Fabian

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Thanks to a series of performances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, Fabian rocketed to stardom in the late '50s. With his stylish good looks and mild rock & roll, he became one of the top teen idols of the era; luckily, he had the support of the legendary songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, who provided him with "Turn Me Loose," "Hound Dog Man," and "I'm a Man," among other songs. Fabian's fame peaked in 1959 with the million-selling "Tiger" single; after that, he valiantly tried to become a movie star. When Congress fingered him as one of the performers who benefited from payola, his already-ailing career was given a nearly fatal blow; under questioning, Fabian explained that his records featured a substantial amount of electronic doctoring in order to improve his voice. After the hearings, he starred in some more movies in the '60s, without regaining the audience of his peak years.

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People

Fabian (name)Fabian Månsson, (1872-1938), Swedish socialistFabian (entertainer), (born 1943), 1950s American teen idol and singerFabian Bachrach, (1917-2010), an American photographerFabian Cancellara, (born 1981), Swiss professional road cyclistFabian Nicieza, (born 1961), American comic book writerFabian Núñez, (born 1966), American politicianFabian Velardes, (born 1984), Argentinian boxerFabian Washington, (born 1983), American Football playerFabian Wilnis, (born 1970), Dutch footballerSteven Fabian, (born 1985), American news anchorAndrew Fabian, (born 1948), British astronomer and astrophysicistDušan Fabian, Slovak writerRobert Fabyan, (died 1513), English chroniclerPope Fabian, d. 250Fabius Maximus, ca. 280 BC – 203 BC, Roman politician and general, namesake of the Fabian strategy

Fiction

Fabian (film), a 1980 film adaptation of the Kästner novelFabian (grape), another name for the wine grape ChasselasFabian Cortez, fictional character in Marvel comicsFabian, the Story of a Moralist, a novel by German author Erich KästnerFabian, a Peruvian author from the Power of Five seriesFabian Prewett, maternal uncle to Ron WeasleyFabian Rutter, a character from House of Anubis

Other uses

Hurricane Fabian, a hurricane which affected Bermuda in 2003Fabian Society, a socialist society in the UKFabian strategy of Fabius Maximus, part of military theory