“Abigail Beecher” (1964) – Freddy Cannon * Written by Bob Boulanger and Richard Heard * 45: “Abigail Beecher” / “All American Girl” * LP: Freddie Cannon * Produced by Frank Slay * Label: Warner Bros.
In the style of Johnny Otis’s “Willie and the Hand Jive,” slinky voodoo guitar underscores Cannon’s raves about the high school history teacher, who knows all the dances, drives a Jaguar XK-E, and has the goods to be a rock ‘n roll singer. Such high school stomp-friendly vignettes from teenage life distinguished the man nicknamed “Boom Boom” from the other ducktailed singers all over the early sixties charts. Reached #16 on Billboard.