Bobby Lewis
- MatchBobby Lewis
- 100%Freddy Cannon
- 85%Gary U.S. Bonds
- 72%Chubby Checker
- 64%Clarence "Frogman" Henry
- 64%The Shirelles
- 60%The Drifters
- 60%The Regents
- 56%Del Shannon
- 52%Gene McDaniels
- 47%The Tokens
Biography
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. Lewis first single, for the Parrot Records label, was released in 1956. Three years later he met the doo-wop group the Fireflies, whose lead singer, Richie Adams, went on to write songs for the New York Beltone... Read more