Musician. Founder of the Bobby Fuller 4. He was the son of Eva Lorraine Barrett and Lawson Fuller, an oil industry employee. He was a natural musician and learned to play the drums while quite young, before he began to teach himself guitar and the saxophone. In El Paso, he started as the drummer for a local band, The Embers, who won a few contests and local fame. In 1959, he began building a group of his own, drafting his brother, Randy, for what would eventually become The Bobby Fuller Four. His father co-signed a lease that would allow his sons to rent a local nightclub in order to open "Bobby Fuller's Teen Rendezvous," a 21-and-under club which he then used to showcase his, and other local bands. In 1961, "You're In Love" recorded with The Embers, became the first of his independently released singles. In 1962, his new band, then called Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics, released the single, "Gently My Love" for another regional hit. By 1963, eager for a major label deal, he went to Hollywood, where Bob Keane of Del-Fi Records suggested they come back in a year. At the end of 1964, the group was signed by Del-Fi, and issued the single "Let Her Dance" as The Bobby Fuller Four. The band's biggest hit, however, was a cover of Buddy Holly's "I Fought The Law." It hit number 9 on the US charts in 1966. The band also performed in the feature film, "The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini" (1966), and released "Love's Made A Fool of You," another Buddy Holly cover, which reached the top thirty. That July, Bobby reportedly went to a party and vanished for 12 hours. When his mother noticed his car had finally returned home, she discovered his body slumped in the front seat, bruised and apparently in an advanced state of rigor mortis. Police responding seemed uninterested in processing the scene, apparently assuming a suicide despite the family's vehement denial, and were seen tossing the gas can found in the front seat into the trash. The body's skin was badly discolored by chemical burns or bruising or both. One finger had been pulled back so far it appeared broken. Following the autopsy, the LA Country Coroner's office classified the death as "accidental, or suicide," caused by "asphyxia due to inhalation of gasoline." No criminal investigation was ever launched. His brother said, as recently as 2015, that it was the mystery surrounding Bobby's death had prevented him ever finding closure.