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Posted on: Monday, November 24, 2003

Teddy Randazzo, '50s rock legend, dead at 68

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

Teddy Randazzo, a rock icon from the 1950s who composed classic hit songs such as "Goin' Out of My Head" and "Hurt So Bad," died Friday in Orlando, Fla.

He was 68.

Teddy Randazzo produced and arranged Keola and Kapono Beamer's best-selling song and album, "Honolulu City Lights." Advertiser library photo

Randazzo also was a major player on the Island recording scene, producing and arranging Keola and Kapono Beamer's best-selling song and album, "Honolulu City Lights," and composing such signature tunes as "I Love You" for Marlene Sai and "Salty Tears" for John Rowles.

"I talked to him several weeks ago, hoping to put on an acoustic concert," said Tom Moffatt, one of his longtime friends who first introduced Randazzo to Island music fans through the groundbreaking "S