Obscure American Artists 1956-1963, Teen 209

 

Kenny Chandler. Born Ken Bolognese, 1940 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

In the late 1950s Bolognese formed a trio with his classmates: Ray Carlisle and Frankie Cacapardo. The boys picked up a manager, DJ Paul Landersman. the result of cooperation was a 1958 release as Kenny, Frank & Ray for Cameo. The record reportedly got played on American Bandstand, but little else happened. Bolognese, as Kenny Beau, had two subsequent releases on Landersman’s PL label, one of them backed by a local band called the Whirlwinds. 

In 1960 Kenny met in New York a manager Herb Wiener who took him into a small studio across from the Brill Building and did a piano/voice demo for $15.00. The result was “Drums,” Chandler’s first solo release. 

In the next years Chandler recorded several singles for different labels.

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