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Bobby Vee, born Robert Thomas Velline, was an American singer-songwriter and actor. He performed rock and pop music, primarily using his voice as an instrument. His professional career began in 1959 and concluded in 2012. During his time in the industry, he recorded for Liberty Records and wrote in English.
Vee was born in Fargo and died in Rogers in 2016 due to natural causes. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease, which was also the cause of his death. He was male and spoke English as his native language. He had four children.
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- Listeners
- 340,802
- Total plays
- 2,124,960
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Bobby Vee (born Robert Thomas Velline; April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016) was an American pop singer and teen idol in the early 1960s. According to Billboard, he had 38 American Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. Vee was born in Fargo, North Dakota, to Sydney Ronald Velline and Saima Cecilia Tapanila. His first single, "Suzie Baby", written by Vee in homage to Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue", was recorded in 1959 for Soma Records and later purchased by Liberty Records. <a href="http
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fargo
- Place of death
- Rogers
- Occupation
- animator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Liberty Records
- Official website
- www.bobbyvee.com
- Image
- Bobby Vee (1962).jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- date of death
- 2016-10-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- Commons category
- Bobby Vee
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- birth name
- Robert Thomas Velline
- different from
- Bobby Vinton
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- pseudonym
- Bobby Vee
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
- date of birth
- 1943-04-30
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