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Philadelphia Legend Bobby Rydell, ‘Wildwood Days’ Singer, Dies
CBS Philly ^ | April 5, 2022 at 4:52 PM | CBS3 Staff

Posted on 04/05/2022 4:21:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Philadelphia and music legend Bobby Rydell has died.

The former teen idol is probably best-known in the area for the song “Wildwood Days,” but he had so many hits — “Volare,” “Wild One” and so many others. …

(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 50s; 50smusic; bobbyrydell; obituary; philadelphia; rydell
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To: Olog-hai

Bobby Rydel did jingles for the old Freedomland Amusement Park in the Bronx


21 posted on 04/05/2022 4:55:15 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Nope. James Osterberg’s song “Real Wild Child” was a cover of a 1958 song by Australian rock performer Johnny O’Keefe first titled “Wild One” in that country but released under the first-mentioned title in the US.


22 posted on 04/05/2022 5:05:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: HighSierra5
He was the best singer for Volare.

Well next to Newbomb Turk. ;)

23 posted on 04/05/2022 5:07:02 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

RIP.


24 posted on 04/05/2022 5:08:50 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Bonemaker
The Gipsy Kings had a hit with Volare as well in the 1980s:

https://youtu.be/D_TGGgkCLD8

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25 posted on 04/05/2022 5:11:44 PM PDT by twister881
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


26 posted on 04/05/2022 5:12:01 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: HighSierra5

I like this version;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRby61yER0&t=65s

Song has even brought up on “Cheers.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-R9xYA465U


27 posted on 04/05/2022 5:13:39 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: HighSierra5

RIP to a great performer, but the best version of “Volare” is done by Newbomb Turk in the movie “Hollywood Knights”.


28 posted on 04/05/2022 5:15:00 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

I just posted it


29 posted on 04/05/2022 5:17:59 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Olog-hai

He was also the inspiration for the name of the high school in “Grease ( 1 and 2 ).”


30 posted on 04/05/2022 5:20:15 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Olog-hai

I feel sad. The old legends are passing on. I’ve been streaming his music via Amazon Prime.


31 posted on 04/05/2022 5:20:43 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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To: Olog-hai

This one hurts.


32 posted on 04/05/2022 5:23:42 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: Olog-hai

Wildwood days. My summer shore place.


33 posted on 04/05/2022 5:24:27 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: Olog-hai

Wow, he was alive?

Never heard of Wildwood Days, but definitely Wild One and Volare (an English cover).

Too bad this missed the ‘50s song tournament this year!


34 posted on 04/05/2022 5:57:27 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Rydell High!


35 posted on 04/05/2022 6:00:41 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult; HighSierra5; bigbob; Bonemaker
My favorite version of "Volare" aka Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (into the blue, painted blue) is the original by Domenico Modugno. It starts out describing a man who paints his hands and face blue and then flies off into the sky, but this turns out to be a dream inspired by his lover's blue eyes.
36 posted on 04/05/2022 6:14:20 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: twister881; Moonmad27
It is said that the name Conrad Birdie was inspired by Conway Twitty. My favorite quote from Bye, Bye, Birdie is "[men] are all the same--from puberty to Mussolini."
37 posted on 04/05/2022 6:17:32 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: cowboyusa

Spent a summer in Wildwood. ‘77 or ‘78, maybe. Good times.


38 posted on 04/05/2022 7:45:03 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Olog-hai

RIP.


39 posted on 04/05/2022 8:01:12 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: Olog-hai
Way too young.

This was a great song of his: Sway

He also acted on a good episode of "Combat!"

40 posted on 04/09/2022 11:16:18 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemicq we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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