man started putting together
stage shows that drew 200 to
300 people. “I had the Val-
tairs, the Shells and Vito & the
Salutations on the same show
for three bucks,” Norman re-
called. “From there I booked
the Olympics. It just kept pro-
gressing.”
The next logical step for Nor-
man Seldin was to start a re-
cord label to record his talent.
The first record released on
Seldin’s Selsom label was by
the Valtairs. He soon released
records by the Shondelles,
Tony Maples and the Uniques
(a recording that contained
Nicky Addeo and later members
of the Broadways), the Darchaes
(under the name Barboroso & the
Historians), the Jaywalkers, the
Motifs and the Joyful Noyze.
As a musician, Seldin was the
youngest member to ever join the
American Federation of Musicians
at the age of 13. He has appeared
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on stage with Roy Orbison, The
Temptations, Bo Didley, Freddy
King, Roy Buchannon, Clarence
“Big Man” Clemons, Bruce Spring-
steen, Waylon Jennings, Max
Weinberg, Gary Talent, Bernard
“Pretty” Purdie, Rob Paparozzi,
Johnny Thunder, Jimmy Clanton,
The Allman Brothers, Chuck Berry,
Patti LaBelle, Dee Dee Sharp, The
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