Gene Cornish
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Gene Cornish (born May 14, 1944) is a Canadian/American guitarist and harmonica performer.
He is the founder of the renowned 1960s blue-eyed soul band The Rascals.
The band released eight albums and had thirteen singles that reached Billboard's Top 40 chart from 1965-70.
Cornish was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as a founding member of The Rascals.
Early life
Cornish and his mother moved from Ontario to Rochester, New York, early in his life. At a young age, he began to excel at guitar and harmonica. He made the rounds of the local clubs and bars in his area in his youth (early 1960s) and performed in a variety of bands (even as a solo artist on occasion).
Career in music
Gene Cornish Nobles and the Gene Cornish Nobles launched "Winner Take All" on Vassar 319 in 1962. "R. Cornish – G. Cornish," the B side label says, as the composers of the second film "R. Cornish – G. Cornish." It was well-made in the style of a white doo-wop (Lew Douglas's design).
Cornish joined Joey Dee and the Starliters in 1964. He met vocalist Eddie Brigati and keyboardist Felix Cavaliere (both members of the Starliters) during that period. During this period, Gene fronted his own band (The Unbeatables), and they had a sound that was tied to early 1960s pop/rock's influence. The band's name was a play on The Beatles and caused a little bit of commotion in 1964 with their debut of the single "I Wanna Be a Beatle."
Brigati, Cavaliere, and Cornish had merged with drummer Dino Danelli in late 1964 to form The Young Rascals, a youth-led organisation. They first began performing in February 1965 and, before the year was over, they released their first chart single. They rose quickly to become one of rock-n-roll's most popular groups. Brigati left the band in 1970 and Cornish followed in 1971. He continued to form Bulldog, and when the band disbanded, he joined Rascals' drummer Danelli to form the group Fotomaker. Cornish joined the group G.C. after it was disbanded. Dangerous. Cornish went into manufacturing when he (along with Danelli) produced the group's first live album in 1974 and then the group's "Stand Back" album in 1975.
On a reunion tour of The Rascals in 1988, he reunited with Danelli and Cavaliere (Brigati did not participate). After a short, four-month tour, the tour was cancelled. Cornish eventually joined Danelli to form 'The New Rascals', a collaboration starring Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli, and in 2005 with Bill Pascali of the Vanilla Fudge and Charlie Souza formerly with Tom Petty's Mudcrutch.
The Rascals were inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Cornish's album "Live at Palisades Amusement Park" was released later this year. "I Want to Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Peanuts," "What'd I Say," "You're Gonna Cry Someday," and even Cole Porter's "I Love Paris" brought to his pre-Rascals recordings, including "I Want to Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Rockin' Robin," "I Want to Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Peanuts," Cornish (along with Danelli) continues to tour with "The New Rascals."
All four members of The Rascals reunited for the Kristen Ann Carr benefit, which was held at Tribeca Grill in New York on April 24, 2010. They performed a set that lasted over an hour and featured several of their top hits from the 1960s.
In December 2012 and February 15, 2013, he reunited with his bandmates when The Rascals appeared at the Capital Theater in Port Chester, New York, for six performances and five days at the Richard Rogers Theatre on Broadway. 'Once Upon A Dream', the performers' recording, 'Once Upon A Dream,' toured North America (Toronto, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago, Detroit, Rochester, and New York City) by the authors (Toronto, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Phoenix, Chicago, Rochester, and New York City). Steven Van Zandt and his partner Mauen made it, a long-time Rascals' fan.
Cornish is currently touring in Felix Cavaliere & Gene Cornish's Rascals, which also features drummer Carmine Appice.
Cornish performed their first song of the evening on Friday, September 7, 2018.
Cornish has lived in North Bergen, New Jersey, since being a resident.