Addrisi Brothers Explained

The Addrisi Brothers were an American pop duo from Winthrop, Massachusetts. The brothers themselves were Donald "Don" Addrisi (December 14, 1938  -) and Richard "Dick" Addrisi (born 4 July 1941).^[1]

Biography

Both Don and Dick played parts in their family's acrobatic group, The Flying Addrisis. In the 1950s, they got in touch with Lenny Bruce about starting a singing career and moved to California.^[2] They auditioned for parts on the Mickey Mouse Club, but were rejected.^[3] Soon after, however, they signed to Del-Fi Records and recorded several singles.^[4] Aside from the modest chart hit "Cherrystone" (1959), these were not successes.^[4] Further releases from Imperial Records and Warner Bros. Records fared no better, so the pair began working more as songwriters.^[4]

The Addrisi Brothers' biggest success as a songwriting duo was "Never My Love", a hit for The Association; the brothers themselves had a hit with it in 1977.^[4] They also charted several more hit singles in the 1970s and composed the theme music for the television program, Nanny and the Professor. In 1977, they secured their biggest chart hit with "Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On", released on Buddah Records.^[4] They worked together until Don Addrisi died from pancreatic cancer in 1984.^[2] His ashes are interred, along with his parents, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).^[5]

At present, Richard Addrisi lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Discography

Albums

• We've Got to Get It On Again (Columbia Records, 1972) U.S. No. 137^[6]
• Addrisi Brothers (Buddah Records, 1977) U.S. No. 118^[6]
• Ghost Dancer (Scotti Brothers Records / Atlantic Records, 1979)
• Never My Love - The Lost Album Sessions (Varèse Sarabande)^[7]

Singles

• "Everybody Happy" b/w "I'll Be True" (1958) Brad Label
• "Cherrystone" (6/1959) U.S. No. 62^[8]
• "Saving My Kisses" (1959)
• "Back to the Old Salt Mine" b/w "It's Love" (1959)
• "Gonna See My Baby" (1959)
• "What a Night for Love" (1960)
• "The Dance Is Over" (1962)
• "Love Me Baby" (1964)
• "Little Miss Sad" (1964)
• "Side by Side" (1965)
• "Excuse Me" (Dick Addrisi, 1966)
• "Never My Love" (12/1967) U.S. No. 80 AC No. 28
• "Time to Love" (1968)
• "We've Got to Get It On Again" b/w "You Make It All Worthwhile" (1/1972) U.S. No. 25, AC No. 10; Canada No. 15,^[9] AC No. 32^[10]
• "I Can Feel You" (5/1972) U.S. No. 110
• "I Can Count on You" (1972)
• "Somebody Found Her (Before I Lost Her)" (2/1974) U.S. AC No. 42
• ”Wait for Me (Busted Bad)” (1975)
• "Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On" (4/1977) U.S. No. 20, AC No. 34; Canada No. 34,^[11] AC No. 49^[12]
• "Does She Do It Like She Dances" (9/1977) U.S. No. 74
• "Ghost Dancer" (8/1979) U.S. No. 45, AC No. 41; UK No. 57^[13]
• "As Long as the Music Keeps Playing" (1979) (12" Promo)
• "Red Eye Flight (You Can Always Come Home Again)" (1981)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dick Addrisi/Credits (AllMusic). March 11, 2016. AllMusic.
2. The Addrisi Brothers
3. Book: Graham Nash and Manuscript Originals present Off the record : songwriters on songwriting : 25 of the world's most celebrated songs . 2002 . Andrews McMeel . Kansas City . 9780740726781 . 8.
4. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 43/4.
5. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, Third ed.: 2. McFarland & Company (2016)
6. Billboard
7. Web site: The Addrisi Brothers – Never My Love - The Lost Album Sessions (2001, CD). 2021-08-12. Discogs.com.
8. Billboard Singles
9. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1972-03-15 . 2019-10-19.
10. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. July 17, 2013. Bac-lac.gc.ca.
11. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1977-06-18 . 2019-10-19.
12. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. July 17, 2013. Bac-lac.gc.ca.
13. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 15.