disliked his next record d-dyna but an appearance on american bandstand in NUMBER_TOKEN made it popular and led to it selling over a million copies his later record venus was his most successful and sold over a million copies as well NUMBER_TOKEN of frankie's singles released from NUMBER_TOKEN to NUMBER_TOKEN appeared on the u.s billboard charts just ask your heart reach number seven i'll wait for you reach NUMBER_TOKEN. bobby socks to stockings reach number eight a boy without a girl reached number NUMBER_TOKEN. his most popular songs were both released in NUMBER_TOKEN including venus which spent five weeks at number one and y which also reached number one he was less popular in the uk but charted there with his songs why gingerbread venus and don't throw away all those teardrops this was one of his most successful periods in the music business but he soon found another outlet once his song stopped charting so high frankie became a major film and tv star after his music career slowed down in the NUMBER_TOKENs he earned roles in over NUMBER_TOKEN films at least NUMBER_TOKEN of which were with the production company aip or american international pictures his first one was a small part in jamboree in NUMBER_TOKEN where he played the trumpet and sang teacher's pet alan ladd's daughter was a fan and recommended him for a supporting role in rio bravo in NUMBER_TOKEN. in NUMBER_TOKEN he appeared with allen and guns of the timberland where he sang the faithful kind and g-whiz williken's golly g and both songs were released as singles john wayne saw the film and gave him a part in the alamo in NUMBER_TOKEN calling him the finest young talent he'd seen in a long time his first starring role was in drums of africa in NUMBER_TOKEN. that was followed up by one of his most memorable films beach party the musical comedy became so popular it spawned sequels including muscle beach party and bikini beach and pajama party by january of NUMBER_TOKEN he said he no longer wanted to make beach films and was getting a little sick of sand that lasted until his appearance in back to the beach it was released in NUMBER_TOKEN as a tongue-in-cheek parody and homage to his former beach movies frankie's tv appearances included turns on the bing crosby show the patty duke show an episode of combat as well as serving as the official spokesperson for sonic drive-in frankie even tried his hand at voice acting with the english version of the japanese musical anime alakazam the great in NUMBER_TOKEN. his career slowed down slightly in the NUMBER_TOKENs and NUMBER_TOKENs but he continued to perform whenever he was able he attempted to reinvent himself in NUMBER_TOKEN when he released a new disco version of his hit song venus the film idol maker was released in NUMBER_TOKEN and served as a fictionalized biography of sorts detailing his life and that of NUMBER_TOKENs star fabian forte and songwriter and producer bob marucci fabian threatened to sue them but dropped it after the filmmakers insisted it was fictional frankie appeared in bloodsong in NUMBER_TOKEN. he's also made plenty of cameos over the years often appearing as himself such as in an episode of happy days where he
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