Simon stokes biography

Musician Nick Stokes was born 10 June 1937, in Reading, Massachusetts; he would later adopt Simon Stokes as his professional name when he became a recording artist in the 1960s.

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Raised by his grandparents, Stokes developed a keen interest in music and started his own record hop, spinning discs under the guise of Count Coolbreeze, the Baron of Bop. He had his first taste of success in 1958 after penning a song for The Tornados, a local group from Peabody Ma., which was subsequently entered into a Boston song writing competition.

A few months later when Stokes was surprised to discover that his song, "Breaker of Dreams", had won first prize. A recording of the song by Johnny Mann & the Tornados was issued on the Donnie label, subsequently becoming a number one hit in Boston.^[1]

After this brief brush with success Stokes teamed up with songwriter Alonzo B Willis III, penning a number of songs for the Rubies, the Tri-Lites, the Ex-Cel Five's, and the Spats.

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