Born Frederick Anthony Picariello in Revere, Massachusetts, he grew up in the North Boston suburb of Lynn. He learned to play guitar as a boy and in high school formed a band. Singing vocals, he emulated the hard-driving style of singing star Little Richard. Picariello eventually signed with Swan Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a recording studio in which master music promoter Dick Clark had an interest and who brought him national exposure through numerous appearances on the television program, American Bandstand.
In 1959 and the early 1960s, singing under the stage name, Freddy Cannon, and dubbed "Boom Boom" because of his thundering musical renditions, he had three top ten hits.
A resident of Tarzana, California, Freddy Cannon continues to put on a rollicking performance at assorted concert venues.
But FreddyCannon was a true believer, a rocker to the bone.
FreddyCannon made rock & roll records; great noisy rock & roll records and all of them were infused with a gigantic drum beat that was an automatic invitation to shake it on down anyplace there was a spot to dance.
Cannon could genuinely rock and on two of his very best records -- "Talahassee Lassie" and "Buzz-Buzz-A-Diddle-It" -- FreddyCannon supplies his own electric rhythm guitar, with his scrappy work on the latter record being particularly effective.
FreddyCannon was born Frederick Picariello on December 4, 1940, in Revere, Massachusetts.
Cannon attended Lynn Vocation High School and by the time he was sixteen he had taught himself how to play the guitar and formed a small combo - the Hurricanes.
FreddyCannon was a true believer, a rocker to the bone, who didn't let the lack of top-notch skills stand in the way of putting his heart into his vocals and his enthusiasm is infectious.
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