Johnny Maestro, lead singer on the Crests’ doo-wop evergreen “16 Candles” and co-founder of the ’60s vocal act the Brooklyn Bridge, died Wednesday in Florida of cancer. He was 70. Born John ...

Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit "16 Candles" with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, a friend ...

Johnny Maestro, singer for The Brooklyn Bridge and The Crests who had big doo-wop hits like "16 Candles," "Worst That Could Happen," and "Model Girl," died yesterday at his home in Florida of cancer.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Nearly every Staten Island girl who has come of age with a party at a catering hall can tip her tiara to the memory of Johnny Maestro, the doo-wop star from Midland Beach and ...

Johnny Maestro, the golden-voiced singer behind The Crests' "Sixteen Candles" and The Brooklyn Bridge's "Worst That Could Happen," died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 70.

Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit “16 Candles” with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, a friend ...

Johnny Maestro, the golden-voiced singer behind The Crests' "Sixteen Candles" and The Brooklyn Bridge's "Worst That Could Happen," died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 70.

NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit "16 Candles" with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les ...