Singing Career
With songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman writing for him, Fabian released a series of hit singles on Chancellor Records, including "I'm a Man", "Hound Dog Man", (US #9; UK #46), "Turn Me Loose" (US #9), and his biggest hit, "Tiger", which reached #3 on the US charts. Other singles that charted included "String Along", "About This Thing Called Love" and "This Friendly World", which reached #12 on the US charts.
In 1959 Fabian told a judge he was earning $250,000 a year.
During the payola scandal of the 1960s, Fabian testified before Congress that his recordings had been doctored electronically to "significantly improve his voice."
His career in music basically ended when he was 18 after he bought out of his contract with Marcucci after signing a seven-year deal with 20th Century Fox. "I felt controlled. I felt like a puppet," he said in 1974. "It was frightening, like a three-year nightmare." He spent the next thirteen years concentrating on acting.
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