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1. Re: Bobby Vee
From: S.J. Dibai
2. Re: Bobby Vee
From: Bob
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:34:23 -0000
From: S.J. Dibai
Subject: Re: Bobby Vee
Bob wrote:
> S.J. There is an explanation for Bobby Vee's vocals sounding
> like they did. He did the show prior to an operation that he
> had to have performed on his throat. There were a couple of
> problem areas in his throat that I won't get into here, but
> they had to be addressed, and they were taken care of by a
> surgeon in Nashville who regularly does these types of
> procedures on singers. He now sounds more like his old self
> thanks to that procedure.
Bob, thank you very much for telling me about this. I'm glad
he's sounding better and that his problems have been taken
care of. It's shocking sometimes when things like this happen
on these PBS specials - like when The Four Tops came out in
"Red, White and Rock" and Levi Stubbs wasn't there. Wasn't he
having an operation as well?
S.J. Dibai
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 02:03:26 -0000
From: Bob
Subject: Re: Bobby Vee
Austin Roberts wrote:
> I loved Suzy Baby by Bobby Vee,which was a local hit where
> he lived and then (somebody help me here), I think, was
> rereleased and went to the mid charts.
Austin,
"Suzie Baby" was a big regional hit in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
North Dakota, and in a few other Upper Midwest states. The
record was recorded at Kay Bank Studios in Mpls and issued
on the Soma label. The record was sent to Liberty, and Snuffy
Garrett by one of Liberty's regional people. Snuff signed Bobby
to the label and Liberty released the song nationally, but it
had lost most of it's steam by that time reaching only into the
seventies on the Billboard charts. Incidentally, if "Devil or
Angel" never happened as it did, Liberty was going to drop Bobby
from the roster. The "A" side of that record was "Since I Met
You Baby" and wasn't doing very well when a DJ from KQV in
Pittsburgh flipped it over and well..........the rest, as they
say. is history!
Bob
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