Bobby Vee biography
Bobby Vee and his sons in the Vees traveled to Perth, North Dakota, summer after summer to entertain people for the Music on the Prairie concert series and to participate in the Tuomala and Tapanila family reunions as both families came together from Canada and America.
Bobby announced on 29 April 2012 on his website that he was diagnosed a year before as in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
Current activities
Vee concluded a long-running engagement at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri. He performed in the 8:00 pm 'Original Stars at American Bandstand' show with Fabian, Chris Montez, Brian Hyland, and The Chiffons.
In October 2007, he was on tour performing in 'The Last of the Big Rock Shows' along with Lesley Gore and Billy "Crash" Craddock in Australia.
In fall of 2011 he was in the recording studio working on a new album and writing new songs.
Lore
Early in Vee's career, a musician named Elston Gunnn briefly toured with the band. "Gunnn", whose birth name was Robert Allen Zimmerman, later went on to fame as Bob Dylan.
In his autobiography, Chronicles, Volume One, Dylan makes special mention of Vee and shares significant and complimentary details about their friendship, both professional and personal.
Films
- Swingin' Along (1962), Lippert Films, color, 74 minutes, director: Charles Barton, producer: Jack Leewood, screenplay: Arthur Morton
A comedy about a songwriting contest, originally released in 1961 as
Double Trouble. Scenes were added of Ray Charles (doing "What'd I Say") and Bobby Vee (doing "More Than I Can Say").
- Play it Cool (1962), Allied Artists, black and white, 82 minutes, director: Michael Winner, producers: Leslie Parkyn, Julian Wintle, screenplay: Jack Henry
Selection of early 1960s performers woven through a plot about a bratty, rich teenage girl looking for her boyfriend. Vee sings "At A Time Like This."
- Just for Fun (1963), Columbia Pictures, black and white, 85 minutes, director: Gordon Fleming, producer and screenplay: Milton Subotsky
British teens win the right to vote, so the two major political parties strive to win this new voting bloc to their sides. Meanwhile, there's a parade of pop stars including Freddy Cannon, Ketty Lester, Jeremy Lloyd, Bobby Vee, The Crickets, The Springfields, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Tornadoes, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and Johnny Tillotson. Vee sings "All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me" and "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes."
- C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967), Paramount Pictures, color, 85 minutes, director: David Butler, producers: John Herelandy, June Starr, screenplay: June Starr
References
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