Dead Page: How Many Candles?

JOHNNY MAESTRO, 70

Died March 25, 2010.

In 1958, he had the doo-wop his "Sixteen Candles" with the Crests.

Born John Mastrangelo, he helped found the Crests, one of the first biracial groups. After them, he joined the Del Satins which merged with the Rhythm method to form Johnny maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge in 1968.

They had such big, and personal favorites of mine like "The Worst That Could Happen," "Welcome Me Love" and "You'll Never Walk Alone." The last one was revamped and became one of my Delta Sigma Phi and Northern Illinois University sober songs, "Walk on, walk on with Delta Sigma Phi and you'll never walk alone."

Thanks, Johnny. --DaCoot