Ernie Maresca

Born: August 21, 1939 in Bronx, New York, USA

Died: July 8, 2015 in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA

Ernie Maresca began his music career as a singer-songwriter with the doo-wop group "The Monterays" in 1957. Signed on [l31439] in 1958, they changed their name to [a6366315]. After Ernie Maresca had left, replaced by [a1720409], later in the same year, they changed their name again for [a383325].

Later, as a solo artist, Maresca had a top 10 hit with "Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)", and also wrote songs such as [a383325]'s "Runaround", and collaborated with [a628976] on a number of [a325101]'s most successful releases.

By the 1970s he was the head of [l180853]'s publicity department, and continued as a record company executive. In 1992 he was responsible for selling the [l38653] catalogue to [l87317] on behalf of Laurie's founders [a628977] and [a842401], and [a741115]. He continued to work until the 2000s, as a consultant to EMI and administrator of Laurie's publishing.