My Tribute to Bobby Vee
In 2016, after his courageous battle with Alzheimer’s, we said goodbye to a real teen idol: Bobby Vee, who, in the 60’s, according to Billboard magazine, had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20, and six gold singles in his career. My connection to Bobby begins at the concession stand of the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. My mother had seen an article in the paper about a Teen Fair of Texas that would feature many of my favorite recording stars. I was just out of high school and got a job making lemonade for the 10 days of the fair. Money was not my motive. I knew there would be backstage press parties prior to each performance. This job could be my ticket to get in! I explained to the nice lady who hired me that I also had a show on WSAC Radio at San Antonio College and that I wanted to get […]
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