Frankie Avalon Quotes

• Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray’s Inn in South Jersey. People started asking Rocco to have me sing.

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• I think today’s music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

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• When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

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• I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn’t use it.

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• No sooner than I did take it seriously, I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne.

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• Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.

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• I was not a trained actor.

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• I’ll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.

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• Well, we all age, but I’d been taking herbal supplements for a long time.

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• They weren’t great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.

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• I’ve been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

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• They look for the top note to end every song. They don’t know what they are singing about. There is no style.

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• These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.

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• Yes, but I don’t think of the Teen Angel as of an age.

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• I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.

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• I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn’t even correspond at this point.

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• It captures a lot of the spirit of the ’50s.

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• The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.

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• I think today’s music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

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Frankie Avalon (19)

Birth:	18th September, 1940
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Singer

About

Frankie Avalon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. His role in several films include: Jamboree, The Alamo, Operation Bikini, Beach Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, Bikini Beach, The Castilian, Drums of Africa, Sergeant Deadhead, Fireball 500, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, Skidoo, and Back to the Beach. His albums list shown below: Frankie Avalon, Swingin' on a Rainbow, The Young Frankie Avalon, Summer Scene, A Whole Lotta Frankie, and Italiano. His singles list shown below: Beauty School Drop-Out, Just Ask Your Heart, A Boy Without a Girl, Swingin' on a Rainbow, Trumpet Sorrento, Young And In Love, and Beach Party.

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