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\nFreddy Cannon, a veteran of the early rock scene whose hits of the late \u201950s and early \u201960s included the top 10 hits \u201cPalisades Park,\u201d \u201cTallahassee Lassie\u201d and \u201cWay Down Yonder in New Orleans,\u201d died Friday at 89. <\/p>\n

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\n\tA representative said Cannon, who lived in Oxnard, California, died at a hospice facility after very recently being diagnosed with cancer, as confirmed by his longtime friend, iHeart Radio\u2019s Tom Cuddy. Cannon had been scheduled to do \u201cwhat would have been his final interview\u201d on July 11\u00a0with legendary DJ \u201cCousin Brucie\u201d Morrow, but he ended up being taken to the hospital the day before.<\/p>\n

\n\tCannon, who was sometimes billed as Freddy \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Cannon, was revered by many fans of his original era because, for one thing, he \u201cdidn\u2019t do ballads,\u201d said Cuddy. \u201cI had never seen a performer who kept his performance so upbeat and fun.\u00a0Dick Clark once told me that every time he hosted an oldies concert, he asked Freddy to open it, because he knew Freddy would get the audience on their feet with up-tempo rock \u2018n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n

\n\tCannon\u2019s acolytes included Mick Jagger (who said the groove of \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d was Cannon-inspired), Robert Plant (who said Led Zeppelin played \u201cTallahassee Lassie\u201d in jams when they were just finding their sea legs) and Stephen King (who mentioned Cannon\u2019s music in four of his books).<\/p>\n

\n\tHis first hit, \u201cTallahassee Lassie,\u201d made it to No. 6 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 in 1959, with a No. 13 showing on the R&B chart and a No. 17 peak in the U.K. That same year, he reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 with \u201cWay Down in New Orleans,\u201d which peaked at No. 14 on the R&B chart and went all the way to No. 3 in the U.K.<\/p>\n

\n\tHis third, last and biggest top 10 hit was \u201cPalisades Park\u201d in 1962. It went to No. 3 on the Hot 100, landed at No. 15 on the R&B chart and made it to No. 20 in the U.K. The song, written by future \u201cGong Show\u201d host Chuck Barris, was subsequently covered by Jan and Dean, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, the Beach Boys (in the 1970s, as a nostalgic throwback on \u201c15 Big Ones\u201d) and the Ramones (on 1989\u2019s \u201cBrain Drain\u201d), among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tCannon continued to have hits through 1964\u2019s No. 16-peaking \u201cAbigail Beecher\u201d and 1965\u2019s No. 13 \u201cAction,\u201d released after he switched from the Swan to the Warner Bros. label. In 1981, he made one last return to the Hot 100 with \u201cLet\u2019s Put the Fun Back in Rock N Roll,\u201d which peaked at No. 81. Shout! Factory released a compilation, \u201cBoom Boom Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll: The Best Of Freddy Cannon,\u201d in 2009.<\/p>\n

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\n\tCannon\u2019s rep said he held the record for the most appearances on Dick Clark\u2019s \u201cAmerican Bandstand,\u201d with 110.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther screen appearances ranged from \u201cWhere the Action Is\u201d (which became the title of his 2011 memoir) to the cult genre film \u201cVillage of the Giants\u201d to the soap opera \u201cNever Too Young.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe was born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. on Dec. 4, 1936 in Lynn, Massachusetts. In his late teens, he and his high school sweetheart-turned-wife, Jeanette, moved to Philadelphia at the behest of Dick Clark, the city that then hosted \u201cAmerican Bandstand,\u201d early in that lifelong friendship.<\/p>\n

\n\tCannon continued to work on music in Oxnard right up to his recent hospitalization, the rep said.<\/p>\n

\n\tCannon is survived by his children Conny and Billy, his sister Mary Lou, his son-in-law Jim and daughter- in-law Beth, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.\u00a0Cannon was pre-deceased by his son,\u00a0John, in April of this year, and by his wife and high school sweetheart, Jeanette, in September 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe would like to thank everyone for their love and support throughout our dad\u2019s life,\u201d said Conny Cannon. \u201cHe will be remembered as a rock \u2018and\u2019n\u2019 roll icon. His music will live forever in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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