Bobby
Vee
BOBBY
VEE's break came on the sad day in rock and roll history that
the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper
crashed. The promoter, deciding to go on with the show, used local
talent for the next night and new voice was introduced to the
world - BOBBY VEE. Since that fateful night in 1959, BOBBY VEE
would go on to place thirty eight songs in the Billboard top 100
charts, six gold singles, fourteen top forty hits and two gold
albums. By the end of 1960, BOBBY VEE'S first top ten record,
Devil or Angel, had reached the charts. By 1963, Bobby had collected
seven top ten hits in England and in 1963 shared the charts for
forty four weeks side-by-side with the Beatles. Bobby's tours
have taken him to Japan, Australia, and Europe as well as the
United Kingdom. As testimony to Bobby's high energy show and continued
popularity, the annual readers poll by sixties music magazine,
"The Beat Goes On" voted him: 1991 Best American Act;
1992 Best Live Performer; 1993 Best Favorite Male Singer; and
in 1994 he was named "Runner Up" to Paul McCartney in
the category of "Most Accomplished Performer."
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