The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) presents Frankie Avalon in concert on Thursday, November 21 at 8:00pm. The original "Teenage Idol" (and "Teen Angel" in Grease), Frankie Avalon comes to the Valley for the very first time, bringing a feel-good evening of pop favorites to The Soraya - with music and stories of his long career in show business.
Avalon's career spans three generations of music, TV, and films. He was a child prodigy who made appearances on the Perry Como and Jackie Gleason shows. In 1959, he had Billboard Chart #1s -- "Venus" and "Why," and a slew of top 10 hits including "Just Ask Your Heart," "Bobby Socks to Stockings," "Ginger Bread," and "A Boy Without a Girl." There were thirty-one Billboard charted singles altogether. He, with Annette Funicello, were the stars of films that were a national craze: Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party, Pajama Party, Bikini Beach, and Beach Blanket Bingo. He also appeared in I'll Take Sweden, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, the infamous Skidoo (directed by Otto Preminger and co-starring Carol Channing, Jackie Gleason, Frank Gorshin, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, George Raft, Mickey Rooney and Groucho Marx), and Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse.Videos