Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray's Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.

She was a former beauty pageant winner and Avalon met her while playing cards at a friend's house. Avalon promotes his products on the Home Shopping Network with host Bob Circosta. but did still manage four chart hits with "Why" "Gingerbread" "Venus" and "Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops".