# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-rydell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:29:44.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-rydell"
name: "Bobby Rydell"
slug: "bobby-rydell"
description: "Robert Louis Ridarelli, known by the stage name Bobby Rydell, was an American singer and actor who mainly performed rock and roll and traditional pop music. In the early 1960s, he was considered a teen idol. His best-known songs include \"Wildwood Days\", \"Wild One\" and \"Volare\" ; in 1963 he appeared in the musical film Bye Bye Birdie."
tagline: "American singer and teen idol (1942–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Rydell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-04-26"
deathDate: "2022-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.364428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753066/"
    handle:    "nm0753066"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://bobbyrydell.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بوبي ريديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوبی ریدیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "보비 라이델"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
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    title: "Райделл, Бобби"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Боббі Райделл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوبی رائڈیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129513"
    title: "Bobby Rydell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump