Bobby Rydell, a teen idol from the '60s known for songs like "Wild One" and his role as Hugo Peabody in the 1963 film "Bye Bye Birdie," has died, according to a statement released by his ...

South Philly-born singer Bobby Rydell was a dominant force in pop music in the late 1950s and early ‘60s — with half-a-dozen top ten hits, and an acting career that made him a teen heartthrob.

It’s always special to Bobby Rydell’s fans when he’s booked in Wildwood. But it could never be any more special than it is to Rydell himself. If the former teen singing idol had X-ray vision, he could ...