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After making a name for himself as lead singer of
the Crests, vocalist
Johnny Maestro formed
Brooklyn Bridge in 1968 and scored a gold record the next year on Buddah with a cover of
the Fifth Dimension's heartbroken "Worst That Could Happen."
Brooklyn Bridge were an amalgam of
Maestro, the Del Satins (the vocal group that backed
Dion on many of his early-'60s solo hits), and a brassy outfit called
the Rhythm Method.
Brooklyn Bridge enjoyed several more hits in 1969 and 1970, and
Maestro often performed on the oldies circuit during the decades to follow. He died of cancer at his home in Cape Coral, FL, in March 2010 at the age of 70. ~ Bill Dahl