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Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon Dies: ‘Palisades Park’ & ‘Tallahassee Lassie’ Rock & Roller Was 89

Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, the early rock & roller who scored big, joyful radio hits with, among others, 1959’s “Tallahassee Lassie” and 1962’s “Palisades Park,” died yesterday, July 17, at a California hospice facility following a brief…

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Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon's passing marks the end of an era for early rock and roll music. Cannon's legacy is defined by his catchy, upbeat hits that captured the hearts of listeners in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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