John Madara

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Aliases: Johnny Madara
Real name: John L. Medora
Born: May 28, 1936
Country: United States
IPI: 00019037892 23 works
00020328922 3 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Singer, songwriter and producer from Philadelphia
Member of: The Spokesmen

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Be My Girl	Johnny Madara	1957	(4 artists)

Covers by John Madara

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		A Story Untold	Johnny Madara	July 1961	The Nutmegs

Songs written by John Madara

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Always in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time	John Madara, Ray Gilmore, David White	Bunny Sigler	December 1966	Covered by The Upsetters featuring Jimmy Wess
At the Hop	John Madara, Artie Singer, David White	Danny and The Juniors	1957	Covered by (72 artists)
Birthday Party	John Madara, David White	The Pixies Three	June 1963	Unverified
Cold Cold Winter	John Madara, David White	The Pixies Three	December 1963	Unverified
Have Courage, Be Careful	John Madara, Ray Gilmore, David White	The Spokesmen	October 1965	Covered by Pussy Cat - Orchestre Gérard Hugé
Hey You! Little Bo-Ga-Loo	John Madara, Leon Huff [US1], Len Barry, David White	Chubby Checker	1966	Covered by Los go-gó
I.O.U.	John Madara, Len Barry, David White	Len Barry	October 4, 1965	Covered by Johnny Caswell
It's a Cryin' Shame	John Madara, Leon Huff [US1], Len Barry, David White	Len Barry	March 1966	Covered by (2 artists)
It's That Time of the Year	John Madara, Leon Huff [US1], Len Barry, David White	Len Barry	May 1966	Covered by Wayne Gibson
Like a Baby	John Madara, Len Barry, David White	Len Barry	October 4, 1965	Covered by (3 artists)
Live and Learn	John Madara, David White, Billy Carl	Lesley Gore	September 1964	Covered by Lesley Gore
Pop Pop Pop-Pie	John Madara, David White	The Sherrys	1962	Unverified
Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)	John Madara, Ray Gilmore, David White	Johnny Farnham	November 1967	Covered by (11 artists)
The Boy Next Door	John Madara, David White	The Secrets [US1]	October 1963	Covered by (2 artists)
The Fly	John Madara, David White	Chubby Checker	September 1961	Covered by (6 artists)
The Other Side Of Town	John Madara, Dave White, Billy Carl, Peter Torres	The Secrets [US1]	1964	Unverified
There Ought to Be a Law	John Madara, Brian Ingland	Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods	1972	Covered by The Ormsby Brothers
When You Call Me Baby	John Madara, Leon Huff [US1], Len Barry, David White	Joey Heatherton	March 23, 1966	Covered by Len Barry
You Don't Own Me	John Madara, David White	Lesley Gore	September 21, 1963	Covered by (68 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
1-2-3	John Madara, Len Barry, David White	Ask Any Girl	Len Barry	Covered by (65 artists)

Releases

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Be My Girl	Johnny Madara	1957	Singular
	Vacation Time	Johnny Madara	July 1961	Bamboo [US1]

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#35517	Canary	2007-12-14 19:08:10 UTC	processed	2011-02-04 19:53:17 UTC by Bastien
#48119	blues99man	2015-04-03 17:25:45 UTC	processed	2015-12-09 22:44:58 UTC by Limbabwe