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Robert Allen "Bobby" Curtola, CM (born April 17, 1943 in Port Arthur, Ontario) is an early Canadian rock and roll singer and teen idol. ==History== Curtola had several songs on the Canadian music charts beginning with "Hand In Hand With You".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=1050chum.com ) Retrieved November 26, 2006〕 Backed by The Martels (named after Curtola's manager, Maria Martell), Curtola went on to record hits such as "Indian Giver", "Hand in Hand with You" and his biggest chart topper, "Fortune Teller" in 1962, which was also successful internationally.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=billboard.com ) Retrieved November 26, 2006〕 Between 1960 and 1968 he had continual single and album releases on the Tartan label in Canada. The managers and main songwriters were brothers Dyer and Basil Hurdon. The Del-Fi label released some of those singles in the US. In 1966 he won a RPM Gold Leaf Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=juno-awards.ca ) Retrieved November 26, 2006〕 for becoming the first Canadian to have an album go gold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=www.riaa.com ) Retrieved November 26, 2006〕 In the early 1970s, Curtola hosted a CTV musical series entitled, ''Shake, Rock and Roll'' and Curtola went on to a successful singing career at Las Vegas, Nevada casino venues and still performs at various clubs today. In the 1980s, in an attempt at updating his image, Curtola briefly adopted the billing Boby Curtola and released one album under this name before reverting to his original spelling. In 1998, in recognition of his long service to the Canadian music industry as well as his humanitarian work around the world, he was made a member of the Order of Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=nndb.com ) November 26, 2006〕 His pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=rockabillyhall.com ) Retrieved November 26, 2006〕 Besides his musical work, Curtola is also a business entrepreneur, marketing a successful brand of Caesar cocktail. He is also chief executive officer of Home Farms Technologies, a Canadian-based company which is attempting to develop an environmentally friendly waste management system for hog waste. It is a development stage company and has not found the financing for its first plant yet.〔(Home Farms website. )〕 In 2011, Curtola received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada.〔Connor, Kevin.("Walking proud in Little Italy" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bobby Curtola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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