Bobby Rydell On That Special Sound Of “Wild One” His Biggest Hit (Interview #14)

(#14) Bobby Rydell Explains That Special Sound Of “Wild One” His Biggest Hit Click on the link below for the entire video https://youtu.be/fnfygpiRrz4 That tune was released the year I was born. Years ago I started studying the music of 1960. The #1 song of that year was ‘Theme From […]

Bobby Rydell On His Signature Tune “Volare” The Perfect Sing a long Tune (Interview #12)

(#12) Bobby Rydell On His Signature Tune “Volare” The Perfect Sing-a-long Tune Click on the link below to see the entire video https://youtu.be/-Q6E9RSRJyg Even though Bobby Rydell’s biggest charting hit was ‘Wild One” from 1960 which peaked at #2 and sold a million copies he had two other of his […]

Bobby Rydell Gets The Ultimate Compliment From Frank Sinatra (Interview #11)

(#11) Bobby Rydell On That Nervous Day He Met Frank Sinatra Click On the Link Below to See the Entire Video https://youtu.be/lUaeazmnBYs I ask everybody that I interview if they’ve ever been star-struck even though they themselves are stars and 99% of them say yes or course. Bobby Rydell was […]

Bobby Rydell’s Lifelong Friendship With Ann Margret – Interview #10

Check out the entire video via the link below https://youtu.be/gvRg4K6fmZM (#10) Bobby Rydell On His Lifelong Friendship With Ann Margret His Bye Bye Birdie Co-Star By the time Bobby Rydell co-stared with Ann Margret in that 1963 film he already had 18 hits including “We Got Love,””Wild One,” “Swingin’ School,””Volare.” […]

How Paul Anka Saved Bobby Rydell From Freddy Cannon’s Little Trick (Interview Clip #7)

(Interview Clip #7) How Paul Anka Saved Bobby Rydell From Freddy Cannon’s Little Trick  Click below for the entire video https://youtu.be/2yaunbDQdF0 I really enjoyed Bobby Rydell’s autobiography, “Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Tale of Second Chances” In the book he talks about the great friendships he’s made through the […]

Bobby Rydell On His Grease “Rydell High” Movie Connection

(#13) Bobby Rydell On His Grease “Rydell High” Connection CLICK ON THE LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO https://youtu.be/VFjWV45f9Es The 1978 movie ended up being one of the biggest musicals of all time. John Travolta’s greaser Danny Zuko falls in love with his Australian goody-two-shoes girlfriend Sandy played by Olivia Newton […]

Bobby Rydell: How Dick Clark was a Huge Influence in His Life (Interview Clip #6)

Check Out the entire video here https://youtu.be/djshASwN6Ro (#6) Bobby Rydell: How Dick Clark was a Huge Influence in His Life When you’re talking a show like “American Bandstand” the influence is scattered to th four winds. Dick Clark was the longest running host on the show running things from 1956-1989). […]

Bobby Rydell Wants To Work With Michael Bublé (Interview Clip #9)

(Interview Clip #9) Bobby Rydell Wants To Record With Michael Buble CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE VIDEO https://youtu.be/l-aHkDU4TDM Bobby Rydell had a lot of hits – 19 to be exact. His signature tune is “Volare” but he’s also know for his version of “Sway” from 1960 which […]

Bobby Rydell On How The Beatles Changed Everything & McCartney’s, ‘World Without Love'(Interview #8)

(Interview Clip #8) Bobby Rydell On How The Beatles Changed Everything We already shared a video clip on Bobby Rydell accidentally meeting the Beatles in 1963 when they were starting to break out but at the time he was not familiar with them. We will have a link to that […]

Bobby Rydell On Hearing his First Hit “Kissin’ Time” on the Radio (Interview #5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKS0oV4DUBI (Interview Clip #5) Bobby Rydell On Hearing his First Hit “Kissin’ Time” on the Radio He was only 17 when he had his first hit with “Kissin’ Time’ in 1959. He would go on to have 19 Top 40 hits including “Wild One” from 1960, Volare, his signature tune […]