Johnny and the Hurricanes

Johnny and the Hurricanes were an American rock and roll band, which was an international success early 1960s with rock instrumentals.

Band History

Head and the only permanent member of the band was Johnny Paris. For the school band, he learned to play the saxophone. Since his parents were from Poland and he was raised in the Polish-born community of Roddford, he founded the first Black Cats, a dance and polka band.

There followed in 1957 the rock orbits with friends from the school environment, playing in school parties and celebrations. A year later, they were asked by another musician to join him on a audition for a record label that was contracted not he, but the orbits. From John Pocisk Johnny Paris and was from the orbits Johnny and the Hurricanes. Irving Micahnik and Harry Balk, who had committed for the Twirl label, produced in the same year the debut single Crossfire. This struck immediately and became a chart hit in the USA.

For the second single, the two producers took an old country song titled Red River Valley, turned it into a rock - and -roll number and carried himself as an author under the pseudonyms Tom King and Ira Mack. The Red River Rock as the new instrumental piece was called, became a major hit, reaching the Top 5 The song was also released in Europe and was also there a great success. In the UK and Germany the song was in the charts at # 3 Overall, the single sold over a million copies. The recipe was also used for the following singles. From the Signalhornruf Reveille Reveille rock of the U.S. Army and was from the children's song like Blue Tail Fly was the Beatnik Fly Johnny and the Hurricanes and procured two more international top 40 hits. The following singles, however, eased the interest in the United States. In Europe, they remained more successfully and with Rocking Goose they had a second number - three hit in the UK.

In 1962, she appeared in the popular on Hamburg's Star Club and were the headline act, supported by the newly discovered Beatles. In the following years, the popularity turned around and beat music dominated the charts, while the Hurricanes rock lost popularity. By 1965, Johnny and the Hurricanes took on to singles, but hits were no longer among them. The main musician, and thus the defining instruments of music of the band were Johnny Paris with the saxophone and Paul Tesluk with the Hammond organ. However, the dominant style of Paris got the belt air does not seem so special; after the end of 1959 drummer Kaye had been replaced already, left 1961, the guitarist Yorko and Mattice the band. As the popularity was over, the Hurricanes fell completely apart. In the 1970s, although there were still occasional appearances by Paris with various musicians, but only as additional employment. He earned his livelihood with different jobs and dog breeding. Only in the 1980s, he moved to Germany and went back to mainly music as saxophonist and regular appearances as Johnny and the Hurricanes into the new millennium.

In 1989 he married a German author. Johnny died in 2006 Paris at the age of 65 years from the effects of Milzoperation.

Band Members

Cast around 1959:

  • Johnny Paris ( born August 29, 1940 in Walbridge, Ohio, as John M. Pocisk; † May 1, 2006 Ann Arbor, Michigan), Saxophone
  • Paul Tesluk (* 1941), Hammond organ
  • Dave Yorko (* 1941), Guitar
  • Lionel " Butch" Mattice (* 1941), Bass Guitar
  • Tony Kaye ( b. 1941; until 1959 ) / Bill Savich ( 1959 ), drums

Discography

Albums

  • Red River Rock (1960 )
  • Stormville (1960 )
  • The Big Sound of Johnny and the Hurricanes (1961 )

Singles

  • Crossfire (1958 )
  • Red River Rock (1959 )
  • Reveille rock (1959 )
  • Beatnik Fly ( 1960)
  • Rockin ' T ( 1960)
  • The Hep Canary (1960 )
  • Down Yonder (1960 )
  • Rocking Goose (1960 )
  • You Are My Sunshine ( 1960)
  • Ja-Da (1961 )
  • High Voltage (1961 )
  • Old Smokie (1961 )
  • Farewell Farewell (1961 )
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