Fabian Forte was and is a master of rock and roll with attitude. Whatever he may have lacked in vocal range, he more than made up for in swagger. A monster classic if there ever was one.
WHEN JOHN LENNON DIED, THEY OPENED HIS COFFIN AND FOUND ... A DEAD BEETLE!! HA HA HA. ACTUALLY, IN CASE YOU'RE DOPEY, LENNON WASN'T BURIED AT ALL. HE WAS CREMATED!! HA HA HA.
WANNA TRADE DEAD GEORGE HARRISON JOKES FOR A FEW PRINCESS FUCKING DIANA JOKES? GO ON. SHARE THEM, PLEASE.
When John Travolta kicks the proverbial bucket, newspapers will dish out dirt and false claims. Personally, I feel he will die of woodworm in his wooden head! Oh, and they will NEVER cremate him. Why not? BECAUSE SHIT DOESN'T NORMALLY BURN.
When Elvis whats-his-name died (of woodworm in his wooden heart) , hollywood went all over the place to get a replacement and they found john travolta in the right place and the right time. that is how tahe revoltiing John Trivialiity became a "star".good god, if HE is a star, what do you call Frank Sinatra? A CELESTIAL BEING????? As for the equally-revolting Olivia Neutron-Bomb? No comment!!
Fabian has the distinction of being the very first manufactured pop star/teen idol. Since then, manufacturing fake stars for the sake of making money from the tween and teen age demographic has become a finely tuned science. The only difference between then and now is that back then it was good enough to find a cute guy or girl, now it's way beyond cute and into sexy and sexual exploitation. Why else would pics of Justin Bieber shirtless and in tight, wet undies be all over the net?
Everyone forgets that in the 50's, Fabian was bigger than Frankie Avalon. I couldn't stand either of them. In "Peggy Sue Got Married", Cage makes an entreaty to his photo of Fabian in his car.
@enaid324 -- However the "Idolmaker" was a fictionalized story about 2 young singers who resembled Frankie Avalon and Fabian just as Johnny Fontaine in THE GODFATHER wasn't really about Frank Sinatra. No racehorse was ever decapitated to further Sinatra's career in real life and Fabian was NOT discovered as a klutzy busboy.
@WytZox1 What is interesting is Fabian threatened to sue the filmmakers when this movie came out, and he claimed they settled out of court, where he and his wife received apologies and a 7.5% ownership of the film. What I'm not sure about is why he threatened to sue? And, you are right about the klutzy busboy. That wasn't true in the film - Frankie Avalon recommended Fabian to his manager and that's how Fabian was discovered.
While I agree that Fabian's singing ability is questionable at best, why must that annoying kid with the initials JB (whom I won't name, as I refuse to give him any kind of mention), be compared to earlier era teen idols? At least Fabian looks and sounds like a guy. And Fabian had more charisma. He's also upfront about his limitations as a performer.
IF THIS KIND OF PRE-BEATLE MUSIC WAS SO GREAT, WHY DID IT NOT SURVIVE THE BEATLE INVASION??? IF IT WAS GREAT, WE WOULD ALL BE STILL TWISTING TO CHUBBY CHECKER AND WOBBLING TO BOBBY RYDELL'S MUSIC AND THAT OF CONNIE FRANCIS. OH, PLEASE! LET ELVIS, FABIAN, ANNETTE FUNNICELLO, FRANKIE THING AND ALL THE OTHERS REST IN PIECE. THEY, AND THEIR MUSIC, IS DEAD. R.I.P.
@squirell1952 Oh for gods sake all music goes in cycles -why didnt the beatles survive the glam rock,why didnt glam rock survive the punk,why didnt punk survive new wave,why didnt new wave survive house ,indie,garage,why didnt house indie and garage survive rap and ad infinitum? they are all plagiarised from each other why do people still play all kinds of music today ,because they can and because they want to ,why should one type of music have to die ? ALL music lives on one way shape or form!
