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Bobby Breen

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Isadore Borsuk (November 4, 1927 – September 19, 2016), better known as Bobby Breen, was a Canadian-born American actor and singer. He was a popular male child singer during the 1930s and reached major popularity with film and radio appearances. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he worked as a singer in nightclubs and a musical performer in stock theatre, later serving as a guest pianist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra on radio, and hosting a local TV show in New York. He also recorded briefly for the Motown label, singing on two singles and an unreleased album in 1964 called Better Late Than Never. Berry Gordy had hoped for Breen to become his first white contracted artist, but ultimately changed his mind because the singer did not suit the type of music that Motown produced. Breen was one of the people represented on the cover of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Breen was born Isadore Borsuk on November 4, 1927, in Montréal, Canada, the son of Hyman and Rebecca Borsuk. His parents were poor Jewish immigrants from present-day Ukraine. They, along with Breen's three older siblings, migrated from Kiev to Montreal, Canada, in 1927. Soon after, they relocated to the capital Toronto. His singing talent as a boy soprano was discovered at age three by his sister Susan, herself an aspiring musical student who was several years his senior. While their parents did not show any particular interest, Susan decided to help him achieve stardom. With the assistance f

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Better Late Than Never

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How Can We Tell Him

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You're Just Like You

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Here Comes That Heartache

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Here's That Rainy Day

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Over The River And Thro' The Wood

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Rainbow On The River

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Here Come That Heartache

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M-O-T-H-E-R, a Word That Means the World to Me

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How Can We Tell Him?

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albums

The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964

The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964

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Jazz On A Summers Day - HD Remastered 2010

Songs At Yuletide

Songs At Yuletide

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Complete Motown Singles - Vol 4 - CD3

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The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964 (Disc 1)

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Complete Motown Singles - Vol 4 - CD1

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The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 4: 1964

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The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964 (Disc 3)

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The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 4: 1964

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The Complete Motown Singles Volume 4 (Disc 16)

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Vintage Songs For Mother's Day

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Heres That Rainy Day - HD Remastered 2010

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