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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.
The song was covered in the United Kingdom by Dickie Valentine, and it spent a week at No. 20 in the Singles Chart in May 1959, the week before Frankie Avalon reached the Top 20 with his original version. [citation needed] In 1976, Avalon released a new disco version of "Venus".
Frankie Avalon – Chancellor Records: 1959 Swingin' on a Rainbow: 9 The Young Frankie Avalon – 1960 Summer Scene – 1961 ...And Now About Mr. Avalon – A Whole Lotta Frankie: 59 1962 Italiano – 1962 You Are Mine-- Chancellor Records 1962 Frankie Avalon's Christmas Album – Chancellor Records 1964 Muscle Beach Party-- United Artists 1970 ...
Love, American Style segment "Love and the Tuba" (with Frankie Avalon, 1971) – Millie; Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon (1976, four-week summer variety series) Frankie and Annette: The Second Time Around (1978, TV movie) (unsold pilot) – Annette; Fantasy Island episode "Ghostbreaker" (1978) The Mouseketeer Reunion (November 23, 1980)
[6] [8] Frankie Avalon was one artist who embraced the increasingly-popular disco style but still received sufficient plays on relevant radio stations to top the Easy Listening chart, as he reached number one with a disco-influenced re-recording of his own 1959 hit "Venus". [9]
September 11, 1976 5: 38 September 18, 1976 August 13, 1977 6: 44 September 10, 1977 September 8, 1978 7: 35 ... Frankie Avalon [8] An all-oldies episode.
Above, she is pictured with Frankie Avalon in 1965 filming a CBS pilot. Teri Garr's Early Days in Hollywood. Ron Galella/Getty. Teri Garr (pictured with Amy Irving and Carrie Fisher at Lorna Luft ...
Frankie Avalon (who, like Fabian, was a client of Bob Marcucci's during his heyday) ... From 1972 through 1976, The New Dimensions, a group from the Chicago area ...