@squirell1952 Ya know Squirell1952 , I also was born in the 50's , my children have STILL loved this music since Jr. High . AND their friends.. They liked their music more , but this generation of music was also on their list.So I would say it hasn't nor do I believe This type of music ever will totally go away.
@squirell1952 -- Actually I can name a pre-Beatle singer whose music has survived; Frankie Valli. He and the 4 Seasons had continued success thruout the British Invasion era and beyond. Recently the musical JERSEY BOYS about Valli and his group has been a great success.
Fabian has always been honest about his lack of singing talent. He can pull off some songs better than others, but his vocal range is limited. Fabian has never claimed to be a great singer, but he had the looks and the charisma, and the girls certainly weren't complaining. He also has the reputation of being a nice guy. For someone who had no show business aspirations, he did very well for himself. Not a bad guy to look up to.
@Muirmaiden -- From the 90s to the present there are many recording artists who can't sing yet still sell millions of recordings. They're called RAPPERS. That's a fad that has long outlasted it's 15 minutes.
I remember when he came to my High School to accept a cheque on behalf of the Red Cross and for the opening of his first Movie Hound Dog Man in Toronto ..I kinda felt sorry for him till the chicks started throwing their undergarments at him and continuosly banged on their lockers and screaming ..kinda of reminded me of the first Beatles concert I attended ....So the lad from philly makes good ! the 60's had as much bad taste as it did talent ..Rock On !!!
Fabien's songs were some early example of recording techniques years before computers did the job. They could filter his voice and add a slight reverb and somehow it made an acceptable sound. Of course the target audience was 9-14 yr old girls who bought his records because he was cute.
@sugarbehr1967 - yep, that's right. And the guy couldn't sing his way out of a paper bag. Watch the video - they're just using his looks like every other teen idol. This guy was the Justin Bieber of his day. Only Fabian never got so big that he upstaged Ozzy Osbourne. WTF is up with THAT?!
Great looks doesn't always mean great talent ....but the Fabian Forte's of this world ...if they can make those looks work for them...will live a better life because they did.
As the actress Shelley Winters once said .." There are two ways to make it in Hollywood ...have real talent ..or be on the right corner at the right time ."
Any perceived technical concerns (which are undeniably minimal in this case) are by far superseded by the fact that this single is crawling with attitude! Love it!!
He was the creation of the big time promoters of the day (like Dick Clark) for a replacement of Elvis while Elvis was in the service and out of the spotlight. They were afraid that Rock and Roll had lost it's keystone and would crumpble into oblivion ( like Disco & punk). Fabian had a moderate success but Americans didn't embrace the guy with a French first name & as soon as Elvis mustard out ... Fabian faded away.
@briquetaverne He was sitting on his front porch when they took his father to the hospital..a recruiter stopped him and asked him if he'd ever considered singing..his full name is Fabian Anthony Forte..
If you watch his Moves its amazing that they are so close to Elvis Presley's a year or so later on the Frank Sinatra Special. I think someone was watching Fabian.
No worse than the "talented" fellows who rap or the freakin Hannah Montana's of the music scene.They fucking talk fast to music and she sucks, but that's talent by today's standard. The music industry is full of Johnny Bravo's ( a Brady Bunch reference)
This guy was the worst ever...He try to be a like Elvis Presley,but was so far from it that its not even funny...He went on his looks but if you look at close up pictures of him,he don't even look that great...By the way this guy is completey bald headed and wears a hair piece and has since he was about 33 years old.He had lots of hair in this video but for some reason lost it all very fast and at a very young age..He had a Great manager that was able to make him lots of money Lucky in that way.
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Maybe the worst sung rock n' roll song in history..."Turn Ma-loose". He moves like a Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman) puppet, and love how everyone's chewing gum in the audience!!
Who's that crippled dipshit you have on your channel playing the guitar. Fabian still performing 50 years later. He's part of our histroy. 50 years fucker hahaha.
interesting video, Fabian really was very good looking.. but that is one of the worst cases of lip synching I've ever seen.... or maybe the sound and vidio is not matched up.
