Bobby Curtola

Robert Allen Curtola, CM (April 17, 1943 – June 4, 2016) was a Canadian rock and roll singer and teen idol.

Thunder Bay connections

Robert Allen "Bobby" Curtola was born on April 17, 1943, in Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay), Ontario. He began performing at age 15 with a band called Bobby and the Bobcats, singing at local high school assemblies and filling gymnasiums at other high schools before going on to a national music career.

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Thunder Bay BandWiki

According to Thunder Bay BandWiki, Bobby Curtola performed as a vocalist. His instrument is listed as vocals, and he is noted as performing under his own name as a solo act. The BandWiki entry lists his official website as http://www.curtola.com/ . Note that the BandWiki entry gives his birth year as 1944, which conflicts with the generally accepted date of April 17, 1943; the latter is consistent with other sources and is used in the main article above.