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When I was young I had a crush on Tony DeFranco.

A Tiger Beat darling who sang and danced his way into the hearts of countless females.

He sang, with his brothers and sisters, the peppy boppy songs 

that teenaged girls loved to singalong with.

They originated from southern Ontario before they moved to California.

I think I was a member of their fan club and so when they came to Hamilton Place 

to put on a show I was given a backstage pass.

Can't remember much of it but I was there with Rita.

She was my friend who decided with me

 that we were going to form a music group like the DeFranco Family.

One of us was going to learn to play guitar 

because those groups always had someone playing the guitar. 

Don't know how I thought we were going to sing 

because it wasn't something that either of us really interested in doing. 

We just wanted to be famous I think.

It never happened and the world is the better for it.

I got their autographs and remember that I got a Christmas card from the group for two years after that.