Johnny Maestro, '16 Candles' Singer 1.94K Hamilton Nolan 03/25/10 08:12AM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead singers Johnny maestro sixteen candles Johnny Maestro, the doo wop singer who led the group Brooklyn Bridge, died yesterday at the age of 70. His biggest hit was "16 Candles," when he was singing with The Crests in the 1950s. That was the jam.
