When the producers of Grease wanted to pay tribute to the era in which the popular musical was set, they named the high school where most of the action took place Rydell High in his honor. Rydell's last hit came in the mid-'70s when he released a disco cover of the song "Sway." Rydell recalled how the films director, George Sidney, saw some kind of magic between Ann-Margret and myself, and every day that I went back to Columbia Studios, my script got bigger, and bigger, and bigger. His most well known songs include "Wild One" and "Volare", and he appeared in the movie Bye Bye Birdie in 1963. And I think the book reveals that. He stills performs, and he also works as the managing director for Gladys Magazine. From multiple marriages and divorces to run-ins with the law, here's what the other two members of the trio are doing now - more than 35 years after the Golden Boys was formed. The comments below have not been moderated. Experts say these things bring unlucky energy. He was singing in nightclubs a year or two later. } They had two children. Bobby Rydell obituary | Pop and rock | The Guardian Rydell married his second wife, Linda Hoffman, in 2009. [19] He had one more hit after 1965, a disco re-recording of "Sway", which reached the Billboard Easy Listening chart in 1976. His most well-known songs include \"Wild One\" and \"Volare\" (cover); he appeared in the movie Bye Bye Birdie in 1963.Between 1959 to 1964 he charted 6 Top-10 hits and another 8 Top-20 in the US.#WildOne #BobbyRydellCopyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, and research. Skelton fell in love with Bobby, Mr. Rydells personal assistant, Linda F. Hoffman, said in 2013. He also starred in High Time with Bing Cosby, Western North to Alaska, 1961 movie Love in a Goldfish Bowl, the comedy Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, war film The Longest Day, and Fireball 500 alongside Avalon. (Some sources say the song was Forget Him, which is somewhat similar lyrically to She Loves You.). By the time he was eight, his reputation led to an appearance on a talent show on the national television series,TV Teen Club. Six decades later, teamed with his fellow singers Frankie Avalon and Fabian, he was still drawing crowds. Robert Louis Ridarelli (April 26, 1942 - April 5, 2022), known by the stage name Bobby Rydell / r a d l /, was an American singer and actor who mainly performed rock and roll and traditional pop music. He had great success on the oldies circuit into his last years. In 1973, he returned to singing and landed a show at the MGM-Grand in Las Vegas. A Warner Bros. Bobby Rydell (Robert Louis Ridarelli), singer and musician, born 26 April 1942; died 5 April 2022, Teen pop idol of the 60s and star of Bye Bye Birdie, whose hits included Wild One and We Got Love, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.