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was signed to Mercury Records in the early 1970s. Many have urged Previte to reunite the Knockouts, whose members included a pre- Bon Jovi Tico Torres on drums and Leigh Fox of Blondie on bass. He’s mulling that option over while he produces “Calling All Divas” with Executive Producer Dennis J. D’Amico (Paul McCartney) and producers Dicopoulos and Micky Hyman (Red Sky Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Video). Previte, a New Brunswick native raised in Milltown, has been per- forming in Asbury Park since 1968 and has lived nearby for about a decade. He continues to perform frequently in Asbury with Sher- man, a lifelong resident of Rum- son and Fair Haven except for a nine-year stint as the Jane Fonda of New Zealand when an oppor- tunity to host an exercise show sponsored by Nike there surfaced in the early ’90s. In Asbury and elsewhere along the Shore, Sher- man often produces and stars in tributes to music legends, as well as genres. They include James Watch Lisa Sherman’s Songbird show with “The Reason” NJ STAGE - ISSUE 55 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 35