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Teen heartthrobs named Bobby were everywhere in the '60s — which was fine by me

In the 1960s, hearthrobs named Bobby were <!-- raw HTML omitted -->everywhere. <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Clockwise from top left: Bobby Darin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Goldsboro, Bobby Womack, and Bobby Sherman.

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 era when everyone seemed to share his name.

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