Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee is one of those early-1960s teen idols I always find a little bittersweet to read about. Thirty-eight Hot 100 hits and six gold singles out of Fargo, North Dakota is no small feat, and there's a famous bit of rock history here too, since a young Robert Zimmerman, later Bob Dylan, briefly played in his band. To me he represents that polished pre-Beatles pop moment that gets overshadowed by what came after, but the chart numbers don't lie. I appreciate that he kept performing for decades. A wholesome, durable career that deserves more credit than nostalgia usually gives it.

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Name (English)

Bobby Vee

Name (Japanese)

ボビー・ヴィー

Reading

ぼびー・ゔぃー

Born

April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016

Origin

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / musician / singer / actor / animator

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

• Official sitehttps://www.bobbyvee.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Vee
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448336

Tags

• North Dakota
• singer-songwriter
• musician
• singer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.