Fact #30410
When:
Short story:
Earl 'Speedo' Carroll, lead singer of the 1950s doo-wop group
The
Cadillacs, dies aged 75 in Manhattan, New York City, USA, from
complications of diabetes and a recent stroke. He wrote himself
into music history with the lines, 'Well, now they often call me
Speedoo but my real name is Mr. Earl' in The Cadillacs' 1955 hit
song Speedoo.
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