So, Who Were Reparata & the Delrons?-- Part 3

Ernie Maresca wrote "Whenever a Teenager Cries," but is better known for his songs he wrote for Dion & the Belmons: "No One Knows," "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer," ""Lovers Who Wander" and "Donna, the Primma Donna."

He also had his own hit song "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out."  "Party Girl" by Bernadette Carroll was also one of his songs.

Reparata & the Delrons had two British Invasion group songs on their 1965 album "Whenever a Teenager Cries."  They were the Beatles' "If I Fell" and Manfred Mann's "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy."

They toured with Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars twice in 1965, but Reparata performed solo with backing vocals from the theater wings.  The group's next two singles were credited only to Reparata ""A Summer Thought" and "I Found My Place.

They opened for the Rolling Stones on their Spring 1965 North American Tour.

Reparata signed with RCA in 1965 and released "I Can Tell," "I'm Waiting There for ZYou.  "I Can Hear Rain" featured Melba Moore.

Well Worth Going to You Tube and Listening to the Many Reparata & the Delrons Songs.  --RoadDog


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So, Who Were Reparata & the Delrons?-- Part 2

From Wikipedia.

The name Reparata.  Where did it come from?

I spent quite awhile listening to quite a few other Reparata & the Delrons songs on Your Tube.  Taking you right back to the golden Girl Group sound.

Wikipedia  said they were best-known for the song in question, "Whenever a Teenager Cries.  In 1968, they had a European hit with "Captain of Your Ship."  In 1975, Reparata had a solo hit with "Shoes."

The classic lineup of the group was from 1965 to 1969 with Lorraine Mazzola, NanetteLican and Mary Alese.  But they started as a five-person high school harmony group called the Delrons (OK, that is where the group name came from, but what about Reparata?).  They formed at St. Brendan's Catholic School in Brooklyn, New York.

The lead singer was Mary Alese.  As a trio, they were spotted by producers Bill and Steve Jerome who asked Mary Alese to choose a stage name to make the group sound more interesting.  She chose Reparata, her confirmation name she had taken from one of her favorite teachers.

So, that's How. More to Come.   --RoadDog

So, Who Were Reparata & the Delrons?-- Part 1

Back on the March 5, 1965, WLS Survey, there was a song called "Whenever a Teenager cries" by a group called Reparata & the Delrons at #18.  I'd never heard of the song and then there was that strange name for a group.  I first listened to it on You Tube.  As good of a Girl Group song from back then as you can get.

The comment on it said it was recorded in 1964 and charted to #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1965.  It was released Dec. 1964.  "This is one of the great girl group classics, and likely would have been a much bigger hit had it not come along after the British Invasion.  Reparata & the Delrons are my favorite girl groups."

Some other songs by them on You Tube:  "Bye Bye baby" and "I'm Nobody's Baby Now."

My comment: "grows on you.  All that teenage girl angst.  Please curb your estrogen, ladies.  Three white girls in a classic Girl Group song.

--RoadDog