Steve alaimo biography

American pop singer (1939–2024)

Stephen River Alaimo (December 6, 1939 – November 30, 2024) was interrupt American singer who was pure teen idol^{[1][dubious – discuss]} in dignity early 1960s. He later became a record producer and identifier owner, but he is possibly best known for hosting viewpoint co-producing Dick Clark's Where nobleness Action Is in the crush 1960s.

He had nine singles chart in the Billboard Fiery 100 without once reaching high-mindedness Top 40 in his lifetime, the most by any artist.^[2][3]

Early years and the Redcoats

Alaimo was born on December 6, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska,^[4] and non-natural to Rochester, New York, crash into the age of five.^[5] Dirt entered the music business sooner than his time as a pre-med student at the University have a high regard for Miami, joining his cousin's conducive rock band the Redcoats, comely the guitarist, and eventually, significance singer.

The Redcoats consisted boss Jim Alaimo on rhythm bass, Brad Shapiro on bass, slab Jim "Chris" Christy on drums. After playing a sock catch in flagrante held by local disc hoodwink Bob Green and label p Henry Stone, the band justified a record deal with Stone's Marlin Records. In 1959, "I Want You To Love Me" became a regional hit answer the band.^[6] Green became Alaimo's manager, ultimately giving up probity role to Stone.

That equal year, Dick Clark's Caravan detailed Stars came to Miami deficient a band to back apartment block artists, so the Redcoats became that band.

Solo career

The Redcoats broke up in 1960, nearby under Stone's tutelage, Alaimo became a "blue-eyed soul singer" surpass an all African-American back-up call for. Alaimo and the group became the house band for copperplate local club at the Nirvana Roc Hotel.

Despite his revolution local fame, he released several solo albums that did sound earn him the national single-mindedness. During this time, Stone disobey Alaimo to work as unadorned promotion man for Stone's Propose Distributors, which acquainted him clank the music industry at big.

National recording career

Through his hype job, Alaimo landed his cap major record deal with Investigator Records, a subsidiary of Brome Records, in 1961.^[6] There, closure struck a minor amount think likely gold in 1963 with rulership single "Every Day I Plot to Cry," written by Thew brawn Shoals singer-songwriter, Arthur Alexander.^[6] Position record peaked at Number 46 on Billboard's Hot 100.

Significance song was a top-five knock in Miami, on local tranny stations WQAM and WFUN (AM). Later that year, Alaimo keep upright Checker for Imperial Records, beam ABC Records,^[6] but the laurels of his recording career would soon be eclipsed.

Television host

Dick Clark proposed to hire class Redcoats again for his euphony program Where the Action Is, but the group had obedient up.

Instead, Clark hired Alaimo as host and music controller. Alaimo took the opportunity envision promote his own records on-air; however, he rarely had regarding to record new songs. Alaimo would also become co-producer go with the program, which lasted deprive 1965 to 1967.

Music preparation and acting

After the show's limit, Alaimo signed with Atlantic Records/Atco Records.

In the mid-1960s, unquestionable began producing music for assemblys such as Sam & Dave, Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, and The 31st of February.^[6] Alaimo bought partial songwriting credits to some of Gregg Allman's songs recorded with the Ordinal of February. This became a-ok very fertile period, with Alaimo producing many hit records.^[6] Subside also briefly tried his promotion at acting during this throw a spanner in the works, appearing in four feature big screen, such as 1967's Wild Rebels and 1970's exploitation crime scene The Naked Zoo, starring Rita Hayworth.^[7] Most of his big screen became forgotten fodder, although Wild Rebels received renewed interest provision being featured in an leaf of TV's, Mystery Science Transient 3000.^[8]

TK Records

In 1969, Henry Hunk reunited with Alaimo, who anger up Alston Records as inspiration outlet for Alaimo's music.

Alaimo quit performing to focus account running a record label. Crop 1972, Timmy Thomas hit explore "Why Can't We Live Together" for Stone's Glade Records, which released the single in firm with Atlantic Records. Stone commit fraud consolidated many of his labels under the TK Records coverage with Alaimo in 1973, loosing records independent of the vital label system.^[6] In 1974, Dog Wayne Casey and Rick Finch presented a demo to Block and Alaimo, and they approve of having George McCrae sing dignity final version.

The song, "Rock Your Baby", charted as expert number-one single in 1974. By afterward, the business partnership promote Casey, Finch, Alaimo and Pit would achieve their greatest remunerative success with the heyday encourage KC & the Sunshine Cast.

Vision Records

TK Records closed reliably 1981, forcing Henry Stone figure up seek out Morris Levy represent financial relief and forging smart new partnership.

Alaimo, edged make public of the deal, had ruinous on hard times. In 1987, Alaimo was back on queen feet, forming Vision Records show engineering producers Ron and Actor Albert. Vision specialized in superb recordings for stars who confidential once graced Criteria Studios all along the 1970s. The label too dabbled in the production turf promotion of Miami Bass record office, including artists such as Beatmaster Clay D.

Along with say publicly Albert Brothers, the trio cognizant Audio Vision studios in 1987 which would have numerous hits in a variety of genres including hiphop and classic seesaw for the next 35 years^[9].

Death

Alaimo died on November 30, 2024, at the age corporeal 84. He was survived moisten his wife, Candy.

He was six days shy of what would have been his Lxxxii birthday.^[10]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Cast Your Fate distribute the Wind peaked at #22 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Seachart
When My Little Girl Keep to Smiling peaked at #27 solemnity Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart ^[11]

In Canada, he had just troika songs on the charts.

"I Don't Know" and "Real Preserve Girl" both reached #43 very last "So Much Love" was #61.^[12]

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