Wildwood will celebrate the musical legacy of the late Bobby Rydell with a new statue of the beloved singer, his family announced Friday. Rydell, who grew up in South Philadelphia, is best-known for ...

Bobby Rydell, the pop singer and actor best known for his role as Hugo Peabody in the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday, a spokesperson confirmed to Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV. He was 79. According ...

Pop/rock singer and OG teen idol Bobby Rydell has died. He was 79. According to TMZ, “a person close to Bobby” confirmed that the singer suffered from health issues in recent months and had been ...

A statue of Bobby Rydell, the 1960s rock ‘n’ roll teen sensation, could be headed to the Jersey Shore town that the late singer paid homage to in his 1963 hit “Wildwood Days.” Ten months after his ...

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, the epitome of the early ’60s “teen idol,” who parlayed that fame into a starring role opposite Ann-Margret in the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” died today at age 79. The cause of death ...

LOS ANGELES — Bobby Rydell, the epitome of the early ‘60s “teen idol,” who parlayed that fame into a starring role opposite Ann-Margret in the 1963 film “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Tuesday at age 79. The ...