Bobby Fuller
| Bobby Fuller | |
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Fuller performing with The Bobby Fuller Four in 1966
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Gaston Fuller |
| Born |
October 22, 1942 Baytown, Texas, United States |
| Origin | El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Died | July 18, 1966 (aged 23) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Rock, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, drums |
| Years active | 1958–1966 |
| Labels | Liberty, Yucca Records, Mustang Records Todd |
| Associated acts | The Bobby Fuller Four, Randy Fuller, The Shindigs |
Robert Gaston "Bobby" Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Love's Made a Fool of You" and his cover of "I Fought the Law", recorded with his mid-1960s group, the Bobby Fuller Four.
Born in Baytown, Texas, Fuller had a maternal older half brother, Jack, and a younger brother, Randy. Fuller moved as a small child to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he remained until 1956, when he and his family moved to El Paso, Texas. His father got a job at El Paso Natural Gas at that time. It was the same year that Elvis Presley became popular, and Bobby Fuller became mesmerized by the new rock and roll star. Fuller soon adopted the style of fellow Texan Buddy Holly, fronting a four-man combo and often using original material.
During the early 1960s, he played in clubs and bars in El Paso, and he recorded on independent record labels in Texas with a constantly changing line-up. The only constant band members were Fuller and his younger brother, Randy Fuller (born on January 29, 1944, in Hobbs, New Mexico) on bass. Most of these independent releases (except two songs recorded at the studio of Norman Petty in Clovis), and an excursion to Yucca Records, also in New Mexico, were recorded in the Fullers' own home studio, with Fuller acting as the producer. He even built a primitive echo chamber in the back yard. The quality of the recordings, using a couple of microphones and a mixing board purchased from a local radio station, was so impressive that he offered the use of his "studio" to local acts for free so he could hone his production skills.
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