You brought a heap of joy with your catchy tunes, including your most noted, "Palisades Park," composed by none other than Chuck (The Gong Show) Barris.
There were other tracks that attracted audiences, as well, including "Cha-Cha-Do," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," "Tallahassee Lassie," "Humdinger," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Muskrat Ramble," "Everybody's Rockin Tonight," "Twisting All Night" (with Danny and the Juniors), "The Sox are Rockin'" and the sprightly "Svengoolie Stomp."
To perpetuate your musical career, you even contributed to The Food of the Gods knockoff, Village of the Giants. Pretty darn colossal in my book.
There's no question that you fueled our pop-cultural dreams, uplifting our everyday lives with cannon-booming jubilation. You leave this mortal coil, Mr. Cannon, having touched our hearts with pure, rock-n-roll swing, and for that, we give our abiding, gyrating thanks.
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