Johnny Restivo is a former American
rock and roll vocalist.
Restivo was born in
The Bronx and released a single with
RCA Victor
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also Aris ...
when he was only fifteen years old.
Joel Whitburn
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Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wau ...
, ''Top Pop Singles''. 12th edition, p. 813. That single, "The Shape I'm In/Ya Ya", reached #80 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
[ Restivo was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, but lost to Bobby Darin. Restivo never charted another hit. Johnny also achieved fame as a muscular young bodybuilder while in his teens. He was on the covers of the magazines '']Tomorrow's Man
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'' and ''Model Parade''.
"The Shape I'm In", written by Lee Cathy and Otis Blackwell, was covered by Dave Edmunds
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(on '' Information''), Shakin' Stevens (on ''Lipstick, Powder and Paint'') and The Black Sorrows (single from ''Rockin' Zydeco
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The album was re-released in CD in 2002.
Background
Joe ...
'').
Discography
*''The Shape I'm In'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
*''Oh Johnny!'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
*"''Smarty''" (CBS, 1967)
*"''Go, Go, Eskimo!''" (CBS 1967)
References
External links
Johnny Restivo
at rockabilly.nl
Living people
American male singers
1943 births
Singers from New York City
Musicians from the Bronx
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