Word: fabianism
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...sequined waifs showed up in Philadelphia's Orphans' Court. Singer Frankie Avalon, 19, said his guardian needed approval to spend $12,373 from the kid's estate for assorted expenses. The inimitable Fabian, 16, needed $38,392. It costs a lot of wampum to be Fabian, his guardian explained. He can't go to school (girls scream and wail as he walks down the corridors), so he has to pay two private tutors $10 an hour. Moreover, the Fab is taking singing lessons that are worth like 60 years of analyst's fees...
...five judges* relied mainly on a single gauge: "the decibel ring of the name." Noisy enough for mention: Christine Jorgensen (irresolutely described by the Register as both "he" and "she") and Zackerly (pitchman on a TV horror show). Left out as presumably not noisy enough: Robert Kintner, Allen Drury, Fabian. Notable inclusion: Cleveland Amory. Says Amory: "Frankly, I don't know whether it's more embarrassing to be in the book...
Quarters for Corn. Few girls get a break from the jukebox trade these days; the quarters clink in the slot for the grinding corn of Fabian or Frankie Avalon. or the molasses-slow maundering of Johnny Mathis. Lola, who must settle for less, deserves more. She has been learning her trade, scrabbling at the edges of show business, ever since she sang Listen to the Mocking Bird at her home-town Y.W.C.A. in Akron 25 years ago. She was a gawky ten-year-old then, defiant of her parents' dislike of anything that smacked of entertainment. Today...
...think you are? Mr. Wonderful? "Tuneless Tiger" indeed! Fabian is a nice, handsome boy and comes from a good family. I shall return...
Your July 27 issue contained an article about Fabian. This article was obviously written by some poor, misled jerk. I hope that in the future you will have a little more respect for a great teen-age idol...