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Tony DeFranco Of The DeFranco Family Remembers His Days As A ’70s Teen Idol

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Imagine pursuing a dream. Maybe you’re a singer in the early 1970s and picturing yourself part of the next Beatles or Rolling Stones — maybe even bigger (it is a fantasy, after all). But what if it actually happens to you and you find yourself thrust in the middle of the media spotlight as a teen heartthrob, appearing on magazine covers, topping record charts, performing sold-out concerts and then … it’s over? As abruptly as it began. Can you imagine what it would be like to have to cope with all of that over the span of a just a few years? Well, Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family doesn’t have to imagine. He lived it.And he relives all of it — from hit 1973 single “Heartbeat, It’s a Lovebeat” to the arrival of disco, the crusher of pop dreams — every time he’s contacted for an autograph or an interview. He does seem to have made peace with it. Sometimes. “For the longest time, I have to tell you, I pretty much ignored my past,” he tells Do You Remember? in an exclusive interview. “I just didn’t lean into it and kind of left it alone. But as the years go by, and because of social media, I’m getting more requests now from …. I don’t know if you want to call them fans, but people reaching out to me, and I’m starting to grant it. Within reason. I mean, some requests just seem a little ridiculous, so I don’t even respond. But now I’m leaning into it; in fact, a couple of years ago I sang the National Anthem at a Dodgers game, so I am happily enjoying my past.

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