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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