Frankie Avalon - Venus (Stereo)

1959... #1 US Billboard Hot 100 #1 Belgium #10 US Billboard Hot R&B Sides #16 UK Singles Chart.. Avalon’s recording career started when Chancellor Records president Bob Marcucci signed him up after he saw Avalon sitting on a street curb. He became a teen idol, and went on to fame starring in beach movies with Annette Funicello. Al Martino was offered this song before Avalon, but he turned it down. Like Avalon, Martino was a popular Italian-American singer who was also an actor - he played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. This song is about a man who prays to the goddess Venus to send him a woman who is basically her human equivalent. Venus was the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility. This was used in the 1990 movie Born on the Fourth of July, starring Tom Cruise, and the 2016 thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane, starring John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. It was also featured in two episodes of the TV show Dexter in 2009: “Lost Boys“ and “The Getaway.“ #FrankieAval