Bobby Sherman, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin and more. NPR critic Bob Mondello looks back to an era when everyone seemed to share his name.

Country Bobbys included Bobby Goldsboro ("Tears of a Clown"), Bobby Bare ("Detroit City"), and Bobby Sherman ("Little Woman). All these Bobbys were teen idols, though most weren't actually in their ...

Country Bobbys included Bobby Goldsboro ("Tears of a Clown"), Bobby Bare ("Detroit City"), and Bobby Sherman ("Little Woman). All these Bobbys were teen idols, though most weren't actually in ...

Bobbys were inescapable in music in the '50s and '60s: Bobby Sherman, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin and more. NPR critic Bob Mondello looks back to an era when everyone seemed to share his name.