Dick D'Agostin
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Dick D'Agostin, born Richard Earl D'Agostin, was an American
rock and roll
musician best known for touring with Eddie Cochran
. Dick sang and played piano and guitar as the front man for The Swingers, composed of drummer Gene Riggio, saxophonist Paul Kaufman, and Dick's brother Larry D'Agostin on guitar. While all the Swingers were also accomplished dancers, Dick was a dance champion and editor of dance columns for two of the first teen magazines, Dig and Modern Teen
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United States
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rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
musician best known for touring with Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran , was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the...
. Dick sang and played piano and guitar as the front man for The Swingers, composed of drummer Gene Riggio, saxophonist Paul Kaufman, and Dick's brother Larry D'Agostin on guitar. While all the Swingers were also accomplished dancers, Dick was a dance champion and editor of dance columns for two of the first teen magazines, Dig and Modern Teen
Modern Teen
-History:Modern Teen, published circa 1957-1965, was one of the first magazines aimed at a teenage audience. Covers often featured popular musicians and actors such as Elvis Presley and Sandra Dee...
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Film Appearances
- Earth vs. the SpiderEarth vs. the SpiderEarth vs. the Spider is a 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also wrote the story, upon which the screenplay by George Worthing Yates and Laszlo Gorog is based...
(aka The Spider) (1958) - Hot Rod Gang (aka Fury Unleashed) (1958)
- Eighteen and Anxious (1957)