Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on April 26th, 1942 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 81, Bobby Rydell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli; April 26, 1942) is an American singer who plays mainly in rock and roll.
He was regarded as a teenage idol in the early 1960s.
"Wild One" and "Volare" (cover), two of his best-known songs, appeared in the film Bye Birdie in 1963.
Early life
Rydell was born in April 1942 and was the son of Jennie Ridarelli (nee Sapienza) and Adrio "Al" Ridarelli. Both of his parents were of Italian descent. He grew up in South Philadelphia's Lower Moyamensing neighborhood.
He imitated the singers he saw on television as a youth, and his father took him around Philadelphia, asking if he could sing and do some impersonations. By the time he was eight years old, his fame had earned him a spot on a talent show on the national television network, TV Teen Club. He won the competition and the show's host, Paul Whiteman, dragged him into the cast, where he stayed for many years. It was here that Bobby Rydell's name was Anglicized to him.
Personal life
Camille Quattrone Ridarelli, Rydell's first wife, lived with him for 35 years from 1968 to her death in 2003; they had two children. Linda Hoffman was married in 2009. Rydell was a long-serving resident of Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, and he lived in the same house from 1963 to 2013.
In his honour, the street on which he was born in Philadelphia was renamed Bobby Rydell Boulevard.
Rydell postponed a 2012 Australia tour due to his health's decline and he was in dire need of urgent major surgery. He underwent a double organ transplant at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 9, 2012. Rydell returned to Las Vegas for a three-night engagement to a sold-out audience in January 2013. He continued to tour internationally and returned to Australia in 2014.
On April 5, 2022, at the age of 79, Rydell died of pneumonia complications at Jefferson Abington Hospital.
Music career
Rydell appeared in several bands in the Philadelphia area, including Rocco and the Saints, in which he performed and played drums. He had three failed singles for small businesses before signing a Cameo Records recording deal. Bernie Lowe, who had been the pianist accompanying him on TV Teen Club, was in charge of this program. "Kissin' Time" debuted in 1959, after a string of failures. Rydell, Billy "Crash" Craddock, Marv Johnson, The Crickets, The Crickets, and Lonnie Lee visited Australia in May 1960.
"We Got Love" was his second attempt. The album of the same name, which was his first, has sold a million copies and received gold disc recognition. "Wild One" was his second best-selling single, after "Little Bitty Girl" was his second. "Swingin' School" and "Volare" followed him later in 1960, where they later sold over a million copies. He continued to produce hit songs. He is estimated to have sold over 25 million records in total.
He appeared at the Copacabana in New York City in 1961, where he was the youngest performer to headline at the nightclub. He appeared at the Festival du Rock in Paris, France, in February 1961.
Because of Rydell's success and prospects, his father, Adrio, a foreman with the Electro-Nite Carbon Company in Philadelphia, resigned in 1961 after 22 years to become his son's road manager.
In 1963, Rydell performed "Wildwood Days" on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a record that has remained on the charts for nine weeks. Rydell, whose music placed the area in the national spotlight, is honored in a mural on the Wildwood, New Jersey, boardwalk (painted in 2014).
Hugo Peabody appeared in the film version of Bye Birdie starring Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke in the same year. Bye Bye Birdie's initial stage performance had no real speaking part in Hugo, but the film script was rewritten specifically to broaden the role for Rydell. This film was digitally restored by Sony Pictures in 2011. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted Rydell and Ann-Margret at the Beverly Hills premiere of the restoration.
Rydell had several hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s. 34 Top 100 hits in his career, placing him in the top 50 artists of his time (Billboard). They included "Wild One" (his highest scoring single, at number 2), "Volare" (number 4), "Swingin' School" (number 11), "I've Got Bonnie"), and "The Cha-Cha" (number 10). "Forget Him" was his last major chart hit, peaking at number four on the Hot 100 in January 1964. Tony Hatch's album was his fifth and final gold disc champion.
In 1964, Rydell left Cameo Parkway Records and signed with Capitol Records. By this time, the British Invasion had landed, and acts such as Rydell suffered a drastic decline in popularity. Bands like The Beatles became more popular, and Rydell unintentionally contributed to his own demise by compelled John Lennon and Paul McCartney to write "She Loves You," a song that boosted their fame way beyond his own.
During this period, he appeared on numerous television shows, including The Red Skelton Show, in which Zeke Kadiddlehopper, Clem Kadihopper's younger cousin, was written for him by Red Skelton. Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, and The George Burns Exhibition were among his many appearances on The Danny Thomas Show, Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, and The George Burns Exhibition. He appeared on The Milton Berle Show as a regular on the programme and was on a panelist on To Tell the Truth in 1964. On October 6, 1964, he appeared on "Duel" of the television series Combat! It was Rydell's first dramatic role.
Rydell appeared in an unsold television pilot called Swingin' Together, produced by Desilu Productions, starring him as the frontman for a four-piece rock 'n roll band seeking their first break. During this period, Rydell served in the 103rd Engineer Battalion of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
Rydell had signed a long-term recording deal with Reprise Records in January 1968, according to UK music magazine NME. He continued to perform in nightclubs, supper clubs, and Las Vegas venues throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but Cameo-Parkway catalog owners ABKCO Records' refusal to reissue Rydell's music, stumbling him, and the entire catalogue was unavailable until 2005 (although he re-recorded his hits in 1995 for K-tel Records). After 1965, a disco re-recording of "Sway" that reached Billboard's Easy Listening chart in 1976, he would have one more hit.
Rydell continued to tour through the remainder of his life, most with Frankie Avalon and Fabian Forte; they appeared under the name The Golden Boys, which appeared in Frankie Avalon and Fabian Forte. In 2016, his autobiography was published.