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The son of an Italian-born cabinetmaker, Bobby Darin briefly attended Hunter College, then supported himself as a singing waiter and musician at a Catskills resort. After scratching out a fitfully profitable existence as a commercial-jingle composer, Darin became a professional singer in 1956. He sent a demo record to up-and-coming record executive Don Kirschner, which resulted in a contract. Three flop singles later, Darin half-jokingly recorded a nonsense number titled "Splish Splash"--which turned out to be his first bonafide hit. Not wishing to be typed as a rock-and-roller, Darin adapted the old Kurt Weill/Bertoldt Brecht ballad "Moritat" into the top-selling "Mack the Knife"; this enabled him to break away from the onus of "teenage idol" and broaden his appeal to adults. Darin was eventually picked up by Universal Pictures to star in a series of lightweight but popular musical films, often co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee. After turning in powerful dramatic performances in Pressure Point (1962) and Captain Newman MD (1963), Darin graduated from pop personality to serious actor; in fact, he was Oscar-nominated for his work in Newman. By the end of the 1960s, however, Darin's star was on the downgrade, and he seemed to have trouble keeping apace of changing musical tastes. Bobby Darin was in the process of making a comeback when he died at the age of 37, following open-heart surgery. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Singer Bobby Darin began his career during the heyday of rock and roll in the late 1950s, with his smash hit "Splish, Splash." But he quickly branched out into other genres, including folk and country, and is now best known for his classic 1959 recording of "Mack the Knife," which earned him two Grammy Awards. A popular nightclub entertainer, Darin was compared to singing great Frank Sinatra, and like Sinatra, also appeared in several films. Shortly before he died during heart surgery in 1973, Darin hosted his own television variety series on the NBC.

Darin, who was born Walden Robert Cassotto on May 14, 1936, in New York City, had a harsh childhood. His father, a cabinetmaker, died a few months before he was born. Darin and his mother lived with his sister and her husband, and the family’s impoverished state was deepened by Darin’s severe childhood bouts with rheumatic fever, which produced high medical bills. He was such a sickly child that he did not attend school regularly until his early teens. He did, however, manage to read a lot and also learned to play the drums, piano, and guitar.

But Darin’s strongest ambition was not to succeed in music but rather to become an actor. In pursuit of this goal, he attended drama classes at Hunter College, but he became impatient when instructors gave other students chances to practice in leading roles even though they admitted his talent exceeded theirs. So Darin struck out on his own, getting jobs in Catskill resorts that ranged from bussing tables to filling in for absent singers. As he told Seventeen, he did not stay long in any of these positions: "I would work for a month or two, then quit and make the rounds, trying to get something in the theater. But nothing happened."

Gradually Darin began to concentrate more on his singing than his acting. He was working writing and singing radio commercials when he was signed to a contract with Decca Records in 1956. Accounts vary as to how he selected his stage name; one says he picked it from a phone book, another that he got it from a malfunctioning restaurant sign advertising Mandarin Chinese food. The young crooner cut a few singles and secured an appearance on bandleader Tommy Dor-sey’s television show, but his vocal stylings did not capture the public imagination, and Decca dropped him after a year. Darin was then signed by Atlantic Records, and recorded on their subsidiary label, Atco. Again, his first few records caused no sensations, but in 1958 Darin released one of his own compositions, "Splish, Splash." A whimsical number about characters from other rock and roll songs showing up and starting a party at the singer’s house while he was in the

bathtub, it proved a hit, selling 100,000 copies in only three weeks.

Though Darin quickly followed "Splish, Splash" with another rock and roll ditty, "Queen of the Hop," he did not wish to rely on the burgeoning genre for his livelihood. He was unsure that rock and roll would last, and felt that teenagers—its primary consumers—were fickle in their affections for performers. So, hoping to attract more mature fans, Darin took the money he made from his first hit and financed an album of standards, titled That’s All. Included on That’s All was a revision of composer Kurt Weill’s song from playwright Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera —"Mack the Knife." Released in 1959, "Mack the Knife" did for Darin all that he could have wished, selling over two million copies, and catapulting him to the pinnacle of the nightclub circuit. He became a featured attraction at the most prestigious Las Vegas showcases, such as the Sahara and the Sands, and by 1960 had played the famed Copacabana in New York City.

Meanwhile, Darin was also getting his film career underway. Though he signed a film contract in 1959, he waited through many offers until he found the kind of parts he wanted to play. He made his screen debut playing an American in Italy in the 1961 film Come September. Darin also composed the title song, and met his wife, actress Sandra Dee, on the set. Faring better than most singers who venture into acting, Darin won praise for many of his film performances, including his portrayal of a young American flirting with Nazism during the 1940s in 1962’s Pressure Point, and he received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his work in 1963’s Captain Newman, M.D.

