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Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli, 26 April 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American teen idol from the early days of Rock and Roll. Image File history File links Bobby_Rydell. ... Image File history File links Bobby_Rydell. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

Career

During his pre-teen years, he was on the Paul Whiteman show singing and doing imitations. As a teenager, he played with Frankie Avalon in a band known as 'Rocco and the Saints'. He was later signed with Cameo Records and became an international star. In 1962, he was in the movie, Bye Bye Birdie with Ann Margret and Dick Van Dyke. 1928 Columbia Records label with caricature of Paul Whiteman Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was a popular american orchestral leader. ... Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s. ... 1922 Cameo Record Cameo was a USA based record label, first flourishing in the 1920s, and then revived in the 1960s. ... Megastar redirects here. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Bye Bye Birdie is a Broadway musical satire on American society written by Michael Stewart (book), Lee Adams (lyrics), and Charles Strouse (music). ... Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a five-time Golden Globe Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated Swedish actress, singer and dancer who was born Ann-Margret Olsson in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland, Sweden. ... Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an Emmy-Award winning American television and movie actor, comedian and dancer. ...

During the 1960s, Rydell had nineteen hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. These included his most popular hit, 1960's "Wild One" (his highest charting single, it reached #2). Other songs include, "Volare", "Swingin' School", "Kissin' Time", "Sway", "I've Got Bonnie" and "Forget Him". During this time he also appeared on many television shows, including the Red Skelton Show and the Danny Thomas Show. In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Maronite descent. ...

Rydell continued to perform in nightclubs, supper clubs and Las Vegas venues throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He still performs today, as a solo act, and part of "The Golden Boys" (with childhood pals and fellow Philadelphians Frankie Avalon and Fabian). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Fabian is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. ...

Media

In both the Broadway musical and film Grease, the high school was named "Rydell High" after Bobby Rydell. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Grease (1978) is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys musical, Grease. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ...

Singles

Cameo Records Cameo and its sister label Parkway were a major Philadelphia-based record label. ...

• 1959 "Kissin' Time" / "You'll Never Tame Me"
• 1959 "We Got Love" / "I Dig Girls"
• 1960 "Wild One" / "Little Bitty Girl"
• 1960 "Swingin' School" / "Ding A Ling"
• 1960 "Volare" / "I'd Do It Again"
• 1960 "Sway" / "Groovy Tonight"
• 1961 "Good Time Baby" / "Cherie"
• 1961 "That Old Black Magic" / "Don't Be Afraid"
• 1961 "The Fish" / "The Third House"
• 1961 "I Wanna Thank You" / "The Door To Paradise"
• 1962 "I've Got Bonnie" / "Lose Her"
• 1962 "I'll Never Dance Again" / "Gee It's Wonderful"
• 1962 "The Cha-Cha-Cha" / "The Best Man Cried"
• 1963 "Butterfly Baby" / "Love Is Blind"
• 1963 "Wildwood Days" / "Will You Be My Baby"
• 1963 "Little Queenie" / "The Woodpecker Song"
• 1963 "Let's Make Love Tonight" / "Childhood Sweetheart"
• 1963 "Forget Him" / "Love, Love Go Away"

External links

• Bobby Rydell Official Site
• Bobby Rydell at the Internet Movie Database
• Bobby Rydell at Billboard.com
• http://www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/bobbyrydell.txt
• http://www.history-of-rock.com/bobby_rydell.htm

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See also

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