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 ...

The headline of the recent New York TImes obituary for Bobby Rydell is as good a way as any to summarize his 79 years of life and work into five words: “Teenage Idol With Enduring Appeal.” It requires ...

WILDWOOD - Bobby Rydell is coming home for good. The nonprofit Bobby Rydell Foundation is raising money for a memorial statue as a tribute to the famed singer and actor, and a final resting place for ...

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 ...

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 ...