Fabian Forte was and is a master of rock and roll with attitude. Whatever he may have lacked in vocal range, he more than made up for in swagger. A monster classic if there ever was one.
MikeBlitzMag 1 month ago
WHEN JOHN LENNON DIED, THEY OPENED HIS COFFIN AND FOUND ... A DEAD BEETLE!! HA HA HA. ACTUALLY, IN CASE YOU'RE DOPEY, LENNON WASN'T BURIED AT ALL. HE WAS CREMATED!! HA HA HA.
WANNA TRADE DEAD GEORGE HARRISON JOKES FOR A FEW PRINCESS FUCKING DIANA JOKES? GO ON. SHARE THEM, PLEASE.
squirell1952 3 months ago
When John Travolta kicks the proverbial bucket, newspapers will dish out dirt and false claims. Personally, I feel he will die of woodworm in his wooden head! Oh, and they will NEVER cremate him. Why not? BECAUSE SHIT DOESN'T NORMALLY BURN.
squirell1952 3 months ago
When Elvis whats-his-name died (of woodworm in his wooden heart) , hollywood went all over the place to get a replacement and they found john travolta in the right place and the right time. that is how tahe revoltiing John Trivialiity became a "star".good god, if HE is a star, what do you call Frank Sinatra? A CELESTIAL BEING????? As for the equally-revolting Olivia Neutron-Bomb? No comment!!
squirell1952 3 months ago
DAM!!!!!THIS IS SAD .. HE CANT EVEN LIP SING.... HE TALKING ON THE SONG
sierria64 4 months ago
Fabian has the distinction of being the very first manufactured pop star/teen idol. Since then, manufacturing fake stars for the sake of making money from the tween and teen age demographic has become a finely tuned science. The only difference between then and now is that back then it was good enough to find a cute guy or girl, now it's way beyond cute and into sexy and sexual exploitation. Why else would pics of Justin Bieber shirtless and in tight, wet undies be all over the net?
TheTubePortal 4 months ago
Hilary Clinton was president of Fabian's fan club in high school.
sizzleleanpie 4 months ago
This is Elvis without the talent
darkmagus64 5 months ago in playlist More videos from rockinrecords
From the days when music was romantic and sexy.
JimColyer 5 months ago
Everyone forgets that in the 50's, Fabian was bigger than Frankie Avalon. I couldn't stand either of them. In "Peggy Sue Got Married", Cage makes an entreaty to his photo of Fabian in his car.
79barkingspider 7 months ago
Watch the "Idolmaker" on DVD. It's the story of Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
enaid324 7 months ago
@enaid324 -- However the "Idolmaker" was a fictionalized story about 2 young singers who resembled Frankie Avalon and Fabian just as Johnny Fontaine in THE GODFATHER wasn't really about Frank Sinatra. No racehorse was ever decapitated to further Sinatra's career in real life and Fabian was NOT discovered as a klutzy busboy.
WytZox1 4 months ago
@WytZox1 What is interesting is Fabian threatened to sue the filmmakers when this movie came out, and he claimed they settled out of court, where he and his wife received apologies and a 7.5% ownership of the film. What I'm not sure about is why he threatened to sue? And, you are right about the klutzy busboy. That wasn't true in the film - Frankie Avalon recommended Fabian to his manager and that's how Fabian was discovered.
MsCOLOnative 3 months ago
@MsCOLOnative -- Also in the movie IDOLMAKER the 2 young singers were residents of NYC; Fabian and Frankie Avalon were both from Philadelphia.
WytZox1 3 months ago
very hard to find any stuff by fabian
lynn2u54022 7 months ago
hey, David Ladd (1960 Marion High) was OUR Fabian------where are you Dave ?
BEATNIKCASS 8 months ago
While I agree that Fabian's singing ability is questionable at best, why must that annoying kid with the initials JB (whom I won't name, as I refuse to give him any kind of mention), be compared to earlier era teen idols? At least Fabian looks and sounds like a guy. And Fabian had more charisma. He's also upfront about his limitations as a performer.
