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He was born in Winthrop,
Massachusetts. From a young age he and his brother
Richard were part of the
traveling trapeze act "The Flying Addrisis" with their parents,
and they sang and performed all over the United States. In 1957 they settled in Los Angeles where he and his brother, known as
"The Addrisi Brothers" were signed by Bob Keane to Del Phi
Records. Here Don wrote his
first his hit single for them, "Cherrystone" which reached
No.62 on the US
chart. In the early 1960s they
were in-house songwriters for the Valiant label and in 1965 Don wrote
"Where Does Love Go" which was recorded by Charles Boyer and
nominated for a spoken-word Grammy award, although later withdrawn as there
had been a small singing part on it.
They wrote "Don't Blame It on Me" which was the B
Side of The Association's hit "Cherish". They wrote "Never My
Love" which has had over 300 versions sung of it, with hits coming
from Fifth Dimension, The Association, and Blue Swede and also "I
Believe You" which was recorded by Dorothy Moore. From 1972 the brothers recorded
several chart singles including "We've Got to Get It on
Again", "Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On" and
"Ghost Dancer". In
1984 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died later that year, aged
46.
The Association
recordings
Never My Love (Don & Dick Addrisi)
Sources:
1.
www.discomuseum.com/DonAddrisi.html
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