Marci & The Mates

 
Marsi, Ziggy and Rivera    

Marci & The Mates (Greenwich Village, New York)

Personnel :

Johnny Marsi (Lead)

Bobby "Ziggy" Andriani (First Tenor)

Gilbert Rivera (Second Tenor)

Discography :

1962 - Shall I Tell Him You're Not Here / Let Us Part For A Year (Big Top 3116)
1963 - Suddenly we're strangers / Oops There Goes Another Tear (Big Top 3136)

Biography :

Johnny Marsi was the lead singer in a teenage group called "The Youngtones" (Their big hit was Patricia), and Gil Rivera was in the Youngtones and then Bobby was in the Youngtones towards the end of it.

The Youngtones

Johnny Marsi was a local "star" because of it. They also did sessions in the Brill Building, which led them to Big Top Records, who signed Marci and The Mates. The label went out of business but the 4 songs they cut did receive a fair amount of Airplay. All songs were written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman. They recorded later as Hans, Chris & Anderson and as The Cottonfields.

Robert Ferraro

Songs :

   
Shall I Tell Him You're Not Here        Oops There Goes Another Tear

   
Suddenly we're strangers                   Let Us Part For A Year

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