Sam Peckinpah
American film director (1925-1984)
Frankie Avalon was an American actor, singer, and former teen idol who had many hit singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also appeared in several popular Beach party films and had a supporting role in the 1978 musical film Grease.
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About the Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, “Venus” and “Why” in 1959. He is the earliest surviving singer to have scored a solo number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Avalon started appearing in films in the 1960s; he is well-known for having appeared in the Beach party films of this decade and for a supporting role in the 1978 musical film Grease, in which he sings the song “Beauty School Dropout”.
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Frankie Avalon was born on September 18, 1940.
Frankie Avalon had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to 1962, including number one hits ,Venus, and ,Why, in 1959.
Frankie Avalon had a supporting role in the 1978 musical film Grease, in which he sang the song ,Beauty School Dropout,.
Frankie Avalon is well-known for having appeared in the Beach party films of the 1960s.
Frankie Avalon is the earliest surviving singer to have scored a solo number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, with his song ,Venus, in 1959.
18 Quotes by Frankie Avalon
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They look for the top note to end every song. They don’t know what they are singing about. There is no style.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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I’ll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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It captures a lot of the spirit of the ’50s.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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No sooner than I did take it seriously, I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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They weren’t great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn’t use it.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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Yes, but I don’t think of the Teen Angel as of an age.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
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I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn’t even correspond at this point.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 12.
I think today’s music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 13.
I was not a trained actor.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 14.
Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray’s Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 15.
Well, we all age, but I’d been taking herbal supplements for a long time.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 16.
I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 17.
The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer
- 18.
I’ve been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.
Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singer