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Jerome Felder is born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. He will find success as r'n'b/pop songwriter Doc Pomus, composer of Save The Last Dance For Me, Teenager In Love, Lonely Avenue, Suspicion, Little Sister, Viva Las Vegas, Can't Get Used To Losing You, Sweets For My Sweet and many others.Full article:
Doc Pomus : I was born in Brooklyn on June 27, 1925, and very early in life I got infantile paralysis and I was on crutches. I played a variety of musical instruments, mostly alto saxophone.
When I was about 17 or 18, I'd go down to Greenwich Village to hear Frankie Newton's band playing at George's Tavern. I started hanging out there and ended up having a gig as a singer in the joint. What was really interesting was that I didn't know any blues. I just knew one or two and I started singing in the place because I saw the owner was about to throw me out for hanging around the bandstand. So I told him I was a singer and Frankie Newton, a great trumpet player and a really nice fellow, told me to sit in with the band. I knew one blues at that time, Piney Brown Blues, and I did Piney Brown and when they asked me to do an encore I did Piney Brown again. I really was not so much a blues fan then but a Joe Turner fan.
Dion : Doc Pomus was like a father to me. Very much so. He really encouraged me. I miss him. He was just a great guy. I just used to like talking to Doc.
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When I was about 17 or 18, I'd go down to Greenwich Village to hear Frankie Newton's band playing at George's Tavern. I started hanging out there and ended up having a gig as a singer in the joint. What was really interesting was that I didn't know any blues. I just knew one or two and I started singing in the place because I saw the owner was about to throw me out for hanging around the bandstand. So I told him I was a singer and Frankie Newton, a great trumpet player and a really nice fellow, told me to sit in with the band. I knew one blues at that time, Piney Brown Blues, and I did Piney Brown and when they asked me to do an encore I did Piney Brown again. I really was not so much a blues fan then but a Joe Turner fan.
Dion : Doc Pomus was like a father to me. Very much so. He really encouraged me. I miss him. He was just a great guy. I just used to like talking to Doc.