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Robert Thomas Velline (born April 30, 1943), known as Bobby Vee, is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine, Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.
Born in Fargo, North Dakota, to Sydney Ronald Velline and Saima Cecilia Tapanila, he had his first single with "Suzie Baby", an original song penned by Vee that nodded towards Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue" for the Minneapolis-based Soma Records in 1959; it drew enough attention and chart action to be purchased by Liberty Records, which signed him to their label later that year. His follow-up single, a cover of Adam Faith's UK number 1 "What Do You Want?", charted in the lower reaches of Billboard in early 1960; however, it was his fourth release, a revival of The Clovers' doo-wop ballad "Devil or Angel", that brought him into the big time with U.S. buyers. His next single, "Rubber Ball", was the record that made him an international star.
Vee's 1961 summer release "Take Good Care of My Baby" went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S. listings and number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Known primarily as a performer of Brill Building pop material, he went on to record a string of international hits in the 1960s, including "Devil or Angel" (U.S. #6), "Rubber Ball" (1961, U.S. #6), "More Than I Can Say" (1961, U.K. #4), "Run to Him" (1961, U.S. #2), "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (1963, U.S. #3), and "Come Back When You Grow Up" (U.S. #3). When Vee recorded "Come Back When You Grow Up" in 1967, he was joined by a band called "The Strangers".
Actors: Jamie Brown (producer), J.C. Kenny (actress), Saïd Taghmaoui (actor), Abe Vigoda (actor), Johnny Hallyday (actor), Shawn Lawrence (actor), Michel Perron (actor), Gérard Depardieu (actor), Louis Di Bianco (actor), Stéphane Freiss (actor), Richard Bohringer (actor), Albert Dray (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor), Lewin Webb (producer), Gary Howsam (producer),
Plot: An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.
Keywords: american-flag, anti-hero, arm-sling, art-theft, audio-cassette, auto-shop, baseball, baseball-bat, billiards, black-screenMissy I miss You so. Oh little Sister
I wish You'd come back to Me and sit by My side
We'd laugh and we'd play again, if only You'll try
You know THEY would show the way
From the other side
Rise from Your grave little Sister
Rise . . . Rise . . . Rise My friends . . . Rise
Spirits rising from their grave
Burning shadows in the dead of night
Icy fingers all over My hand
Try to make Me understand
Finally we have returned . . . All of us
Missy is that You, come closer
Spirits rising from their grave
Everywhere that ghostly stare
Icy fingers all over My hand
Lead me back to where she stands
THEY are back to share My life . . . THEY are back
Missy come, come with Me, there are things I must know
How did you get here, where's the door to the other side
Missy: Beyond the graves lies the gate
the gate that leads to the dead
We have to leave before the dawn
if not by the sun we will burn
Spirits rising from their grave
soon the dawn will chase the dark away
Icy fingers all over My hand
Lead Me back to where THEY stand
Am I glad You have returned . . . All of you
Do You remember when Grandmother said she heard THEM sing
I've heard THEM too and I really wish I could hear THEM again
Missy: In Your mind You'll hear THEM sing
every night at the graves
we have to leave before the dawn
if not by the sun we will burn
now sing
Show Your powers onto Me