Photos: Doo-wop singer Little Joe Cook turns 90
Popular 1950s and '60s pop singer Little Joe Cook sings his famous song, "Peanuts," in his basement studio.
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The cover of Little Joe Cook's 1957 gold record is hanging in his basement studio.
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Cook started singing in church with his mother Annie Bell, a well-known regional blues singer.
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Cook is credited with starting the falsetto sound that inspired Frankie Valli, who, with the Four Seasons, covered Cook's hit "Peanuts."
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On Saturday night, fans, friends, and family will pay tribute to Cook in an early 90th-birthday celebration.
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