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Gabriel and the Angels

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That’s Life (that’s tough)/ Swan 4118/ October 1962/ #51

Not much written about this group; That’s Life, their only hit, was a gimmick song in which Gabriel would shout out a remark and his backup men would answer with some “in” [cool] expressions of the time.

Kenny Dino

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Dino’s family moved to Hicksville, Long Island in 1955, where he worked on a family farm. He joined the Navy in 1957, and while stationed in Iceland he was runner-up in a talent show with his version of an Elvis Presley song.
Dino sang regularly on his tour of duty, and then put together an ensemble back in the States, which toured in Texas and Louisiana. He frequently played with Doug Sahm at the San Antonio Blues Club at this time.
He signed with Dot Records around 1960 after moving to New York City, but quickly lost the contract and signed to Columbia not long after.
Dino was actually offered a chance to duet with none other than Paul Simon, but turned it down this opportunity. He later was offered the song “Suspicion” (an Elvis Presley song, which was a big hit for Terry Stafford) but was denied permission to record it by his label. He did a number of demos for Elvis, including the song “Good Luck Charm“.
His lone hit was “Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night“, a #24 U.S. Pop hit in 1961. Robert Plant later covered this tune on his 1990 release, Manic Nirvana.
On December 9, 2009 Kenny Dino had finished his second music gig of the day and was driving from Melbourne, Florida on I-95 to his home in Cocoa and into the early morning of Dec 10th. He pulled over to the side of the road where D.O.T. construction workers found him unconscious. They called the Florida Highway Patrol and paramedics, but Dino died from a heart attack around 1 AM, Thursday, December 10, 2009.