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Creator of Philly idols Frankie Avalon and Fabian remembered by NYT
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Rock music idol maker Bob Marcucci, who created the careers of Frankie Avalon and Fabian, has died at age 81, according to the New York Times.
Bob Marcucci, who discovered
Frankie Avalon
and Fabian and helped make them two of the biggest rock 'n' roll stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s and whose career inspired the 1980 film
"The Idolmaker,"
died on March 9 in Ontario, Calif. He was 81 and lived in Los Angeles.
Mr. Marcucci was a lyricist and co-owner of
Chancellor Records
, a Philadelphia label hungry for a hit, when he first laid eyes on
Frankie Avalon
in 1957.
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