11 Facts About Bobby Freeman

Bobby Freeman was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and spent much of his youth in San Francisco, California.

Bobby Freeman started singing in a doo-wop group, the Romancers, in his early teens, and first recorded with them for Dootone Records in 1956.

However, the group soon fell apart, and Bobby Freeman started a new group, the Vocaleers.

Bobby Freeman signed Freeman to the label and had the original recording overdubbed in New York by session musicians including guitarist Billy Mure.

Bobby Freeman appeared on American Bandstand and toured with such musicians as Fats Domino, the Coasters, and Jackie Wilson.

Bobby Freeman left Josie in 1960 and signed with King Records, reaching the charts again with "Shimmy Shimmy".

Bobby Freeman did not return to the charts again until 1964, after signing for the Autumn label, when he had his second top ten hit with "C'mon and Swim".

In 1964 Bobby Freeman played nightly at the Condor Club in San Francisco, where Carol Doda performed her topless go-go dancing shows.

Mainly supporting himself as a singer in clubs by the late 1960s, Bobby Freeman continued to release singles on various small local labels through to the mid-1970s but met with little commercial success.

Bobby Freeman performed at the Bay Area Music Awards in later years.

Bobby Freeman died of natural causes on January 23,2017, aged 76.