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Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell: North Fork Theatre, Westbury, Long Island

John Broven, unpublished, October 2007

A PACKED HOUSE comprising mainly of an adoring fan club of female 60-somethings, with their tagalong husbands, greeted the three South Philadelphia teen idols of yore. "I've never been this close to Frankie," gushed one elderly lady.

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