Dick D'Agostin

Dick D'Agostin
Birth name Richard Earl D'Agostin
Also known as "Bird", "Bear", "Thun"
Origin Beloit, Wisconsin
Died California
Genres Rock and Roll, Rockabilly blues, (unrecorded), various types, esp. influenced in his later years by Lightnin' Hopkins, B.B. King, Albert King, Big Joe Turner, James Brown, Etta James.
Occupation(s) Singer, pianist, guitarist, dancer, actor, Supervising Deputy Probation Officer with Los Angeles County Probation Department - operating out of Central Juvenile Hall
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica

Richard Earl "Dick" D'Agostin, was an American rock and roll musician best known for touring with Eddie Cochran.[1] D'Agostin sang and played piano and guitar as the front man for The Swingers, composed of drummer Gene Riggio, saxophonist Paul Kaufman, and D'Agostin's brother Larry D'Agostin on guitar. While all the Swingers were also accomplished dancers, D'Agostin and his partner Judi Stein were the 1955 Al Jarvis dance champions, topping thousands of competitors.[2] He also edited dance columns for two of the first teen magazines, Dig and Modern Teen.

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    • Bobby Cochran, Susan Van Hecke (2003). Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story. Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-0-634-03252-3.
  1. Independent Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California. Feb. 19, 1956 page 25.
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