Singer Bobby Rydell poses on the premiere of a digital restoration of his 1963 movie musical comedy ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ on the Academy of Movement Image Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Picture
April 6 (Reuters) – Rock n’ Roll singer and actor Bobby Rydell, a teen idol within the Fifties and 60s who starred within the hit film musical “Bye Bye Birdie” and recorded dozens of hits, has died in Pennsylvania, his web site stated. He was 79.
Rydell died on Tuesday of non-Covid-19 associated pneumonia issues in a hospital in Abington, a press release on his web site stated.
Rydell rose to fame in 1950 as a entertainer on Paul Whiteman’s tv present “Teen Membership.” In 1959, his single “Kissin’ Time,” landed on Billboard’s Scorching 100 Hits and launched him into stardom. He bought greater than 25 million albums, awarding him 34 prime 100 hits, the assertion stated.
Rydell made his movie debut within the 1963 hit musical film Bye Bye Birdie. He later went on to star in a number of motion pictures, tv collection and comedy exhibits all through his profession.
Rydell made a number of appearances on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” and was the highschool namesake within the iconic 1978 film “Grease” a 1950’s-era musical teen love story.
Rydell was born Robert Louis Ridarelli on April 26, 1942 in Philadelphia, the place a road is known as after him.
In 1985, Rydell together with different Philadelphia-area entertainers, Frankie Avalon and Fabian, created The Golden Boys, who carried out for many years.
In his biography, “Teen Idol on the Rocks: A Story of Second Probabilities,” Rydell detailed his battle with alcohol and despair following the dying of his first spouse and thru a double organ transplant he obtained in 2012.
Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago, Enhancing by Alexandra Hudson
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