Maresca was born in the Bronx, New York, and began singing and writing in a doo-wop group, the Regents, who later had a hit with "Barbara Ann".
Maresca was born in the Bronx, New York. He began singing and writing in a doo-wop group, the Monterays, later renamed as the Desires, and, after Maresca left, as the Regents, who had a hit with "Barbara Ann".