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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best collection of his songs on cd., May 2, 2005
This ablum is one of two cds of his that I know exist. It is the better of the two. It has many of his hits on it. If you really want to listen to all his songs you'd have to get his lp's or 45's as I guess a cd market just doesn't exist for this once fab teen idol. Fabian as many people know can't sing, infact sometimes it's like listening is a form of torture or just plan awkward. But never the less many people love him. His music is fun and if you look at it like that you can get over the baritone voice and twist the night away like a tiger!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Poor singer-but some great records!, November 16, 2004
Fabian was probably the worst singer ever to become a major recording artist(until Bjork).Fabe never claimed he could sing-he told the managers who were impressed with his stricking good looks and wanted to "make him a star",that he couldnt sing.It didn't seem to matter.In '59 the kid from Philadelphia had a string of hits,and for a while was a "substitute" Elvis for millions of girls,while the King was in the army.The surprising thing is that so many of Fabian's discs were good tough rock and roll-very much against the grain of the new "teen idol" sound coming to the fore in '59,and epitomized by Fabe's "Chancellor" records label mate Frankie Avalon's hit "Venus".Fabian's career was in good hands.Fine song writers like Pomus and Shuman,were used.The instrumentation on discs like "Got the feeling" was so powerful you suspect the producers were deliberately out to bury Fabe in the mix,to hide his flat tuneless voice,and to an extent they pulled it off.Songs like "Come on and get me","Tiger","Turn me loose","Got the feeling", "I'm a man"(great guitar),work as little rock and roll gems.It's when we come to the ballads and slower songs that Fabe is in real trouble-he can no longer be rescued by the session musicians.Listening to his off key rendition of say "This friendly world",is not pleasant.
Stan Freberg certainly had Fabian nailed as instant teen idol "Clyde Ankle",on his brilliant parody,"The Old Payola Roll Blues"(Session musician-"you need a teen idol man",Producer-"oh..right-I'll just go and get one"-the producer quickly returns with the first kid he happened to meet on the street outside);but the irony is that Fabian's records gave rock and roll some fine moments.Going to show that authenticity often has little to do with great pop,as long as there are good writers,session musicians and producers around.
Fabian's hits and more are on this collection;enjoy the driving rock and roll and forgive Fabe for his inadequecy on the slow stuff,where cunning production can no longer hide the flat voice-he didn't have any idea of being a singer until he was made an offer he couldn't refuse.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
FABIAN HAD MASS APPEAL, October 22, 2002
I'M GLAD THIS C.D. EXISTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HEAR VERY MUCH ABOUT FABIAN FORTE ANYMORE. HE WAS SOOO POPULAR IN HIS DAY, THAT LIKE ANNETTE, HE WAS KNOWN SIMPLY FOR HIS FIRST NAME ONLY.WE ALL WANTED TO LOOK LIKE FABIAN BECAUSE HE DOMINATED THE TEEN MAGAZINE COVERS WITH FEMALE MASS APPEAL ONLY SECOND TO ELVIS. THOUGH HE WAS NOT A GREAT SINGER, FABIAN HAD ENERGY IN HIS VOICE AND EXTREMELY GOOD LOOKS. FABIAN HAD THE BEST POMPADOUR IN ROCK HISTORY! THOUGH HE WAS SORT OF A MANUFACTURED TEEN IDOL, HE MADE IT! THIS C.D. CONTAINS ALL HIS BIG HITS LIKE "TIGER", WHICH WAS HIS TRADEMARK (HE WAS OFTEN PICTURED WITH TOY TIGERS AND ELVIS WITH TEDDY BEARS FOR HIS HIT "TEDDY BEAR".IF YOU WANT TO RELIVE THE FABULOUS 50'S, THEN ADD THE FABULOUS FABIAN (AS HE WAS KNOWN) TO YOUR COLLECTION!
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