Darin had other hit records throughout the early 1960s, including "Beyond the Sea," "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," and the country-flavored "Things." And, unlike many other artists who began their careers with the advent of rock and roll, he managed to maintain his success into the late 1960s, scoring in 1967 with the folk song, "If I Were a Carpenter." Darin also had political concerns at this time, and according to Steve Hochman in the Los Angeles Times, "worked on Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1968." Hochman further noted that the singer was "devastated by Kennedy’s assassination" later that year, and after this event sold many of his possessions, moved to California, and recorded two albums of protest songs on his own label, Direction. Though Darin’s long-time manager Steve Blowner told Hochman: "I was stunned at how good he was, singing [folk songwriters Laura] Nyro and Tim Hardin and [Bob] Dylan," Darin’s career began to languish somewhat. In the early 1970s, he recorded for the Motown label.

Darin had again tasted success, doing a summer replacement variety show for NBC in 1972 which was picked up again in 1973, when the heart problems that resulted from his childhood rheumatic fever caught up with him. Entering the hospital to have previously implanted artificial heart valves repaired, he died on the operating table on December 20, 1973. On the occasion of his posthumous induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in January 1990, Blowner was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying: "He could sing it all."

Selected discography

Singles
"Splish, Splash," Atco, 1958.
"Queen of the Hop," Atco, c. 1958.
"Dream Lover," Atco, 1959.
"Mack the Knife," Atco, 1959.
"Things," Atco, 1962.
"You’re the Reason I’m Living," Capitol, 1963.
"If I Were a Carpenter," Capitol, 1967.

Also released singles during the 1960s: "Beyond the Sea," "Clementine," "Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey," "Artificial Flowers," "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," and "Irresistible You."

Albums
Bobby Darin, Atco, 1958.
That’s All, Atco, 1959.
At the Copa, Atco, 1960.
For Teenagers Only, Atco, 1960.
This Is Darin, Atco, 1960.
(With Johnny Mercer)Two of a Kind, Atco, 1961.
The Bobby Darin Story, Atco, 1961.
Love Swings, Atco, 1961.
Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles, Atco, 1962.
Oh! Look at Me Now! Capitol, 1962.
Things and Other Things, Atco, 1962.
Twist with Bobby Darin, Atco, 1962.
Earthy, Capitol, 1963.
Eighteen Yellow Roses, Capitol, 1963.
You’re the Reason I’m Living, Capitol, 1963.
From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie, Capitol, 1964.
Golden Folk Hits, Capitol, 1964.
Venice Blue, Capitol, 1965.
The Best of Bobby Darin, Capitol, 1966.
The Shadow of Your Smile, Atlantic, 1966.
Doctor Dolittle, Atlantic, 1967.
If I Were a Carpenter, Atlantic, 1967.
Inside Out, Atlantic, 1967.
Bobby Darin, Direction, 1968.
Commitment, Direction, 1969.
Bobby Darin, Motown, 1972.
1936—1973, Motown, 1974.

Sources
Books
DiOrio, Al, Borrowed Time: The Thirty-Seven Years of Bobby Darin, Running Press, 1981.

Periodicals
Life, January 11, 1960.
Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1990.
Newsweek, April 9, 1962.
Seventeen, July 1961.
Time, March 10, 1961.
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There's been considerable discussion about whether Bobby Darin should be classified as a rock & roll singer, a Vegas hipster cat, an interpreter of popular standards, or even a folk-rocker. He was all of these and none of these. Throughout his career he made a point of not becoming committed to any one style at the exclusion of others; at the height of his nightclub fame he incorporated a folk set into his act. When it appeared he could have gone on indefinitely as a sort of junior version of Frank Sinatra, he would periodically record pop/rock and folk-rock singles whose principal appeal lay outside of the adult pop market. At one point he started calling himself Bob Darin and recorded songs with vague anti-establishment overtones that could be said to be biting the largely bourgeois hands that fed his highest-paying gigs. It may be most accurate to say that Darin was, above all, a singer who wanted to do a lot of things, rather than make his mark as a particular stylist. That may have cost him some points as far as making it to the very top of certain genres, but also makes his work more versatile than almost any other vocalist of his era.

When Darin had his first hits in the late '50s, he was a teen idol of sorts, albeit a teen idol with much more talent and mature command than the typical singer in that style. The novelty-tinged "Splish Splash" was his breakthrough smash, followed by "Queen of the Hop" and the ballad "Dream Lover." There was a slight R&B feel to Bobby's delivery that may well have influenced R&B-pop/rock singers such as Dion, though it would be an exaggeration to call Darin a blue-eyed soul man. In late 1959, he found a new direction when the swinging "Mack the Knife," a tune from Brecht-Weill's Threepenny Opera musical, made number one. The song came from an album of pop standards, heralding his move toward light big band jazz, which was consolidated by the Top Ten success of "Beyond the Sea" in 1960.

In the early '60s, Darin had mostly abandoned rock for the adult pop market, becoming a huge success on the Vegas-nightclub circuit, and moving into the all-around entertainer mode with starring roles in movies (including one as a non-singing jazz musician in John Cassavetes' Too Young Blues). He also continued to score regular hits with the likes of "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," "Things," and "Lazy River." To keep people guessing, there was also a hit cover of "What'd I Say" and some country tunes (one of which, "You're the Reason I'm Living," made it to number three on the pop charts). Around 1963, he put a folk section into his nightclub act that employed guitarist Roger McGuinn, then a couple of years away from fame as the leader of the Byrds.

