Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares was one -- and maybe the best -- of a handful of young actresses/singers who emerged from the end of the 1950s through the mid-'60s, in an attempt to extend television stardom into action on the pop charts. Most didn't last, and none made the impact of their rivals, the singers who tried acting (Connie Francis, Sandy Stewart, Lulu, etc.), but Fabares did score a huge hit with "Johnny Angel." Shelley Fabares was born on January 19, 1944, in California, to a family that already had a background performing (her aunt is Nanette Fabray, the actress best remembered ...