Muirmaiden 8 months ago
IF THIS KIND OF PRE-BEATLE MUSIC WAS SO GREAT, WHY DID IT NOT SURVIVE THE BEATLE INVASION??? IF IT WAS GREAT, WE WOULD ALL BE STILL TWISTING TO CHUBBY CHECKER AND WOBBLING TO BOBBY RYDELL'S MUSIC AND THAT OF CONNIE FRANCIS. OH, PLEASE! LET ELVIS, FABIAN, ANNETTE FUNNICELLO, FRANKIE THING AND ALL THE OTHERS REST IN PIECE. THEY, AND THEIR MUSIC, IS DEAD. R.I.P.
squirell1952 8 months ago
@squirell1952 Oh for gods sake all music goes in cycles -why didnt the beatles survive the glam rock,why didnt glam rock survive the punk,why didnt punk survive new wave,why didnt new wave survive house ,indie,garage,why didnt house indie and garage survive rap and ad infinitum? they are all plagiarised from each other why do people still play all kinds of music today ,because they can and because they want to ,why should one type of music have to die ? ALL music lives on one way shape or form!
iloveyouhunny 7 months ago
@squirell1952 Ya know Squirell1952 , I also was born in the 50's , my children have STILL loved this music since Jr. High . AND their friends.. They liked their music more , but this generation of music was also on their list.So I would say it hasn't nor do I believe This type of music ever will totally go away.
jimandi50 7 months ago
@squirell1952 -- Actually I can name a pre-Beatle singer whose music has survived; Frankie Valli. He and the 4 Seasons had continued success thruout the British Invasion era and beyond. Recently the musical JERSEY BOYS about Valli and his group has been a great success.
WytZox1 3 months ago
Fabian has always been honest about his lack of singing talent. He can pull off some songs better than others, but his vocal range is limited. Fabian has never claimed to be a great singer, but he had the looks and the charisma, and the girls certainly weren't complaining. He also has the reputation of being a nice guy. For someone who had no show business aspirations, he did very well for himself. Not a bad guy to look up to.
Muirmaiden 8 months ago
@Muirmaiden -- From the 90s to the present there are many recording artists who can't sing yet still sell millions of recordings. They're called RAPPERS. That's a fad that has long outlasted it's 15 minutes.
WytZox1 3 months ago
Elvis want a be bad
curtismoff 8 months ago
I remember when he came to my High School to accept a cheque on behalf of the Red Cross and for the opening of his first Movie Hound Dog Man in Toronto ..I kinda felt sorry for him till the chicks started throwing their undergarments at him and continuosly banged on their lockers and screaming ..kinda of reminded me of the first Beatles concert I attended ....So the lad from philly makes good ! the 60's had as much bad taste as it did talent ..Rock On !!!
1945kelly 10 months ago
Fabien's songs were some early example of recording techniques years before computers did the job. They could filter his voice and add a slight reverb and somehow it made an acceptable sound. Of course the target audience was 9-14 yr old girls who bought his records because he was cute.
MEDIADWG 10 months ago
@sugarbehr1967 - yep, that's right. And the guy couldn't sing his way out of a paper bag. Watch the video - they're just using his looks like every other teen idol. This guy was the Justin Bieber of his day. Only Fabian never got so big that he upstaged Ozzy Osbourne. WTF is up with THAT?!
fireman640 10 months ago
Great looks doesn't always mean great talent ....but the Fabian Forte's of this world ...if they can make those looks work for them...will live a better life because they did.
As the actress Shelley Winters once said .." There are two ways to make it in Hollywood ...have real talent ..or be on the right corner at the right time ."
music4ess 10 months ago
Wish I still had hair like that--haven't been able to comb it in that style in 5 years. *Sigh*
ToxiMoron 11 months ago
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His eyes remind me of Gary Numan on stage at a very young age (he had stage fright).
NeverGetOld2009 11 months ago
Does anyone besides me think that John Travolta's character "Danny Zuko" in "Grease" was based on Fabian?
