{"id":2117,"date":"2022-04-09T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/04\/09\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-rydell-remembered\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T17:33:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T17:33:07","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-rydell-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/04\/09\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-rydell-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Rydell Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobby Rydell has died<\/a> at age 79.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the late '50s, early '60s a number of Italian-American singers changed their names to avoid anti-Italian prejudice and to assimilate. Rydell was among them. Assimilation, however, is a thing of the past, and the current lack thereof is a good part of our nation's decline.  But I digress. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before Bobby Darin became Bobby Darin he rejoiced under the name, Walden Robert Cassotto.  Dream Lover<\/a>.  18 Yellow Roses<\/a>. You're the Reason I'm Living<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bobby Rydell started out Robert Ridarelli.  Forget Him<\/a>.  Volare<\/a>. "Letsa fly . . . ."  We Got Love<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

No, his name wasn't Dino Martino, it was Dino Paul Crocetti.  Schmaltzy as it is, That's Amore<\/a> captures the Nagelian what-it's-like of being in love.  Houston<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, better known as Connie Francis. My Darling Clementine<\/a>. Never on Sunday.<\/a>  <\/span><\/p>\n

Timoteo Aurro = Timi Yuro.  When I first heard her back in the day, I thought she was black.  What a voice!  What's the Matter, Baby?<\/a>  Her signature number: Hurt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura traded in 'Nigro' for 'Nyro.'  Wedding Bell Blues<\/a>.   And When I Die<\/a>.  These go out to Monterey Tom, big L.N. fan.  Nyro died young in 1997 of ovarian cancer, 49 years of age.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joseph Di Nicola (Joey Dee and the Starlighters), Peppermint Twist<\/a>, with an intro by Dwight D. Eisenhower!  This video<\/a> shows what the dude looked like. Resembles a super short Joe Pesci.  What Kind of Love is This?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Rydell has died at age 79. In the late '50s, early '60s a number of Italian-American singers changed their names to avoid anti-Italian prejudice and to assimilate. Rydell was among them. Assimilation, however, is a thing of the past, and the current lack thereof is a good part of our nation's decline.  But I … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Rydell Remembered”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-sixties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}