Dee Clark ~ Similar Artists
Bobby Rydell
- 100% match to Dee Clark
Robert Ridarelli, 26 April 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Probably the most musically talented of the late 50s Philadelphia school of clean-cut teen-idols, Rydell first performed in public as a drummer at the age of seven. At nine he debuted on Paul Whiteman's Teen Club...
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2 September 1940, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Pop vocalist Clanton celebrated his 18th birthday with his co-written debut hit, the R&B ballad "Just A Dream", at number 4 in the US Hot 100. His smooth singing style appealed to the teen market and his subsequent releases were...
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17 February 1922, Richmond, Virginia, USA, d. 22 October 1969, Virginia, USA. This jazz/pop/R&B singer-songwriter began his professional career in 1931. He wrote the hit "That Chick's Too Young To Fry" for Louis Jordan in 1946. A demo recording of his own "All Over Again"...
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Ray Peterson
- 60% match to Dee Clark
23 April 1939, Denton, Texas, USA, d. 25 January 2005, Smyrna, Tennessee, USA. Peterson entertained other patients with his singing during lengthy treatment for polio in the Texas Warm Springs Foundation Hospital. On discharge, he performed in local clubs before moving to Los...
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Adam Wade
- 56% match to Dee Clark
17 March 1937, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. A romantic crooner in the Johnny Mathis style, Wade was working as a laboratory assistant for Dr. Jonas Salk, the man who discovered polio vaccine, when he auditioned for the Coed label. He eventually scored three US Top 10 hits:...
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13 June 1940, San Francisco, California, USA. Freeman is generally recognized as his home city's first rock 'n' roll star by virtue of "Do You Want To Dance". This 1958 smash hit was later immortalized by the Beach Boys and Cliff Richard. The singer enjoyed further success in...
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Bobby Lewis
- 54% match to Dee Clark
17 February 1933, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Lewis grew up in an orphanage before being adopted by a Detroit family at the age of 12. He reportedly worked with jazz greats Duke Ellington and Wes Montgomery during his youth and befriended a young Jackie Wilson in the mid-50s....
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