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Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli, April 26, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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) is an American
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 teen idol
Teen idol

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 from the early 1960s era of Rock and Roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
.

ng his pre-teen years, he was on the Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman was an United States orchestral leader. He was born in Denver, Colorado. After a start as a classical violinist and viola, Whiteman then led a jazz-influenced dance band, which became locally popular in San Francisco, California in 1918....
 show, singing and doing imitations. As a teenager, he played with Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon is an United States actor, Singing, Sex_Symbol, and former teen idol....
 in a band known as Rocco and the Saints.






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Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli, April 26, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 teen idol
Teen idol

?Teen idols refers to someone idolized by teens; a teen idol is often young but in many cases no longer teenaged. Often, a teen idol is an actor or a pop singer, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers....
 from the early 1960s era of Rock and Roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
.

Career

During his pre-teen years, he was on the Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman was an United States orchestral leader. He was born in Denver, Colorado. After a start as a classical violinist and viola, Whiteman then led a jazz-influenced dance band, which became locally popular in San Francisco, California in 1918....
 show, singing and doing imitations. As a teenager, he played with Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon is an United States actor, Singing, Sex_Symbol, and former teen idol....
 in a band known as Rocco and the Saints. [See: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990, Record Research, Inc., Menomonee Falls WI, 1991] He was later signed by Cameo Records
Cameo Records

Cameo was a United States based record label, first flourishing in the 1920s, not connected with a Cameo-Parkway Records which was active in the 1950s and 1960s....
 and became an international star
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
. In 1963, he portrayed Hugo Peabody in the movie
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 version of Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie (film)

The stage musical Bye Bye Birdie was first adapted to film in 1963 in film. The screenplay was written by Michael Stewart and Irving Brecher, with music by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams....
 with Ann Margret and Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke

Richard Wayne ?Dick? Van Dyke is an United States actor, presenter and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades. He is best known for his starring roles in Mary Poppins , Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder....
.

During the 1960s, Rydell had nineteen hits on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 chart
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
. These included his most popular hit, 1960's "Wild One" (his highest charting single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
, it reached #2). Other songs included, "Volare
Volare (song)

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song. It is the only song ever by an Italian artist to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100....
" (#4), "Swingin' School" (#5), "Kissin' Time" (#11), "Sway
Sway (song)

"Sway" is the English version of "?Qui?n ser??", a 1953 Mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltr?n Ruiz. In 1954 the English language lyrics were written by Norman Gimbel and recorded by Dean Martin ....
" (#14), "I've Got Bonnie" (#18), "The Cha-Cha-Cha" (#10), and "Forget Him" (which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart).

Rydell's 18 charted hits — six of which hit the Top 10 and 12 of which hit the Top 20 — was quite a feat in the age when Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
 was still king and the Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Motown sound hadn't hit the American musical scene yet. Rydell's hits came in the four years after the death of Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally as Buddy Holly was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his The Day the Music Died, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and...
, the Army
United States Army

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 induction of Presley, the jailing of Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music....
, the scandal that hit Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
, and Little Richard
Little Richard

Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman , better known by the stage name Little Richard, is anAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist. He is considered a key figure in the transition from Rhythm and blues to Rock and roll in the 1950s....
's retirement into ministry.

Although those major rockers, for the most part, weren't charting hits anymore, Rydell did share the airwaves with numerous hit artists, including Elvis Presley, who was still scoring hits during and after his tenure in the army.

Rydell is also considered one of the "Teen Idols" — such as Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon is an United States actor, Singing, Sex_Symbol, and former teen idol....
, Fabian
Fabian (entertainer)

Fabiano Anthony Forte , better known as Fabian, is a former United States teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He rose to national prominence after performing several times on American Bandstand....
, Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson

Johnny Tillotson is an United States singing and songwriter. Tillotson enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s when he scored a series of Top 40 hit record including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin'." In total, he placed 30 single and albums in the Billboard record chart between 1958 and 1984,...
, Jimmy Clanton
Jimmy Clanton

Jimmy Clanton was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and as a singer became known as the "swamp pop Rhythm and blues Teen idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 in music for the Ace Records label....
 and Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee is an United States pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine Vee has had 38 Billboard Hot 100 record chart hit record, 10 of which hit the Top 20....
 — who all ruled the pop charts during this time.

