Where is benny mardones now

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He made friends here. Customers would stop by to chat as he ate his favorite dish, the pepperoni and cheese omelette, hash browns, extra Italian toast and plenty of bacon.

Mardones started performing again after moving here. He played to 15, people at Long Branch Park in Two years later, he sold out four shows at the Landmark Theater in downtown Syracuse. He could also draw 24, fans to Weedsport Speedway. His hit song helped with that. A Los Angeles radio station then added the tune to its regular playlist, and it eventually returned to No. The world knows Benny because of that song. But there are so many songs he recorded that are equally phenomenal.

He also kept writing songs. On Jan. The Temptations performed the halftime show. He put on a show right in his living room.

Let me tell you, they were amazing. When Mardones re-recorded the ballad in , capitalizing on renewed interest after a "Where Are They Now? It's one of only a few songs to hit the top 20 on the Hot charts on two separate occasions. The song hit the charts again in when a dance remix version peaked at number 35 on the Dance Club Songs chart.

Mardones was born Nov. After serving in the Vietnam War, he moved to New York to pursue songwriting and became a staff songwriter for Mercury Records. There he wrote songs for the likes of Brenda Lee and Tommy James. Mardones eventually transitioned into a performer himself, opening for Richie Havens on a tour.