The groups, though, were my inspiration way back then. I liked Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers.

Everybody had their fans and they were fans of all of them.

Oh yeah, I know Johnnie Bassett. We were part of that whole thing.

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.

People know me for up-tempo songs because of my hits.