| PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Born on February 6, 1943 to Josephine and Domenic Forte, Fabian Forte was actually discovered at the age of 14 sitting on his front steps in Philadelphia. Fabian was actually watching his father being taken away in an ambulance when someone approached him about getting into the record business. His father couldn't work any longer and being that Fabian was the oldest of three brothers, he took a chance at "making some money" in the music business to help his family out. He never thought of it as a career, only as a way of stepping in for his father at that time. And, before you knew it, soon thousands were to throng to his concerts. At 15, Fabian won the Silver Award as "The Promising Male Vocalist of 1958". By the time he was 18, he had recorded dozens of hit singles, eight albums and earned gold records for "Turn Me Loose" and "Tiger" and a gold album for "The Fabulous Fabian". In his latest endeavor, Fabian hosts and headlines in the hit show, "The Original Stars of Bandstand" at the newest theater to hit Branson, Missouri, The Dick Clark Theater. His 1st appearance on American "Bandstand" (1952) when it all began was June 19, 1958 and he appeared over 20 times and filled in as host for Dick Clark on dozens of "Caravan of Stars" Tours. "The Original Stars of Bandstand" re-creates ... |
