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Joey Dee

Joseph DiNicola, known professionally as Joey Dee, born June 11, 1937, in the United States, is an American rock and roll singer and leader of Joey Dee and the Starliters. In 1960, Dee and the Starliters were noticed by agent Don Davis, leading to a booking at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City. Dee reached Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the million-selling single “Peppermint Twist” in 1961, followed by the hit single “Shout, Part I”, which reached number 6 in 1962. That same year, Dee starred in the films Hey, Let's Twist and Two Tickets to Paris, releasing the hit s...