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Frankie Avalon Research Paper

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It's a good chance that you'll quickly recall the name and talents of singer, actor Frankie Avalon, no matter your age. Frankie's stellar career embraced three generations of music, television and motion pictures and was an intrinsic fiber of American entertainment history. Frankie Avalon was born September 18, 1940 in "The City of Brotherly Love", Philadelphia, PA. He could light the flame and turn up the heat on nearly every love struck teen girl or adult woman in America! A child prodigy, Frankie entered local amateur talent contests after he turned 10 and won them, one after another. In the years that ensued, he continued his musical studies and learning trumpet from a member of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. This truly genuine young talent soon made guest appearances as a trumpet player on The Perry Como and Jackie Gleason Television Shows. …show more content…

His music was synonymous to the times. Among some of his hit sounds were"Venus", a song written by Ed Marshall and Peter DeAngelis. The most successful version was by Frankie and released in 1959. This song would become Avalon's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and it spent five weeks atop the survey. The song also reached number ten on the R&B chart and was a man's plea to Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, to send him a girl to love and one who will love him. Another of Frankie Avalon's best known songs was "Why". Recorded in 1959, the song went to Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for the week of December 28, 1959, and the last Number 1 single of the 1950s. The song was written by Avalon's manager and record producer Robert "Bob" Marcucci and Peter De

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