Editing Fabian Forte (section)

===Return to singing===
In 1973, he began singing again.<ref name="hunt"/> To raise his profile, he posed nude for ''[[Playgirl]]'' magazine. "I knew it was a mistake the minute I saw the thing sold in a paper bag. I could barely live with myself."<ref name="edward"/>

In January 1974, he started an act at the MGM-Grand in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Diamond boycotts 'Jonathan' premiere|author=Norma Lee Browning|work=Chicago Tribune|date=November 1, 1973|page=b14}}</ref> He was managed at this stage by [[Allan Carr]]. In March 1974, he performed at the Blue Max of the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago. A review said "he seems rather lost in the act he was putting on... he's giving it the old beach party try. But all that, unfortunately, can't distract for long from the basic lack of talent."<ref>{{cite news|title=Music: Fabian isn't exactly bobbin' along|author=Lynn Van Matre|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 6, 1974|page=d6}}</ref> In October 1974, Carr – by then no longer his manager – said that Fabian was "a sensational lounge act in Nevada and shouldn't play anywhere else except on prom nights. He's not a middle of the road act in a middle of the road room. At the 12.30 am show at the Blue Max, when the conventioneers had had a few drinks it was terrific... This boy probably made $18,000 last year; this year he'll make about $270,000."<ref>{{cite news|title=Allan Carr, counselor to the stars|author=Clifford, Terry|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 13, 1974|page=j18}}</ref>

He often performed in Las Vegas in the mid 1970s until he fell into difficulties with the authorities after attacking a Las Vegas district attorney, and resultant bankruptcy.<ref name="Kiersh2010">{{cite book|last=Kiersh|first=Edward|title=Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley?: The Stars Who Made Us Rock and Where They Are Now|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-OjW6joAc0C&pg=PT163|date=29 December 2010|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-76844-5|page=163}}</ref>

He retired once more in 1977, then resumed performing in 1981.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bob Ross|title=Written Off 20 Years Ago, Fabian Is Back|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 11, 1983}}</ref> He never regained his teenage popularity, but has continued performing.