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 ...

Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock 'n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical "Bye Bye Birdie," died Tuesday.

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 ...

Bobby Rydell says he would have been content playing drums for a living, but the bosses at Cameo Records in 1959 knew better. “I had three records that all bombed, so I was ready to go back to playing ...

Bobbys were inescapable in music in the '50s and '60s: Bobby Sherman, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin and more. NPR critic Bob Mondello looks back to an... What was with all those teen heartthrob Bobbys in ...

Bobby Rydell, left, was honored at Wildwood’s Unlocking of the Ocean ceremony on May 23. Here, he waves to the crowd while North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello and Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano join ...

Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock 'n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical "Bye Bye Birdie," died Tuesday. Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a ...