‘THE MOST MORALLY CORRECT MAN WHO EVER WALKED THE EARTH’
Remembering FRED MILANO, second tenor of DION & THE BELMONTS, who passed away on January 1.

YOU GOTTA HAVE FRIENDS LIKE MOOGY
By Michael Sigman
A lifelong friend reflects on the life of MOOGY KLINGMAN, the prolific singer/songwriter/keyboardist/producer/political activist who lost his battle with cancer on November 16, 2011.

AN ‘ITSY BITSY’ MONEY MACHINE
Songwriter LEE POCKRISS, whose ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ helped popularize the navel-baring swimwear in this country, died on November 14. In addition to ‘Bikini,’ his hits included ‘Johnny Angel’ (Shelley Fabares), ‘Catch a Falling Star’ (Perry Como), ‘Leader of the Laundromat’ (The Detergents), and Kermit the Frog’s ‘My Polliwog Ways,’ and he also had extensive credits in musical theater.

PULL THE STRINGS, I’M YOUR PUPPET
Guitarist and singer ROBERT DICKEY, who as Bobby Purify formed half of the duo James & Bobby Purify with his cousin James Lee Purify and had a #6 single in 1966 with the Dan Penn-Spooner Oldham-penned “I’m Your Puppet,” died in his home town of Tallahassee, FL, on December 29.