- Born
- Birth nameJoseph DiNicola
- Joey Dee was born on June 11, 1940 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Hey, Let's Twist! (1961) and Una joven de 16 años (1963).
- Peppermint Twist
- With his group, Joey Dee and The Starliters, helped launch the "Twist" craze in 1961 with their hit song "The Peppermint Twist". They were signed to a short gig at a New York City nightclub, The Peppermint Lounge, but their song and their act clicked and began to draw the celebrity crowd, with politicians, movie and TV stars and "high society" types regularly attending, and the group's "short" gig turned into a 13-month engagement.
- In Two Tickets to Paris (1962), he sings the French song "C'est si bon" which was written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and André Hornez (lyrics).
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