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Wilton Frederick "Freddy" Weller (born September 9, 1943) [1] is an American rock and roll and country music and artist. He recorded for Columbia Records between 1969 and 1980. He had his highest charted single in 1969 with his debut release, "Games People Play".
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Weller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of three sons of lawyers Carole Ann (née Breithoff) Weller (died 2017) and Francis Weller (1922–2018). [2] [1] [3] He is a 1984 graduate of Jesuit High School, a Catholic all-boys high school in New Orleans. [4] He graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in ...
Revere was experimenting with having Freddy Weller and new bassist Keith Allison play lead and rhythm guitar, respectively. Volk took over playing bass for these concerts. [ 9 ] In 1978, the Raiders' classic line-up reunited for a final time on a Dick Clark prime-time special titled The Good Ole' Days where the group performed a medley of their ...
Cowritten by Roe and Freddy Weller, "Dizzy" was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March 1969, number one for one week on the UK Singles Chart in June 1969 and number one in Canada in March 1969.
After reaching the Top 5 C&W with versions of two other Joe South compositions: "Games People Play" and "These Are Not My People", Weller was only afforded moderate chart success with his version of "Down in the Boondocks" which peaked at number 25 C&W, a concurrent version of the song by Penny DeHaven which reached number 37 C&W shadowing ...
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a 1988 musical adventure film [1] written and directed by Ken Annakin, based on the Pippi Longstocking book series by Astrid Lindgren. It is a Swedish-German-American [ 2 ] joint venture produced by Columbia Pictures , Longstocking Productions, and Svensk Filmindustri .