Fabian live May24,1959 in Color - Turn Me Loose & Tiger (Stereo Mixed)

Fabian Anthony Forte (born February 6, 1943), professionally known as Fabian,is an American singer and actor. He became a teen idol in the late 1950s.
Bob Marcucci heavily promoted Fabian's next single, "Turn Me Loose", which was released in 1959. Marcucci used a series of advertisements saying "Fabian Is Coming", "Who is Fabian?", and finally "Fabian is Here".The promotional efforts worked; "Turn Me Loose" reached the Top Ten, peaking at number 9.
"Turn Me Loose" was followed by "Hound Dog Man", (US number 9; UK number 46), and his biggest hit, "Tiger",which reached number 3 on the US chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.
A review in Variety of a concert featuring Fabian in early 1959 declared the singer "was undoubtedly the standout of the show, who floors the kids with his gyrations and groans of “Hard Headed Woman,” “I'm a Man,” “Turn Me Loose” and, for an encore, “Stop Thief”."
Other Fabian singles that charted included "String Along", "About This Thing Called Love" (written by a man who went on a crime spree) and "This Friendly World", which reached number 12 on the US chart. At age 15, he won the Silver Award as "The Promising Male Vocalist of 1958". His first album, Hold That Tiger reached the top 15 within two weeks. The song "Think of Me", although it did not chart in the US, was a big hit in some Asian countries including Sri Lanka in 1964. A review of Hold That Tiger in Variety stated, "Fabian is a hardbelting rocking singer who has the faculty of projecting his emotions. Fabian's voice is only adequate but be delivers with a beat that is undeniably commercial. Fine backing by combo and chorus lend an important assist
In October 1959, he toured five major cities in Australia[22][23] including several concerts in Sydney that were turned into the Australian film, Rock 'n' Roll. Due to a contractual dispute, however, his appearance was quickly removed from the film. That same year, Fabian told a judge he was earning $250,000 a year (equivalent to $2,697,000 in 2024) though an earlier report put this at $137,000.[25] He kept up his studies and graduated from high school in June 1960.
Fabian earned gold records for "Tiger" and "Turn Me Loose", as well as a gold album for "The Fabulous Fabian". By the time he was 18 years of age, 11 of his singles had charted on the Billboard Top 100.
Marcucci admitted to punching Fabian on one occasion when the singer sat in the aisle of a movie theater, not in the middle of the row like Marcucci had asked; Fabian was spotted by a teenage fan who screamed. Marcucci was angry that he did not see the film and hit the singer.
During the payola scandal of the 1960s, Fabian testified before Congress that his recordings had been doctored electronically to "significantly improve his voice".
Fabian bought out his contract with Marcucci for $65,000. This was announced in July 1963.Also in 1963, he signed a contract with Dot Records.
Fabian later said in 1971 that "I must say I never knew [Marcucci] to cheat me out of any money due me and he never promised me anything he didn't deliver." He stated he left his manager because "all the songs were sounding the same. So I bought myself out of the contract. It cost me plenty – a lot more than I thought it would."[