07/17/2022
Badstreet U.S.A. drummer, producer and writer.A young Jimmy Papa is watching and learning from his dad Tony Papa who was sponsored by Ludwig drums and Zildjian cymbals and was voted one of the top 10 drummers in the nation for 10 years in a row by downbeat magazine my dad was a bad ass and not just playing the drums he was a serious man to deal with in business he went into the booking agency business and after he opened a brand new office in Dallas for ABC booking after 11 years he was named executive vice president of associated booking corporation the oldest and one of the largest booking agencies in the world he ended up opening up Japan for American groups to play concerts all over the Far East he was in charge of the Beverly Hills office, the Las Vegas office the Dallas office and he made 19 trips to Japan he retired after 40 years in show business. Jimmy Papa
Badstreet USA will go down as the first and the best entrance song written about the Freebirds where they came from and it was sung by Michael Hayes. The award winning Badstreet U.S.A. video followed wild Success of the single it was the number one record for six weeks at Camelot music it’s sold more copies than Van Halen’s Jump in 1984 at there record stores. The song was written by Jimmy Papa words & music, Larry Velez music & Michael Hayes words 1983.