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His talent for far-out humor in song has already hit it big with teenagers. Ambition and drive will keep him zooming to stardom
By GREGORY MERWIN
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Yet there's another side to Bobby. "I'm not a happy individual," he says. "Never have been. As contrived as it may sound, I don't ever remember having fun as such. My childhood wasn't a childhood. I always had to be ahead of the game. It seems that I've never had anything else to do in (Continued on page 75)
Another "Splish Splash"? Bobby runs over some new songs he's written, for Ed Burton and Charles Grean, his personal managers.
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Television fascinates Bobby. He loved being on The Bob Crosby Show last summer, with stars like Bob himself (above, left) and Sretchen Wyler (right). He admits he felt "pretty big," after his first TV guest shot, 'way back when, but later found he still had far to go.
Only twenty-one now. he's gained a mature perspective on performing (above) ond greeting fans (below). Hard work can't frighten him, but there's sadness in certain memories of his childhood. Actually, that sadness is the basis of his humor — and his reason for writing songs.