Who wrote Bobby Vee songs?

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by
Hayes	Bobby Vee	Robert Thomas Velline
Love Must Have Passed Me By	Bobby Vee	Bobby Vee

How many hits did Bobby Vee have?

According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. He had six gold singles in his career.

How did Bobby Vee get famous?

Vee’s big break came about in 1959 at the age of 15 when he filled in for Buddy Holly after the singer’s death in a plane crash. Bobby Vee and the Shadows were signed in autumn 1959 and Vee had his first hit in the Billboard charts in 1960 with Devil or Angel.

What is Bobby Rydell real name?

Robert Louis Ridarelli
Bobby Rydell/Full name

Is Bobby Rydell Italian?

Rydell was born to an Italian family, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Jennie (Sapienza) and Adrio “Al” Ridarelli. He changed his name to Bobby Rydell and played in several bands in the Philadelphia area.

How old is Bobby V?

41 years (February 27, 1980)
Bobby V/Age

Is Bobby Rydell still singing?

Bobby Rydell (born Robert Louis Ridarelli on April 26, 1942) is an American singer, mainly of rock and roll music….

Bobby Rydell
Instruments	Vocals, drums
Years active	1958–present
Labels	Cameo-Parkway Capitol Records Reprise Records (U.S.) Columbia (U.K.)
Website	bobbyrydell.com

What happened to Bobby Rydell’s first wife?

Cowritten with Allan Slutsky, it addresses his tempestuous relationship with his mother—“She was bipolar,” he says now—and the sad last days of his childhood sweetheart and first wife, Camille, whose 2003 death from cancer sent him into a spiral of alcohol abuse that resulted in transplant surgery.

Is Bobby Vee married?

Karen Velline (nee Bergen) married Bobby Vee on December 28, 1963. The couple was married for 51 years before Bergen passed away from kidney failure on August 3, 2015.

Is Bobby Vee still alive?

Yes. Bobby Vee is still alive. In fall of 2011 he was in the recording studio working on a new album and writing new songs.

What happened to Bobby Vee?

Bobby Vee, best known for hits including Rubber Ball, Take Good Care of My Baby and The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, has died at the age of 73. Vee released more than 25 albums during his career, retiring in 2011 after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

When did Bobby Vee die?

Bobby Vee (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016, born Robert Thomas Velline) began his music career at 15 as a stand-in for his idol, Buddy Holly , who had just died in the plane crash that also took the lives of Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper .