Bobbys were inescapable in music in the '50s and '60s: Bobby Sherman, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin and more. NPR critic Bob Mondello looks back to an... What was with all those teen heartthrob Bobbys in ...
Bobby Sherman, the actor and singer who became a teen idol in the 1960s, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
In the 1960s, hearthrobs named Bobby were everywhere. Clockwise from top left: Bobby Darin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Goldsboro, Bobby Womack, and Bobby Sherman. (Keystone/Getty Images; Central ...