Fabian (singer)
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Fabiano Anthony Forte, stage name Fabian, (born February 6, 1943 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American singer and actor . He became popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s years, particularly through numerous appearances on Dick Clark's nationally radiated pop music telecast American Bandstand .
Life
Fabian was discovered in 1957 by Bob Marcucci and Peter De Angelis , the owners of Chancellor Records . Marcucci was a friend of Fabian's neighbors and was looking for good-looking youngsters to record. When Fabian's father suffered a heart attack and an ambulance pulled up in front of the house, Marcucci immediately noticed Fabian and offered the young person a contract. Fabian hesitated at first, but accepted that his father was unable to work due to the heart attack and he had to support the family.
Frankie Avalon , already under contract there and also from Philadelphia, suggested to Marcucci and De Angelis that Fabian should be marketed as a "mixture between Elvis Presley and Rick Nelson ".
At the age of 15 he won the second prize as "The Promising Male Vocalist of 1958". His first local hit was Lilli Lou in 1958 , and from 1959 he had a series of successes with songs by the composers Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman , such as I'm a Man, Hound Dog Man, Turn Me Loose and his greatest success Tiger. His singing career ended abruptly in the aftermath of the Payola scandal between 1959 and 1962, it also became clear that his voice was technically improved on the records.
Nik Cohn wrote that the record people had manufactured “a computer product” with Fabian: “He brought the basic requirements with him - an olive complexion, a duck tail hairstyle and an assembly line face [...] They had him fine-tuned, let him learn how to talk really nicely, let his voice train. They made it really round and flawless like a pool ball. There was only one catch: he couldn't sing ... "
A few years later he tried to bridge his musical low from 1959 with acting activities in more than 30 films, first in Hound Dog Man directed by Don Siegel , whose title song, sung by Fabian, became a hit in 1959. He then played alongside John Wayne in Henry Hathaway's Western Land of a Thousand Adventures , as an admirer of James Stewart's daughter in the comedy Mr. Hobbs is on vacation and as a soldier in the star-studded war film The Longest Day .
After 1965 his name faded not least because his career was based more on looks and all the machinations that were exposed in the Payola scandal than on true artistic success.
Nevertheless, he appeared and still occurs in numerous revival shows , for example as a trio with Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell as well as in the show "The Original Stars of Bandstand" in the Dick Clark Theater in Branson (Missouri) , there a. a. with former colleagues like Bobby Vee , The Chiffons , Brian Hyland and Chris Montez .
On January 20, 2002, Fabian received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Fabian was married twice and has two children from his first marriage.
Germanizations
In 1959, two of his titles were simultaneously Germanized by Germany's best-known rock 'n' rollers. Tiger by Peter Kraus reached number 8 and Ich bin ein Mann by Ted Herold reached number 26 on the hit parade.
Discography
Singles
| year | A side | B side | Record company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Be My Steady Date | Lilly Lou | Chancellor |
| 1958 | I'm a man | Hypnotized | Chancellor |
| 1959 | Got the feeling | Come on and get me | Chancellor |
| 1959 | Hound Dog Man | This Friendly World | Chancellor |
| 1959 | tiger | Mighty Cold (To A Warm Warm Heart) | Chancellor |
| 1959 | Turn me loose | Stop thief! | Chancellor |
| 1960 | Strollin 'In The Springtime | I'm Going Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter | Chancellor |
| 1960 | Long Before | Kissin 'and twistin | Chancellor |
| 1960 | King of Love | Tomorrow | Chancellor |
| 1960 | About This Thing Called Love | String Along | Chancellor |
| 1961 | Wild party | Made you | Chancellor |
| 1961 | The Love That I'm Giving You | You're Only Young Once | Chancellor |
| 1962 | Break Down And Cry | She's Stayin 'Inside With Me | Dot |
Albums
- 1959: Hold That Tiger
- 1959: The Fabulous Fabian
- 1960: Good Old Summertime
- 1960: The Hit Makers (with Frankie Avalon)
- 1960: Young and Wonderful
- 1960: Rockin 'Hot
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1959: Hound-Dog Man
- 1960: The late bloomer (High Time)
- 1960: Land of 1000 Adventures (North to Alaska)
- 1961: Blond, sweet and very naive (Love in a Goldfish Bowl)
- 1962: Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
- 1962: Five Weeks in a Balloon
- 1962: The Longest Day (The Longest Day)
- 1965: Beloved Brigitte (Dear Brigitte)
- 1965: Secret in the Blue Castle (Ten Little Indians)
- 1966: Tomorrow the devil will get you (Fireball 500)
- 1967: Donner-Teufel (Thunder Alley)
- 1970: They called him Pretty Boy Floyd (A Bullet for Pretty Boy)
- 1973: A Bastard Strikes (Soul Hustler)
- 1999: Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story)
Series
- 1961: Bus Stop, episode A Lion Walks Among Us
- 1962: The Gertrude Berg Show, episode Peace Corps
- 1962: Tonight, Dick Powell! ( The Dick Powell Show ), episode Run Till It's Dark
- 1963: The People at Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginan ), episode Say Goodbye to All That
- 1965: Daniel Boone , episode The First Beau
- 1965: The People at Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian ), episode Say Goodbye to All That
- 1971: FBI , Follow Unknown Victim
- 1982: Love Boat , episode New York, AC / Live It Up / All's Fair in Love and War
- 1987: Full House , Business is Business
- 1994: Rebel Highway, Follow Wilde Töchter
literature
- Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul . 3rd revised edition. St. Martin's Press, New York 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 222 f.
Web links
- Fabian in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage of Fabian
- Fabian at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart surfer overview
- ↑ Charts US
- ↑ Charts UK
- ↑ Fabian Forte Proves He's More Than a Rock and Roll Footnote He's Still Singing - and Living For The Future, Not The Past , Elaine Jarvik and Staff Writer on Deserett News , August 26, 1988, accessed May 3, 2020
- ↑ Nik Cohn: AWopBopaLooBopALopBamBoom. Pop history . Hamburg 1971, p. 64 (original title: Pop from the beginning).
- ↑ fabianforte.net website of the artist Fabian's Movies, accessed May 3, 2020
- ↑ Hollywood Star Walk Randall Roberts in: Los Angeles Times , July 16, 2010
- ↑ chartsurfer.de ( Memento from November 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Original versions of German hits music from Studio Bremen , accessed May 3, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fabian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forte, Fabiano Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA |