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Cat. No. 1070: FRANKIE AVALON ~ THE YOUNG FRANKIE AVALON. CHANCELLOR CHL-5002.
Cat. No. 1070: FRANKIE AVALON ~ THE YOUNG FRANKIE AVALON. CHANCELLOR CHL-5002.

Cat. No. 1070: FRANKIE AVALON ~ THE YOUNG FRANKIE AVALON. CHANCELLOR CHL-5002.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

THE NAME FRANKIE AVALON (FRANCIS THOMAS AVALLONE) IS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1959 HITS "VENUS", "WHY" AND "BOBBY SOX TO STOCKINGS", HOWEVER, LONG BEFORE THESE HITS A YOUNG FRANKIE AVALON WAS MAKING QUITE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN ENTERTAINMENT. AT THE AGE OF 11 HE WAS ALREADY A TRUMPET VIRTUOSO AND MADE HIS AMERICAN TELEVISION NETWORK DEBUT PLAYING TRUMPET IN THE "HONEYMOONERS" SKETCH "CHRISTMAS PARTY" ON "THE JACKIE GLEASON" SHOW. THIS RESULTED IN TWO SINGLES SHOWCASING FRANKIE'S TRUMPET PLAYING BEING ISSUED ON RCA VICTOR'S "X" SUB-LABEL. HIS TRUMPET PLAYING WAS ALSO FEATURED ON SOME OF HIS LP SONGS. AS A TEENAGER, HE PLAYED WITH BOBBY RYDELL IN ROCCO AND THE SAINTS. HE RELEASED HIS FIRST ALBUM "FRANKIE AVALON" IN 1958 ON THE CHANCELLOR LABEL AS HE DID WITH THIS, HIS SECOND ALBUM. THE SONGS FEATURED ON THESE TWO ALBUMS WOULD BE BEST DESCRIBED AS SWING NUMBERS, HOWEVER, WE DO SEE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME WITH A NICE LITTLE ROCKER ON THIS ALBUM TITLED "SHY GUY".

IN 1959, FRANKIE RELEASED "VENUS" WHICH WENT TO NUMBER ONE AND STAYED THERE FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, AND "WHY", FROM THE SAME YEAR, WENT TO NUMBER 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. THIS WAS HIS LAST HIT OF THE 1950s. FRANKIE HAD 31 CHARTED U.S. BILLBOARD SINGLES FROM 1958 TO LATE 1962. BY THE END OF 1962 FRANKIE WAS CONCENTRATING MORE ON HIS ACTING CAREER ALTHOUGH IN LATER YEARS HE TOOK PART IN MANY ROCK'N'ROLL REVIVAL SHOWS.

THIS ORIGINAL AMERICAN RELEASED LP IS RATED AS GOOD. THE SLEEVE IS HEAVY DUTY CARDBOARD AND APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN LPs TO HAVE A LAMINATED FRONT COVER SO THE WEAR IS MINIMAL. THERE IS SOME MINOR WEAR ON THREE CORNERS AND SOME MINOR WEAR ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE SLEEVE THERE IS ALSO SOME TAPE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SLEEVE. THE RECORD HAS SOME MINOR SCRATCHES WHICH DO NOT EFFECT PLAY. RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL "CLICK" BUT NO SKIPPING.  A NICE LITTLE COLLECTABLE FOR FRANKIE AVALON FANS.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1- Pretty Eyed Baby / Too Young To Love / Fever / I Can't Begin To Tell You /  Trumpet Instrumental (Bella Del Mondo) / Hallelujah I Love Her So. Side 2 - Undecided / The One I Love / Teach Me Tonight / Shy Guy / Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall / Hold Me.

12" VINYL RECORD

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