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Bobby Vee
American musician
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Dylan
- In Bob Dylan
…piano for rising pop star Bobby Vee. While attending college, he discovered the bohemian section of Minneapolis known as Dinkytown. Fascinated by Beat poetry and folksinger Woody Guthrie, he began performing folk music in coffeehouses, adopting the last name Dylan (after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas). Restless and determined to…
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King
- In Carole King
…Care of My Baby” (1961; Bobby Vee), “The Loco-Motion” (1962; Little Eva), and “Go Away, Little Girl” (1962; Steve Lawrence). Other King and Goffin hits included “Up on the Roof” (1962; the Drifters), “One Fine Day” (1963; the
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North Dakota
- In North Dakota: The arts
…Lee, Angie Dickinson, Dorothy Stickney, Bobby Vee, and the “King of the Champagne Music Makers,” Lawrence Welk; the Welk homestead near Strasburg is a major tourist attraction.
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