ABOUT FRANKIE

If you can’t remember a time when Frankie Avalon wasn’t a part of your life, you aren’t alone.

Frankie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 18, 1940. Even before the age of 10, Frankie seized every opportunity to enter local amateur contests, winning one after another. On his own initiative, Frankie began taking lessons, and continued his musical studies long and hard through the years that followed. One of his instructors, a member of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, volunteered to teach the young trumpet virtuoso after hearing him play. Considered a child prodigy – Frankie made guest appearances as a trumpet player on The Perry Como and Jackie Gleeson Television Shows.

“It seems like every young kid in Philadelphia wanted to be a singer… I started as a musician…a trumpet player in the beginning. But, when I read about Jimmy Darren who was from my own neighborhood and school, making a successful career for himself, I decided that I could do it just as well.”

— Frankie Avalon

As a multi – platinum recording artist, Frankie has a long string of gold record , million – seller singles and albums. In 1959 alone Frankie had 6 solid hits that were in the top 40 and his music became one of the defining sounds of the “Pre – Beatles” Rock and Roll. Never one to settle for one career, Frankie has 30 motion picture credits including starring roles in the highly successful and beloved “Beach Party” film series.

Although Frankie loves making movies, his soul is fed by live audiences in the finest nightclubs and supper clubs around the world. Frankie has played to sold out houses in the best rooms in every major city in America including The Fontainebleau and Eden Roc Hotels in Miami Beach, Rainbow Grill and Copacabana in New York.

Currently, Frankie is still one of the busiest nightclub performers in the country, headlining at top nightclubs and Las Vegas Hotel Main rooms and is a familiar face to television viewers, having appeared top variety shows, guest – starring on numerous dramatic series, and starring in several of his own specials.