Frankie Avalon - biography

“I was not a trained actor.”

“Yes, but I don’t think of the Teen Angel as of an age.”

“No sooner than I did take it seriously, I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne.”

“These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.”

“I’ll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.”

“I think today’s music absolutely stinks.  I really do mean that.”

“They weren’t great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.”

“Well, we all age, but I’d been taking herbal supplements for a long time.”

“I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn’t use it.”

“I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.”

“I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn’t even correspond at this point.”

“I’ve been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do.  I am a musician.”

“It captures a lot of the spirit of the ’50s.”

“Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond.  You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.”

“Rocco paid me 35 bucks a week at Murray’s Inn in South Jersey.  People started asking Rocco to have me sing.”

“The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.”

“They look for the top note to end every song.  They don’t know what they are singing about.  There is no style.”

“When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.”

Frankie Avalon has appeared in the following films:
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
The Alamo (1960)
Beach Party (1963)
Bikini Beach (1964)
Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Pajama Party (1964)
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
I’ll Take Sweden (1965)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
Skidoo (1968)
The Haunted House of Horror (1969)
Grease (1978)
Casino (1995)