associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place label image_size name birth_date background genre article_title birth_name
danny & the juniors 03 april 1983 quartzsite , arizona , united states 1955 -- 1983 pennsylvania , united states swan , abc , guyden , mercury , capitol 240 danny rapp 09 may 1941 solo_singer doo-wop danny rapp
 daniel earl rapp
danny rapp

daniel earl `` danny '' rapp -lrb- may 9 , 1941 -- april 3 , 1983 -rrb- was an american musician and the frontman for the group danny & the juniors .
the group is best known for their 1958 hit `` at the hop '' .
he was born in philadelphia , pa to a large irish american family , the youngest of seven siblings .
although his birth certificate states his date of birth was may 10 , he was in fact born at home on may 9 and registered the following day .
