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Jerry Fuller, the songwriter and producer whose stellar career included such hits as “Travelin’ Man” for Ricky Nelson, “Young Girl” for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, “Show and Tell” for Al Wilson and “Little Green Apples” for O.C. Smith, has died. He was 85.

Fuller died Thursday at his home in Sherman Oaks of complications from lung cancer, publicist Bobbi Marcus told The Hollywood Reporter.

Fuller’s first production for Puckett was the million-selling “Woman, Woman,” which was released in 1967 and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. He then wrote and produced the band’s next three multimillion sellers, “Young Girl,” “Lady Willpower” and “Over You” — all top 10 songs, too — as the band outsold The Beatles in 1968.

“What can I say about a guy whose vision defined my musical identity and destiny,” Puckett wrote in a statement. “What can Anyone say about a man who gave So much to...

Bob Dylan typically doesn’t say much to the crowd during his shows. But in July 2013, when performing in his home state of Minnesota, he offered a rare spoken-word introduction to a cover of “Suzie Baby,” a 1959 hit by the Minnesota pop singer Bobby Vee, who was in attendance that night.

“I used to live here, and then I left,” Dylan said. “I’ve played with everybody, from Mick Jagger to Madonna … but the most meaningful person I’ve ever been onstage with is a man who’s here tonight,...

Jack Chick, the evangelical cartoonist whose Chick Tracts spread biblical messages as well as controversy died Sunday at age 92. A message on Chick Publications’ Facebook page said that Chick died “peacefully in his sleep.” “Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Brother Jack Chick passed away Sunday evening, October 23, peacefully in his sleep. He was 92,” the message read. “He will be interred in a small private ceremony.” Also Read: Bobby Vee, 'Rubber Ball' Singer, Dies at 73 Chick Publications went on to say that, despite its founders’ death, it will go forward unchanged. “Our promise to you – Nothing changes: The Method The Vision The Purpose.

Pop singer Bobby Vee, whose string of hits included “Rubber Ball,” “Devil or Angel,” “Take Good Care of My Baby” and “Run to Him,” died Monday, the St. Cloud, Minnesota, Times reported. He was 73. Vee, who had been in hospice care, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2011. “It’s kind of a blessing,” Vee’s physician Dr. Rick Rysavy told the paper. “There was no reason for him to suffer any longer.” Also Read: Charmian Carr, Star of 'The Sound of Music,' Dies at 73 Born Robert Velline in Fargo, North Dakota,...

Bobby Vee, one of the original teen idols of 1960s pop music, died Monday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 73.

Vee, a native of Fargo, North Dakota, launched his career in the late ’50s, and got his big break thanks to one of rock and roll’s most notorious accidents. His first group, The Shadows, was tapped as a replacement in Fargo a plane crash laid the original acts â€. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper â€.low. Within months, they’d released a single, “Suzie Baby.” (An early incarnation of the Shadows featured...

Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," ''(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," ''Up on the Roof" and "The Loco-Motion," died early Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75. His wife, Michelle Goffin, confirmed his death. Goffin, who married King in 1959, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees, "Some Kind of Wonderful" for the Drifters and "Take Good Care of My Baby" by Bobby Vee. Goffin was able to pen jokey lyrics or achingly sad ones,...

Gerry Goffin has died at the age of 75. The lyricist, and Carole King's ex-husband, passed away at his L.A. home on Wednesday, June 18, according to the New York Times. His wife Michele Goffin confirmed the news. Goffin and King married in 1959 and wrote more than 50 songs together. Some of their hits included "Crying in the Rain" for the Everly Brothers, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees and Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby." In 1985, Goffin wrote "Saving All My Love [...]...

The Broadway musical Beautiful, based on Carole King’s life and music, was just nominated for eight Tony Awards, including a best actress nod for the show's star, Jessie Mueller. Which isn't surprising - like Jersey Boys, this jukebox musical features popular hit tunes from the '60s and '70s that were written by King, who's either written or co-written 118 songs that have made the Billboard Hot 100 since 1960. In fact, during the 1960s, when King was in her early 20s, she was already experiencing massive success writing hits for African-American singing sensations like the Drifters and the Shirelles. Later,...

Everett/ Tm and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved Bobby Vee in “Swingin’ Along,” 1962.

Former teen heartthrob Bobby Vee announced on his website that he was diagnosed more than a year ago with Alzheimer’s Disease. The 69-year-old singer who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s, including “Take Good Care of My Baby” and “Devil or Angel,” told fans that he is taking time to focus on things most important to him. The singer writes,...

St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — Former 1960s teen pop idol Bobby Vee says he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The 69-year-old, born Robert Velline in Fargo, N.D., says on his website that he was diagnosed last year. Vee was catapulted to stardom after the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Jp "Big Bopper" Richardson in a 1959 plane crash en route to Moorhead, Minn. Vee and his friends filled in for the trio at the Moorhead performance and soon after that he recorded his first single, "Suzie Baby," for Soma Records in Minneapolis. The St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/Jzm8cX )...

For "American Idol's" round of group performances in Las Vegas at the "Elvis Presley" set in the Aria hotel and casino, Reed Grimm, Elise Testone, Eben Franckewitz and Haley Johnson took on "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" by Bobby Vee.

But instead of singing it the way the original goes, they totally go nuts with a jazzy, atonal version that absolutely rocks. This is a favorite 1950s song of ours, but we just fell in love with this arrangement. The ending gave us chills. We wonder how much of this was Grimm's musical savant genius?

The judges gave them a standing O and sent them all through to the next round. We sincerely hope to see them all advance to the live shows, they were delightful to watch on this.