Appeared in many Rock N Roll shows hosted by Alan Freed in the late 50s, and was billed as "The Blond Bombshell" for her blond hair, her catchy tunes and trade mark turned up collar.
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She had moderate success in the late 1950s with "Wait A Minute", which she wrote, "Nervous" and the ballad "Happy New Year Baby" which many thought would become a holiday standard. In the 1960s, her biggest hit, Top 40 on both Pop and Country charts (USA), was "I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain" (1962), an answer song to Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain." Jo Ann's other successful records in the '60s include "A Kookie Little Paradise,", her biggest hit in the NYC area, reaching the local Top 10 in the summer of 1960, "Mother Please," and "Motorcycle Michael".
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hey, Let's Twist!
1961
performer: "Shake Me Baby"
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959
performer: "MAMA, CAN I GO OUT"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hey, Let's Twist!
1961
Piper (as Jo-Ann Campbell)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Where the Action Is
1965
TV Series
Herself
New American Bandstand 1965
1960-1963
TV Series
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1963
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Herself
The Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Herself - Vocalist
The Dick Clark Show
1960
TV Series
Herself
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959
Herself
Known for movies
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) as Herself
Hey, Let's Twist! (1961) as Piper
New American Bandstand 1965 (1960-1963) as Herself
$500,000
