James Darren, the former teen idol and pop singer ... "We went into one of the soundstages with a piano player and I sang the song and they said, ‘He can do it.' Then they put me on their ...

James Darren, who became an instant teen idol as the boyish surfer Moondoggie in the "Gidget" movies and went on to a prolific career in TV and music, has died. He was 88.