Ironically, Rydell's last chart smash was a song called Forget Him, which hit in the waning months of 1963, just before the British Invasion
British Invasion

File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
 hit the American music business.

During this time, Rydell also appeared on many television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 shows, including the Red Skelton Show and the Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas was an United States nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy....
 Show. On October 6, 1964, he guest starred on a highly acclaimed episode (Duel) of the TV series Combat
Combat

Combat, or fighting, is purposeful violence conflict intended to establish dominance over the opposition.The term "combat" typically refers to armed conflict between military forces in warfare, whereas the more general term "fighting" can refer to any violent conflict....
, playing opposite Vic Morrow. This was Rydell's first dramatic role.

Rydell continued to perform in nightclub
Nightclub

A nightclub is a Alcoholic beverage, Dance and entertainment Music venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers....
s, supper clubs and Las Vegas
Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4 mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A small portion of The Strip lies in Las Vegas, Nevada, but most of it is in the unincorporated area areas of Paradise, Nevada and Winchester, Nevada....
 venues throughout the 1970s and 1980s (although his career was hindered by the fact that ABKCO Records
ABKCO Records

ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. is a New York headquartered independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company. It owns and or administers the rights to music by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, The Kinks as well as the Cameo-Parkway Records, which includes recordings...
 didn't released any of the Cameo-Parkway hits until 2005, forcing him to re-record his old hits which were issued by K-Tel Records). He still performs as a solo act, and part of "The Golden Boys" (with childhood pals and fellow Philadelphians
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
 Frankie Avalon and Fabian).

Media

In both the Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 musical
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
 and film Grease
Grease (film)

Grease is a musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's Grease . The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, and Eve Arden....
, the high school
High school

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 was named "Rydell High" after Bobby Rydell.

Chart singles

Cameo Records
Cameo-Parkway Records

Cameo and its sister label Parkway were major Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 through 1967....


Release date Title Flip side Chart Positions
US Charts
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 US AC
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary music and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States....
 UK R&B
1959"Kissin' Time""You'll Never Tame Me" 11   29
We Got Love
We Got Love

"We Got Love" is a song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann. It was released as a single by Bobby Rydell in 1959 in music. The song became a hit, charting at number six on the Billboard Hot 100....
"I Dig Girls" 6   
1960"Wild One"
Wild One (Bobby Rydell song)

"Wild One" is a song written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann, and Bernie Lowe. It was released as a single by Bobby Rydell in 1960 in music. The song became a big hit for Rydell, charting at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and also charting in the top ten of the UK Singles Chart....
/		  2  10 10
 "Little Bitty Girl" 19   
"Swingin' School"/  5  
 "Ding A Ling" 18   
"Volare
Volare (song)

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song. It is the only song ever by an Italian artist to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100....
"		"I'd Do It Again" 4   9
"Sway" "Groovy Tonight" 14   
1961"Good Time Baby"/  11   
 "Cherie" 54   
"That Old Black Magic""Don't Be Afraid" 21   
"The Fish""The Third House" 25   
"I Wanna Thank You""The Door To Paradise" 21   
"Jingle Bell Rock"  21   
1962"I've Got Bonnie"/  18   
"Lose Her"  69   
"I'll Never Dance Again""Gee It's Wonderful" 14   
"The Cha-Cha-Cha" "The Best Man Cried" 10   
1963"Butterfly Baby""Love Is Blind" 23   
"Wildwood Days""Will You Be My Baby" 17   
"Little Queenie""The Woodpecker Song"    
"Let's Make Love Tonight" "Childhood Sweetheart"    
1964"Forget Him" "Love, Love Go Away" 4 3  
"I Just Can't Say Goodbye"   94   
"Make Me Forget"   43   
"A World Without Love"   50   
1965"Diana"   98 23  


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