Biografia

4 de agosto de 1939 · Nova Orleans, Louisiana, EUA

28 de setembro de 2015 · Gretna, Louisiana, EUA

Frank Vincent Guzzo

1,73 m

The license plates on his cars read "Ooh-Wee," which is the chorus for his 1959 big hit song "Sea Cruise".

In 1960, he had chart success with the standard "Time After Time", from the film "It Happened In Brooklyn" (1948). It did marginally well nationally, but made the top 10 in NYC.

Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

Currently, Frankie and his Sea Cruise Productions manage such acts as the Dixie Cups, Jimmy Elledge, Matt Lucas, Johnny Preston, Troy Shondell and Paula & Paula, among others.

Inducted into the West Bank Musicians Hall of Fame, located in Westwego, Louisiana, in 2003 (inaugural class).

I have a quote for you on that "One-Hit Wonder" thing. I'd like to go on record right here saying, whoever that disc jockey was that coined that phrase, well he's a no-hit wonder! I mean, it can get rude. A DJ did that to me one time in his introduction. I turned to him and said, "Well, you're a no-hit wonder. What have you ever done?" Some people have five records that sell a million each. Some sell none. I've had one that sold 30 million! And I've outlived that one record. I've been 38 years at this and it's still going.