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Ernest "Ernie" Maresca (born August 21, 1939,[1] The Bronx, New York) is an American singer-songwriter and record company executive, best known for writing or co-writing some of Dion's biggest hits.
He began singing and writing in a doo-wop group, The Regents, who later had a hit with "Barbara Ann". His song "No-One Knows" came to the attention of Dion DiMucci, who recorded it successfully with The Belmonts on Laurie Records, the record reaching #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 record chart in 1958. Maresca then began songwriting full time, writing "Runaround Sue" with Dion, and then "The Wanderer" - his biggest success, although his run of hits with Dion continued with "Lovers Who Wander" and "Donna the Prima Donna".
In 1961, he was offered a recording contract with Seville, a small New York label. His protestations that he was not much of a singer were brushed aside, and he wrote a hit for himself, "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)", which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1962. He continued to record, with less success, for the remainder of the 1960s, but also continued as a writer with hits including "Whenever a Teenager Cries" for Reparata and the Delrons, and "Party Girl" for Bernadette Carroll. He also wrote, along with Jimmy Curtiss, the Jimmie F. Rodgers' 1967 comeback (and last) hit, "Child of Clay". By the 1970s he was head of Laurie Records' publicity department, and continued as a record company executive.
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- ^ See talkpage - some sources state Maresca was born on April 21, 1938 - this is apparently incorrect
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Shout Shout knock yourself out
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You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Hey we're having a party now it's just begun
We're all over here and we're having fun
Joe's all alone and he wants to be kissed
While Mary's in the corner and she's doing the twist
So Let's Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Hey Play another song like A Runaround Sue,
Let's do a dance that we all can do
Turn that jukebox up mighty loud,
Let's liven up this crazy crowd
Comeon Shout Shout knock yourself out
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You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
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Every party that I intend
Believe now it's the livin end
Moving and groovin with some friends of mine
Saturday night now we're having a time
So Lets. Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
Hey Doing the fly with our hands in the sky
Yeah, foot stomping baby just a you and I
School was out about a quarter to three
And we're having fun it's plain to see
So Lets. Shout Shout knock yourself out
Comeon yell yell loud and swell
You gotta Scream scream you know what I mean,
Put another dime in the record machine
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