Biography of the addrisi brothers

American pop vocal duo

The Addrisi Brothers were an American popduo from Winthrop, Massachusetts.

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The brothers themselves were Donald "Don" Addrisi (December 14, 1938 – November 13, 1984(1984-11-13) (aged 45))^[1] and Richard "Dick" Addrisi (born (1941-07-04) July 4, 1941 (age 83)).^[2]

Biography

Both Don and Dick played parts in their family's acrobatic group, The Flying Addrisis.

In the 1950s, they got in touch with Lenny Bruce about starting a singing career and moved to California.^[3] They auditioned for parts on the Mickey Mouse Club, but were rejected.^[4] Soon after, however, they signed to Del-Fi Records and recorded several singles.^[5] Aside from the modest charthit "Cherrystone" (1959), these were not successes.^[5] Further releases from Imperial Records and Warner Bros.

Records fared no better, so the pair began working more as songwriters.^[5]

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