Bobby Vee (born Robert Thomas Velline, April 30, 1943, Fargo, North Dakota, United States) is an American pop music singer. According to Billboard magazine Vee has had 38 Hot 100 chart hits, 10 of which hit the Top 20.
Vee's 1961 summer release "Take Good Care of My Baby" went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S. listings and number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Known primarily as a performer of Brill Building pop material, he went on to record a string of international hits in the 1960s, including "Devil or Angel" (U.S. 6), "Rubber Ball" (1961) (U.S. 6), "More Than I Can Say" (1961), "Run To Him" (1961) (U.S. 2), "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (1963) (U.S. 3), and "Come Back When You Grow Up" (U.S. 3).
Vee recently concluded a long running engagement at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theatre in Branson, Missouri. He performed in the 8:00pm 'Original Stars at American Bandstand' show along with Fabian, Chris Montez, Brian Hyland, and The Chiffons.
In October 2007 he was on tour performing in 'The Last of the Big Rock Shows' along with Lesley Gore and Billy "Crash" Craddock in Australia.