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
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