Bobby Vee: Bye Bye Bobby – Meet Mr Villene
Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, 26 August 1972
A CLAIM to fame you don't often associate with Bobby Vee is that he once sacked Bob Dylan from his band. Over here having just finished a tour of the Northern clubs, Bobby recalls:
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