- Was picked to replace Roy Orbison in The Traveling Wilburys but committed suicide before they went into the recording studio.
- Produced Brian Hyland's top 10 hit, "Gypsy Woman".
- His recording "Runaway" hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
- His 1963 version of "From Me To You" was the first American recording of a John Lennon-Paul McCartney song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It debuted 29 June 1963, stayed on the chart four weeks, and peaked at #77.
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