Frankie Avalon Vinyl Record Albums

Francis Thomas Avallone: American vocalist of Italian descent, successful in music, film and TV business of the 1950s and 1960s. Born September 18, 1940, Philadelphia, PA., of Italian-Americans Mary Loretta and Nicholas J. Avallone. In 1959 he scored two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, “Venus” and “Why”. Because of his youth, he was one of the first to be classified as a “Teen Idol”. He had 31 charted U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including “Just Ask Your Heart” (#7), “I’ll Wait For You” (#15), “Bobby Sox To Stockings” (#8), and “A Boy Without A Girl” (#10). Most of his hits were written and produced by Robert P. Marcucci, head of Chancellor Records. With other Teen Idols (including Paul Anka, Fabian, Ricky Nelson and Bobby Rydell) he performed on TV music shows such as Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand”, and on stage revues.