Real name: Anthony Richard Conigliaro

Effective period / Period of releases: 1965 - 1975

American baseball player and Pop singer.

Born: January 7, 1945 in Revere, Massachusetts
Died: February 24, 1990 in Salem, Massachusetts

He play for the Boston Red Sox from 1964 till 1970, but his promising career
(He holds the MLB record for most home runs hit by a teenage player)
was derailed when he suffered a severe eye injury after being hit in the face by a pitch in 1967.
Already in 1964, his rookie year, Conigliaro was a well-known Boston nightclub frequenter
and regularly performed as a singer. Word of his talent reached the producer Ed Penney,
who made him record two 45s, released on the specifically created Penn-Tone Records.
Following a good sales success, he got a contract with RCA Victor, for which he recorded 3 singles
without getting the success hoped for by the label, which terminated the contract in 1966.