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Gary James' Interview With Tony Testa Of
The Duprees



The Duprees enjoyed a number of hit records in the early 1960s. We're talking, "You Belong To Me", "My Own True Love", "Have You Heard" and "Why Don't You Believe".

Duprees member Tony Testa spoke to us about the history of the group.

Q - Tony, you've pulling double duty in The Duprees. You're the leader and the emcee. Is that because you've been involved with the group for so long?

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A - (laughs) It's actually a little more involved than that. I got involved with the group back in the mid-60s. I was actually a guitar player and worked with the group many times. That's how I got to know all of the original members.

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Through the years, as they came and went, we kind of crossed paths different times until the mid-'80s when Michael Arnone, one of the original members, asked me to return to the group to kind of "fix it". At that point the group was in a little bit of disarray.

So it became a labor of love for me beca