One last poll for tonight: Worst teen idol, 1964-1969?

[NightTrain]

[latebloomer]

1. Argh!!

What a vile collection of memories1

[NightTrain]

2. Hee-hee-hee!

Exactly the kind of response I hoped to elicit! :evilgrin:

[MarianJack]

3. How About...

...Bobby Sherman?

[NightTrain]

5. Bobby Sherman had most of his hits in '70 and '71.

That's why I included him in my "Worst '70s Teen Idols" poll.

[nostamj]

7. ah............... bobby sherman..........

my first 'crush'

still have the albums! (how pathetic is THAT???)

[cosmicdot]

4. I remember one year, listening to the year's Top 100 countdown ...

... and, when they got to number one ... waiting for the big one ... I'm almost sure it went to Ohio Express ...

... what a bummer ... Chewy Chewy Yummy Yummy whatever

:puke:

[Kahuna]

6. Dino, Desi and Billy get my vote.

That was even more lame than the Archies. At least the Archies had a hit record.

[DancingBear]

9. D,D, &B cracked the top 20, I believe

with "She's A Fool"

[latebloomer]

8. Actually, I had a crush on Gary Lewis when i was about 10

I loved "This Diamond Ring" and "Everybody Loves a Clown."

He was Jerry Lewis' son, as you may know.

The rest of them-- argh again!

[DancingBear]

10. What? No Bobby Goldsboro???

Discounting "Little Things", which was actually tolerable - we need not go into the rest....

[NightTrain]

11. Never really thought of him as a teen idol.

I always figured his music was aimed more at the stay-at-home-mom crowd of the late '60s. :shrug:

[DancingBear]

12. I never really did either

But I thought I'd mention him since I never really thought of some of the other "contestants" in that vein, either.

Actually, I tend to think of teen idols inthe late 50's - '62 or so - Fabian, Neil Sedaka, Frankie Avalon, Johnny Tillotson, etc.

[DemBones DemBones]

15. Aaaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhh!

Bobby Goldsboro! First you remind me of "Running Bear" and now "Honey."

I'm bringing up "Haunted House" (1964) BEFORE you do! Who did THAT piece of musical excrement?

[NightTrain]

16. "Haunted House" - Jumpin' Gene Simmons

And not, he was *not* the guy from Kiss! Two entirely different men, both known as Gene Simmonns.

[bobthedrummer]

13. I voted for The Monkees

I never could stand them although Mike Nesmith is a genuine musician.
:puke:

[Norbert]

14. Voted for (or against) Patty Duke

I very much respect her for her acting talent but as a singer, eeeehhh!!

The one song Dino Dezi and Billy had "Not the Lovin' Kind" didn't sound half bad. But by then the public figured them out and it tanked.

I never thought of the 1910 Fruitgum Company and the Ohio Express as teen idol groups. I thought the bubblegum scene was largely faceless.