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In several scenes in the Annette serial, she performed the song that launched her singing career. The studio received so much mail about "How Will I Know My Love" (lyrics by Tom Adair, music by Frances Jeffords and William Walsh), [11] that Walt Disney issued it as a single, and gave Funicello (somewhat unwillingly [citation needed]) a recording contract.
Back to the Beach is a 1987 American comedy film starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, directed by Lyndall Hobbs. The original music score is composed by Steve Dorff. The film generated a total domestic gross of $13,110,903. It received a "two thumbs up" rating from Siskel and Ebert, who compared it favorably to Grease.
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), [2] better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, " Venus " and " Why " in 1959.
Bikini Beach is a 1964 American teen film directed by William Asher and starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. The film belongs to the beach party genre of movies, popular in the 1960s. This is the third in the series of seven films produced by American International Pictures (AIP).
His first film for the company was alongside Beach Party stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in the 1966 stock car racing film Fireball 500. AIP then sent him to Italy to play a role originally intended for Avalon in Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966), supporting Vincent Price and directed by Mario Bava .
It stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and was directed by William Asher, who also directed four other films in this series. [ 3 ] Dick Dale and the Del-Tones and Stevie Wonder appear in musical numbers, the latter aged thirteen and making his film debut, billed as "Little Stevie Wonder."
Frankie Avalon, star of Beach Party, 1963.. The beach party film is an American film genre of feature films which were produced and released between 1963 and 1968, created by American International Pictures (AIP), beginning with their surprise hit, Beach Party, in July 1963.
Beach Blanket Bingo is a 1965 American beach party film directed by William Asher. [3] It is the fifth film in the Beach Party film series.The film stars Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Evans, Deborah Walley, Paul Lynde, and Don Rickles.