11 Facts About Teddy Randazzo

Teddy Randazzo co-starred in rock revues staged by Freed, appearing with such artists as Chuck Berry and LaVern Baker.

Teddy Randazzo wrote a string of major hits for other artists with composing partner, Bobby Weinstein, including "Pretty Blue Eyes", a top ten hit for Steve Lawrence in the US and Craig Douglas in the UK in 1959.

Teddy Randazzo wrote many songs for Little Anthony and the Imperials, producing and arranging several albums for the group in the mid-1960s.

Teddy Randazzo arranged and produced two albums on MGM Records with Baltimore girl group the Royalettes, including the Top 50 hit "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" in 1965.

Teddy Randazzo gave the group a big production sound with a full orchestra, but the group failed to achieve a major commercial success.

All of the 27 songs that Teddy Randazzo produced on the group's two albums, plus another issued on single, appeared on a CD retrospective of the Royalettes' complete MGM output released by UK label, RPM in late 2010.

Many of Teddy Randazzo's tunes became pop classics, recorded by a gamut of musicians from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra.

Also during this period, Teddy Randazzo co-wrote songs with Roger Joyce and Souren Mozian, as well as his then girlfriend Victoria Pike, who was his first wife with whom he had a daughter, Elisa Teddy Randazzo.

Teddy Randazzo was especially popular in Hawaii where his early recordings had topped the local record charts.

Teddy Randazzo died at the age of 68 at his home in Orlando.

Teddy Randazzo is survived by seven children, including his eldest son Teddy Randazzo Jr.