Thanks to Senegalese rapper Akon, '60s crooner Bobby Vinton can now afford braces for his daughter.
Akon - "Lonely" (MP3) 2005 [Link Removed]
Bobby Vinton - "Mr. Lonely" (MP3) 1964[Link Removed]
Vinton, who doesn't own a computer, is tickled about the hi-speed soul sample that's put his voice back on the radio. Sort of...
"I don't get it. They speeded me up. I sound like Alvin & the Chipmunks. After [Akon] talked with me, they went to Epic and got the rights to use the original record. They sent me a copy -- I didn't know what it was, but my wife and children think it's great."
Seventy-year-old Vinton also told Entertainment Weekly...
"Akon wanted me to do the video but I couldn't. I was playing the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee."
Cute. You can catch Bobby Vinton at the Orleans Casino & Hotel in Vegas this weekend.