RDK860 1 year ago
Britney Spears is the Fabian of today.
donn409 1 year ago
I opened for him in 1959. He was a very nice young man
bittlenip 1 year ago
Wonderful! Love him....then and now!
turmeric2 1 year ago
Cliff sang this on O''Boy in 59 ,great song.
gamster68 1 year ago
Even though the sound isn't quite in sync with the video, I love it!
Ellie2847 1 year ago
I hear when he (allegedly) sings now the women throw their false teeth and orthrapedic shoes at him.
Bopalena 1 year ago
Any perceived technical concerns (which are undeniably minimal in this case) are by far superseded by the fact that this single is crawling with attitude! Love it!!
MikeBlitzMag 1 year ago
i think it's mustered, not mustard. At least that's how I remember it from the service.
lcar4000 1 year ago
He was the creation of the big time promoters of the day (like Dick Clark) for a replacement of Elvis while Elvis was in the service and out of the spotlight. They were afraid that Rock and Roll had lost it's keystone and would crumpble into oblivion ( like Disco & punk). Fabian had a moderate success but Americans didn't embrace the guy with a French first name & as soon as Elvis mustard out ... Fabian faded away.
briquetaverne 1 year ago
@briquetaverne He was sitting on his front porch when they took his father to the hospital..a recruiter stopped him and asked him if he'd ever considered singing..his full name is Fabian Anthony Forte..
Sugarbehr1967 1 year ago
If you watch his Moves its amazing that they are so close to Elvis Presley's a year or so later on the Frank Sinatra Special. I think someone was watching Fabian.
sunrecords56 1 year ago
he's terrible
jamesdaubek 1 year ago
Welllll, I'm ready for the weekend now!!!! Thanks Fab...
pete0969wi 1 year ago
No worse than the "talented" fellows who rap or the freakin Hannah Montana's of the music scene.They fucking talk fast to music and she sucks, but that's talent by today's standard. The music industry is full of Johnny Bravo's ( a Brady Bunch reference)
hunclemike 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(this is where i throw my panties)
WikeddTung 1 year ago
@WikeddTung LOL!
DorisDayFanatic 1 year ago
One of Philly's finest.
Jeffrey751 1 year ago
A fav of the tonedeaf!
lyndonheart 1 year ago
he really had no talent,,,
fwsinned 1 year ago
Not surprised,,, as he proved In Playgirl ,, he had ALOT going for him
fwsinned 1 year ago
My father said he was a RAVE in his days ... teenage girls loved him!
CornStoveIowa 1 year ago
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Poor Fabian - simply synthetic product to fill a niche while Elvis was in the Army. Not his fault, he did his best...
SpartacusBC 2 years ago
This guy was the worst ever...He try to be a like Elvis Presley,but was so far from it that its not even funny...He went on his looks but if you look at close up pictures of him,he don't even look that great...By the way this guy is completey bald headed and wears a hair piece and has since he was about 33 years old.He had lots of hair in this video but for some reason lost it all very fast and at a very young age..He had a Great manager that was able to make him lots of money Lucky in that way.
wty24 2 years ago
love fabian...
dabrianb 2 years ago
The gum chewing has to do with the sponsor - Beechnut gum. Not an accident but still kind of weird.
Valens41 2 years ago 2
This was American Bandstand with Dick Clark. This video is out of sync with the audio.
fabfrith 2 years ago
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Maybe the worst sung rock n' roll song in history..."Turn Ma-loose". He moves like a Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman) puppet, and love how everyone's chewing gum in the audience!!
37terraplane 2 years ago
@37terraplane
Who's that crippled dipshit you have on your channel playing the guitar. Fabian still performing 50 years later. He's part of our histroy. 50 years fucker hahaha.
blinko656 2 years ago
Drop dead, asshole...Fabian never had a drop of talent, but then again, you'd not be capable of even knowing that!! Hahaha!
37terraplane 2 years ago
interesting video, Fabian really was very good looking.. but that is one of the worst cases of lip synching I've ever seen.... or maybe the sound and vidio is not matched up.
sancca2001 2 years ago