 2015

Dion started a two-week run at No.1 on the U.S. singles music chart in 1961 with “Runaround Sue”. The song is co-written by Dion and Ernie Maresca and tells the story of a disloyal lover. “Run Around Sue” ranked No.342 on the Rolling Stone list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. The song was later covered by Leif Garrett in 1977. In 1978 Leif’s song reached No.13 on the Billboard, No.18 on Cash Box and No.15 in Canada ... No.1 ... No.1 hit....

Rightscorp Announces Contract Renewal with The Bicycle Music Company

Edit Stockhouse 18 Aug 2015

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rightscorp (OTCQB ... Bicycle's song catalog includes works by Roy Ayers, Glen Ballard, Marty Balin, Sammy Cahn, Wes Farrell, The Fixx, Foghat, Marvin Hamlisch, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Montell Jordan, Cyndi Lauper, Ernie Maresca, Marilyn Manson, Night Ranger, Nine Inch Nails, Jim Peterik, Pete Seeger, Third Eye Blind, Tammy Wynette and Dwight Yoakam ... About Rightscorp, Inc ... ....

Rightscorp Announces Contract Renewal with The Bicycle Music Company Catalog Includes the Works of Robert Johnson, Nine Inch Nails, Glen Ballard and Pete Seeger, Among Others.

Edit PR Newswire 18 Aug 2015

Ernie Maresca: An appreciation

Edit The Examiner 14 Jul 2015

He did in fact sing a bit, but Ernie Maresca, ......

ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAMER DION ON FAME, MUSIC, DRUG ADDICTION AND RELIGION.

Edit The Examiner 06 Jul 2015

BY ELLIOT STEPHEN COHEN. "I first started asking questions when I saw my friend Frankie Lyman (who sang "Why Do Fools Fall In Love") die in the winter of '68," recalls Dion, speaking about his religious conversion. "He was only 26 years old. I had been hanging out with him, using drugs ... DION ... What was the inspiration for "The Wanderer," which you co-wrote with Ernie Maresca? It seems you had the perfect image and attitude to do the song ... ....

Recalling some great recording artists who performed using 1-word stage name

Edit The Examiner 16 Feb 2015

It's not a rarity in the world of American popular music for recording artists to attain success using a one-word stage name on record labels and in public performances. Such names as Dion, Annette, Donovan and Fabian may immediately come to mind, but there were quite a few other artists with one-word monikers ... [EDITOR'S NOTE ... The chart-topping "RUNAROUND SUE" (1961), with backing by The Del-Satins on a song composed by Ernie Maresca....

Rightscorp Signs Agreement With The Bicycle Music Company

Edit PR Newswire 14 Aug 2014

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rightscorp (OTCQB ... ... Bicycle's song catalog includes works by Roy Ayers, Glen Ballard, Marty Balin, Sammy Cahn, Wes Farrell, The Fixx, Foghat, Marvin Hamlisch, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Montell Jordan, Cyndi Lauper, Ernie Maresca, Marilyn Manson, Night Ranger, Nine Inch Nails, Jim Peterik, Pete Seeger, Third Eye Blind, Tammy Wynette and Dwight Yoakam ... ....

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