BOBBY RYDELL - Love Is Blind (1963)

60s Pop Vocal Teener (Popcorn Oldies) B-Side 45 rpm Cameo Records C-242 (1963) A-Side is: "Butterfly Baby".
Born Robert Louis Ridarelli (April 26, 1942 - April 5, 2022) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he grew up in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia.
Known by the stage name Bobby Rydell, was an American singer and actor who mainly performed Rock And Roll and traditional Pop Music.
In the early 1960s he was considered a teen idol.
It was his father who encouraged him to pursue a career in show business.
At the age of four, Rydell would sit in front of the TV and impersonate such performers as Milton Berle, Louis Prima, and Johnny Ray.
He also admired drummer Gene Krupa and began playing the drums at the age of six.
At the age of seven, and with his father's encouragement, Rydell began performing in nightclubs in Philadelphia.
In 1950, Rydell entered Paul Whiteman's amateur show his first-place win earned him a regular part on the show.
He stayed with the Whiteman show for three years and then joined several local bands in Philadelphia.
It was here, too, that Bobby Ridarelli became the easier-to-pronounce Bobby Rydell.
At 16, he began playing with local groups, landing a spot as a drummer for Rocco and the Saints. (Frankie Avalon, another Philadelphia-born musician, played trumpet for the group.)
While with the band, Rydell signed a recording contract with Cameo-Parkway Records in Philadelphia.
His hit "Kissin' Time," recorded in the summer of 1959, launched his musical career and made him a teen idol at the age of 17.
After making his first hit recording, he pursued a solo career, performing at the Copacabana in New York in 1961, where he was an instant hit. Rydell made his acting debut in 1962 on the television show Combat!
One year later, he starred as Hugh Peabody in the famous musical Bye Bye Birdie.
It was only after his acting debut that he fervently began playing the nightclub circuit.
During the 1960s, Rydell had numerous hit records on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
His recording career earned him 34 Top 100 hits, placing him in the Top 5 artists of his era (Billboard).
They included his most popular successes: "Wild One" (his highest scoring single, at number 2), "Volare" (number 4), "Swingin' School" (number 5), "Kissin' Time" (number 11), "Sway" (number 14), "I've Got Bonnie" (number 18), and "The Cha-Cha-Cha" (number 10).
His last major chart success was "Forget Him", which reached number 4 on the Hot 100 in January 1964.
The song, written by Tony Hatch, was his fifth and final gold disc winner.
Bobby Rydell left Cameo-Parkway Records later in 1964 and signed with Capitol Records.
By this point, the British Invasion had arrived and acts such as Rydell suffered a dramatic decline in popularity.
Bobby Rydell died on April 5, 2022, due to complications of pneumonia.
He was 79 years old... R.I.P. ❤️

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