Bobbie Gentry (real name Roberta Lee Streeter) was Mississippi born and bred. Her Portuguese parents divorced when she was still in nappies and it was…
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Born in Hackney, London, to Polish parents, Wanda Teresa Anna Von Arletowicz moved with her family to South Africa in 1960, where her father, Ali…
Born in Rosemark, Tennessee on 27 January 1930, Bland was an inspired performer who blended gospel, blues and R&B into an intoxicating mix. His 1961…
Bobby Pickett originally wanted to be an actor – in fact, you can watch him co-starring with Deborah Walley and Tommy Kirk in the 1967 teen…
Although perhaps not as well-remembered today as some of their contemporaries, vocal duo Bobby & Laurie (accompanied by their regular backing band, The Rondells) cut…
Australian singer Bobby Cookson started out playing guitar in a Melbourne group called The Premiers. In the early 60s he decided on a career as…
Bobby Darin was born Walden Robert Cassotto on 14 May 1936, in the Bronx area of New York, and was raised by his mother -…
17-year-old Bobby Freeman was still at High School in San Francisco when he began enjoying chart hits – none as great as his debut Do You…
Born on 22 October 1942, Bobby Fuller was just another struggling rock ‘n’ roller until he recorded I Fought The Law (composed by Sonny Curtis – the…
Born on 18 January 1941 in Marianna, Florida, Bobby Goldsboro studied business administration at college before playing the guitar with a band that performed for…
Born in 1938 in Nashville to blind musician parents, Robert Von Hebb spent his childhood singing and tap dancing on street corners. At 14, Bobby…
Blue-eyed soul singer Bobby Paris was born Roberto Pares to a Puerto Rican family and raised in New York City. He began singing with a…
Born Robert Louis Ridarelli on 26 April 1942, Rydell hailed – like his fellow pop crooners Fabian and Frankie Avalon – from the prolific city of…
Before Shaun Cassidy, even before David Cassidy, there was TV teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman. At the height of his career, Sherman had a hit TV series, a…
Bobby Vee was born Robert Thomas Velline on 30 April 1943 in Fargo, North Dakota. As a teenager, he was obsessed with Buddy Holly. When it…
After US Army service, band leader’s son Bobby Vinton put together a group and landed a spot down the bill on a 1960 tour featuring…
Bobby Womack first began singing in the 1950s along with his brothers in a gospel group and later in an ensemble known as The Valentinos.…
BoDeans frontmen Kurt Newmann (aka Beau BoDean) and Sammy Llanas met in high school in 1977 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and worked together in a number of…
Fronted by the floppy-fringed Mick Ryan, The Bodines emerged from Glossop, Derbyshire, England, in 1985. Their debut single, God Bless, was an early release by Creation…
Seven-piece all-girl ska/reggae band, The Bodysnatchers, were brought together in September 1979 by bass player Nicky – then a part-time veg seller in Berwick Street…