Johnny Maestro Autographs
The Brooklyn Bridge (also known as The Bridge and as Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge since the 1980s) is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's "Worst That Could Happen" (1968).
New York City-born Johnny Maestro (born John Peter Mastrangelo a.k.a. Johnny Mastro, Johnny Masters; May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2010) began his career in 1957 as the original lead singer of The Crests, one of the first interracial groups of the recording industry. Patricia Van Dross, older sister of the R&B singer Luther Vandross, sang with Johnny Maestro while The Crests were signed to the Joyce Record label. Before The Crests signed with Coed Records, Van Dross left the group because her mother did not want her 15-year-old daughter touring with the older guys. After a regional hit with "My Juanita"/"Sweetest One" on the Joyce label, he had three years of chart success with The Crests on Coed Records with "16 Candles", "Six Nights A Week", "Step by Step", "The Angels Listened In", and "Trouble in Paradise". Between "Step by Step" and "Trouble in Paradise", Coed released a single "The Great Physician"/"Say It Isn't So" under the name Johnny Masters. Late in 1960, Maestro would leave The Crests for a solo career. Maestro was unable to reach the chart heights he had with The Crests, but did have Top 40 hits with "What A Surprise" and "Model Girl" in 1961 as solo artist Johnny Mastro, "The Voice of the Crests" for Coed Records. For his next three singles with the label, he was known as Johnny Maestro, the third spelling change for the label. None of those records charted and Maestro recorded for three different labels before recording with new backup singers (none from the original group) as Johnny Maestro & The Crests in 1965 and 1966, which produced four singles on two more labels.
By 1967, another New York vocal group called The Del-Satins—who had become well known in the New York area as weekly performers on the local dance party program The Clay Cole Show, had made several non-charting recordings between 1959 and 1967 under their own name, and were noted for backing up Dion on his post-Belmonts recordings—were looking for a new lead singer to replace original lead Stan Zizka. Members were brothers Fred and Tom Ferrara (baritone and bass), Les Cauchi (first tenor; born Leslie Emanuel Cauchi, December 18, 1942 – March 3, 2020) and Bobby Faila (second tenor). According to Cauchi, members of the group ran into Maestro at a local gym, playing his guitar, and approached him with the offer to join the group. After initially turning them down, Maestro's manager, Betty Sperber, called Cauchi and told him Maestro had changed his mind.
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Current items with a signature of Johnny Maestro
These are the most current items with a signature of Johnny Maestro that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | THE CRESTS Johnny Maestro SIGNED Vinyl JSA COA | $499.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Johnny Maestro
The most expensive item with a signature of Johnny Maestro (Johnny Maestro Signed Best of the Crests LP) was sold in June 2025 for $305.98 while the cheapest item (Johnny Maestro (1939-2010 signed 3x5 card) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2010. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2009 with an average selling price of $2.90 for an autographed item of Johnny Maestro. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $305.98 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was February 2020. In average, an autographed item from Johnny Maestro is worth $29.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Johnny Maestro were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Brooklyn Bridge The Crests Johnny Maestro Signed Autographed Vinyl Record | $29.99 |  |
| J.T. Carter The Crests Sixteen Candles Singer Signed 8x10 Photo Johnny Maestro | $29.95 | |
| Johnny Maestro & Brooklyn Bridge Photo Album - SIGNED - Concert/Tour Book | $39.95 | |
| Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo Very Rare | $90.00 | |
 | Johnny Maestro Autographed History Of A Legend Crests Brooklyn Bridge 2 LPs | $20.50 | |
| JOHNNY MAESTRO Autographed Signed Photo Singer THE CRESTS "16 Candles" Died-2010 | $24.99 | |
| Johnny Maestro Brooklyn Bridge Band Autograph 8x10 Photo JSA COA | $39.00 | |
| Johnny Maestro Brooklyn Bridge Band Autograph by 6 Members 8x10 Photo JSA COA | $129.00 | |
| Johnny Maestro Signed - Brooklyn Bridge LP Autograph - Beckett BAS | $199.00 | |
| Johnny Maestro Signed - Crests 45 Six Nights A Week / I Do - Autograph - JSA | $148.75 | |
| Johnny Maestro signed 8x10 picture | $20.00 | |
| Johnny Maestro Signed Best of the Crests LP | $305.98 | |
| Johnny Maestro-Crests-Signed Recording Contract-Doo Wop-Rockabilly-R&B-70s-KFJK | $41.00 | |
| Vintage JOHNNY MAESTRO & The Brooklyn Bridge In-Person Signed 8x11 Photograph | $9.95 | |
| VINTAGE SIGNED CONTRACTS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE JOHNNY MAESTRO 1970 | $19.99 | |
