
Fabian Anthony Forte (born February 6, 1943), professionally known as Fabian, is an American singer and actor.
Forte rose to national prominence after performing several times on American Bandstand. He became a teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Eleven of his songs reached the Billboard Hot 100.
Fabian Forte was born on February 6, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born to Italian-American parents, he is the son of Josephine and Dominic Forte. His father was a Philadelphia police officer. He is the eldest of three brothers and grew up in the South Philadelphia's Lower Moyamensing neighbourhood.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel mentioned in his Disc & Music Echo column, published on 9th January 1971 that he saw the singer perform in Texas, when he was living in America.
On his 23 May 1970 show, Peel mentioned Marc Bolan giving him a copy of Fabian's Tiger record and thought it was less good than Fleetwood Mac's version, which was recorded as a session track for his show.
In a 13th February 1974 diary entry by Hermine, republished in David Cavanagh's 2015 Good Night and Good Riddance book, she wrote of her experience in seeing John Peel DJ at a church hall, where he played a record by Fabian:
"I go and see John Peel playing his favourite terrible records in a church hall. These are things by Link Wray, Fabian, Annette Funicello ("Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy"), Conway Twitty, Mrs. Mills' rendering of "A Hard Day's Night", Stark Naked and the Car Thieves, the Cats who do "Swan Lake", Wild Man Fischer, Bill Oddie (singing "On Ilka Moor Baht 'at" in the manner of Joe Cocker), "The Battle of Lieutenant Calley" by C Company (wrongly quoted as B Company), Mitch Miller's "Peace Singalong". Later on he complains over the radio that only eighteen people turned up."
On his 08 February 1988 show, Peel mentioned seeing Fabian once live touring with Chubby Checker and Freddy Cannon when living in America.
Shows Played[]
- 26 June 1979: King Of Love (7") Chancellor
- 1988
- 08 February 1988: I'm A Man (v/a album - Bobby Sox to Stockings) MGM
- 10 February 1988: Turn Me Loose (v/a album - Bobby Sox to Stockings) MGM
- 13 February 1988 (Radio Bremen): Hound Dog Man (v/a album - Bobby Sox to Stockings) MGM