Frankie Avalon News

Singer Frankie Avalon gave a note-worthy performance for over 12,000 enthusiastic fans at the 5th Annual Thousand Oaks Arts Festival over its two-day period at The Lakes and Civic Center.

Good morning. Today is the 262nd day of the year. On this day in 1964, "The Addams Family," based on Charles Addams' quirky cartoons for The New Yorker, premiered on ABC TV.

A boyish pop-rock singer of the late 1950s who turned to films, Avalon is best remembered for the light "beach party" movies he made in the early 60s, usually opposite Annette Funicello.

The 1978 movie, set in 1950s America, tells the story of wholesome Sandy, who falls for super-cool T-Bird Danny, and her quest to become a Pink Lady so she can date him.

"There really hasn't been a romantic singing team since Jeannette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy.

Plenty singing but who will reign? WORD UP: Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in Grease 'It isn't all about those two lead characters' Grease It's a controversial choice, but Beauty School Drop-Out, ...

HOME > FEATURES > DAY & NIGHT > Grease is the word now for Little Jimmy Picture: WENN Friday September 5,2008 WHO could forget Little Jimmy Osmond, bursting plumply out of his white jumpsuit, performing Long ...

'If I told you I had just met the one celebrity that I have adored, admired and loved forever, who would it be?' I posed this question to my mother in a phone conversation in 1987.

Summer will soon be gone -- the fall's coming on. The summer season at the Jersey Shore may soon be over, but "Wildwood Days" continue to live on all year long -- thanks to Bobby Rydell, who recorded that song, ...

By Holly Miyasaki - Penticton Western News Published: August 14, 2008 10:00 AM Updated: August 14, 2008 5:29 PM It's going to be a blast from the past for some Pentictonites as a Peach City beach is sent back ...

Two 1960s teen idols are coming to Johnstown's Cambria County War Memorial Arena to help support a Windber icon.

August 7 1963 The original beach movie, Beach Party , debuts. The film stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

Some people -- okay, me -- would classify Gidget as a monster movie. No, Sandra Dee was not the Devil and Moondoggie wasn't her slavering hellhound, but their 1959 flick ushered in the frightful genre known as ...

AM Prep-Entertainment History: THU AUG 07 MORNING PREP - MORNING PREP - MORNING PREP - MORNING PREP ! ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY ! On August 7th, 1963, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello's first movie together, ...

Share your Shea concert memories The end of a musical era is coming when Billy Joel plays the final concerts at Shea Stadium in July.

OK, so it's not Carrie and the girls, but who needs Big when you have Eric Von Zipper? The black leather-clad Von Zipper, of course, is one of the best reasons to catch this weekend's Cinema Paradiso screening ...

Getting snippy From 1975's 'Shampoo' to this week's 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' the hairdresser continues to play a key part in comedies, dramas, musicals, and documentaries Beverly Hills chic or ...

American Idol season five winner, Taylor Hicks, is headed for Broadway.

American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks is headed for Broadway.Starting June 6th, Hicks will appear as the Teen Angel in the Broadway production of Grease. The role was made famous by Frankie Avalon in the 1978 film adaptation starring John Travolta. Hicks says he will add a 'soulful flavor' to 'Beauty School Dropout.' ...

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“In the 1960's, beach party movies were all the rave! We grew up watching Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon and the gang having a great time during their spring break and that's what we plan to do---have a great time!”

A trip down memory lane is in store for the women who attend the First Annual Baby Boomer Girlfriends Spring Break April 18-20 in Daytona Beach. via WebWire