Like a Pony : JessieKitty.org's Personal Blog

I fear we'll have to wait even longer to go to Nashville, as my naughty money blowing habits are making it difficult for us to save enough for a cross country relocation, AND pay all our current bills...AND have a 'good time'. Oi!

As usual, I'm in the mood to obsess over heart throbs of the past...

Gene Pitney: (died in april, I'm sad to report)


Eddie Cochran: EddieCochran.Info


Roy Orbison: Orbison.Com

Gene Vincent: Official Site


FABIAN FORTE:



DEL SHANNON:



DEL SHANNON's Real name : Charles Westover

Del Shannon co-wrote 1961's top record "Runaway". The song topped all three charts, spending a total of 13 weeks at No.1. A string of hits followed in the USA, the U.K. and in Australia where Del Shannon also managed two further chart toppers - "The Swiss Maid" (1962) and "Little Town Flirt" (1963). A consistent Australian chart entrant, Del Shannon's final chart action came in May, 1989 when "Walk Away" spent a single week at the No.99 spot on the Australian Top 100. Eight months later, Del Shannon died from self-inflicted gun shot wounds in his California home.

;( I hate finding things like that out about people I'm drawn to. Poor dude.

BOBBY VEE:



BOBBY VEE's Real name : Robert Veline

Bobby Vee's big break in show business came The Day the Music Died. Following the plane crash which killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper a local radio station put out a plea for a group to play at the venue Holly and co. had been bound for. Bobby Vee's band, called The Shadows, took up the challenge, played a few Buddy Holly songs they knew, and were a big hit. Vee fronted the band, which later almost included a young man called Robert Zimmerman a.k.a. Bob Dylan, before recording under his own name. Hits such as his two Australian No.1's, "Rubber Ball" and "One Last Kiss" to "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" and his 1961 US-only No.1 hit, "Take Good Care Of My Baby" established Bobby Vee as a successful solo artist in the early 1960's.

BILLYFURY:



Billy Fury link#2