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Morning Open Thread Saturday July 26, theme: 'Turn Me Loose' songs [1]
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Date: 2025-07-26
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Preview: Next Saturday: ‘secret’ songs
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>>This diary is about songs with the title ‘Turn Me Loose’, there are a bunch of them.
Links: by Fabian 1959 by Loverboy 1981 by Vince Gill 1984
==== words about Fabian: Wiki: Fabian
Fabian Forte was born on February 6, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a Philadelphia police officer.
Forte was discovered in 1957 by Bob Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis, owners of Chancellor Records. At the time, record producers were looking to the South Philadelphia neighborhoods in search of teenage talents with good looks.
Marcucci was a friend of Fabian's next-door neighbor. One day, Fabian's father had a heart attack, and, while he was being taken away in an ambulance, Marcucci spotted Fabian. Fabian later recalled, "He kept staring at me and looking at me. He comes up and says to me, 'So if you're ever interested in the rock and roll business...' and hands me his card. I looked at the guy like he was out of his mind. I told him, 'Leave me alone. I'm worried about my dad.'"
When Fabian's father returned from the hospital he was unable to work, so when Marcucci persisted, Fabian and his family were amenable, and he agreed to record a single. Fabian later said, "They gave me a pompadour and some clothes and those goddamned white bucks and out I went.
Dick Clark agreed to try Fabian at one of Clark's record hops, where singers would perform to teenage audiences. Fabian lip synched to a song and Clark wrote "the little girls at the hop went wild. They started screaming and yelling for this guy who didn't do a thing but stand there. I've never seen anything like it." Clark told Marcucci "you got a hit, he's a star. Now all you have to do is teach him to sing."
Fabian was given an allowance from the record company of $30 a week (equivalent to $336 in 2024). He also kept working part-time at a pharmacy as well as studying at South Philadelphia High School, while practicing his singing. Fabian later said "I didn't know what I was doing, but I knew my goal, to try to make extra money. That meant a lot to our family. I rehearsed and rehearsed, and I really felt like a fish out of water.
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Here are some of the ‘Turn Me Loose’ songs:
Turn Me Loose, by Fabian
Turn Me Loose by Loverboy
Turn Me Loose by Vince Gill
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