Darin didn't make the expected retreat into Rat Pack land when his records stopped making the upper reaches of the charts in the mid-'60s. In 1965, there was a rather nice self-penned jangly folk-rocker, "When I Get Home," that become a British hit for the Searchers. Another 1965 flop, "We Didn't Ask to Be Brought Here," was an unexpected antiwar tune. When he made his return to the Top Ten in late 1966, it was with a cover of a gentle Tim Hardin folk-rock song, "If I Were a Carpenter." His final Top 40 hit the following year, "Lovin' You," opted for material by another major folk-rock composer, John Sebastian.

Darin may indeed have been far hipper and more politically aware than the average nightclub act, covering tunes by Dylan and the Rolling Stones, participating in a 1965 civil rights march to Alabama, and penning some Dylan-influenced songs of his own in the late '60s. It doesn't seem accurate to say that this was the true Bobby Darin, shedding his show-biz skin for something that came to him more naturally; in 1967, the same year he covered Jagger-Richards' "Back Street Girl," he also recorded material for an album entitled Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle. By the early '70s he was working Vegas and similar joints again, exchanging his blue jeans for a tuxedo, and hosting a TV variety series. In a much odder turn of events, he was now recording for Motown, though these efforts met little success.

Afflicted with a rheumatic heart, Darin was always aware that his time might be limited, and he died near the end of 1973 during open-heart surgery. He left behind a considerable quantity (and diversity) of recorded work, and underwent a critical reevaluation of sorts, especially among rock critics, which might have aided his election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. A 1996 four-CD box set, divided into thematic discs, attempted to put his wide-ranging efforts into perspective. In 2004, actor Kevin Spacey starred as Bobby Darin in the feature film biography Beyond the Sea. Spacey also directed the film and sang Darin's songs for the film, which were released as the film's soundtrack. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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Darin in 1959.
Background information
Birth name Walden Robert Cassotto
Born May 14, 1936(1936-05-14)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died December 20, 1973(1973-12-20) (aged 37) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Big band, rock and roll, pop, folk
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, actor
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, drums, harmonica, xylophone
Years active 1956–1973
Labels Decca, Atco, Capitol, Brunswick, Atlantic, Motown

Bobby Darin (May 14, 1936– December 20, 1973), born Walden Robert Cassotto, was an American singer who performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk and country.

He was also an actor, songwriter and music business entrepreneur. His wish for a legacy was "to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer."[1] Among his many other contributions, he became a goodwill ambassador for the American Heart Association.

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Early years

Darin was born in The Bronx to a poor, working-class family of Italian descent. Raised by his grandmother, it was not until he was 32, that he learnt that the woman he believed to be his elder sister was his birth mother. [2]

By the time he was a teenager he could play several instruments, including piano, drums and guitar. He later added harmonica and xylophone.

Graduating from the prestigious Bronx High School of Science Darin won a scholarship to attend Hunter College, which he dropped out of in order to play small nightclubs around the city with a musical combo.

Music career

Darin's career took off with a songwriting partnership, formed in 1955 with fellow Bronx High School of Science student Don Kirshner and in 1956 his agent negotiated a contract with Decca Records. The songs recorded at Decca did very little business.

A member of the Brill Building gang of struggling songwriters, Darin was introduced to singer Connie Francis, for whom he helped write several songs. They developed a romantic interest of which her father did not approve and the couple soon split up. Francis has said that not marrying Darin was the biggest mistake of her life.[3]

Darin left Decca to sign with Atlantic Records (ATCO), where he wrote and arranged music for himself and others. Songs he recorded, like Harry Warren's I Found a Million Dollar Baby, were sung in an Elvis style, which did not suit his personality.

Under the guidance of Atlantic's Turkish-American co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, Darin's career finally took off in 1958 when he recorded "Splish Splash", selling more than a million copies,[4] which he co-wrote with radio DJ Murray Kaufman after a bet that he could not write a song that started out with the words, "Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath".[citation needed]

In 1959, Darin recorded the self-penned "Dream Lover", a ballad that became a multi-million seller. With it came financial success and the ability to demand more creative control. His next single, "Mack the Knife", the standard from Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, was given a vamping jazz-pop interpretation. Although initially opposed to releasing it as a single,[5] the song went to No. 1 on the charts for nine weeks, sold two million copies, and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1960. Darin was also voted the Grammy Award for Best New Artist that year, and "Mack The Knife" has since been honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Darin followed "Mack" with "Beyond the Sea", a jazzy English-language version of Charles Trenet's French hit song "La Mer". Both tracks were produced by Atlantic founders Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün with staff producer Jerry Wexler and featured arrangements by Richard Wess.

This success saw Darin set the all-time attendance record at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City. He also headlined at the major casinos in Las Vegas.

In the 1960s, Darin owned and operated a music publishing and production company (TM Music/Trio) and signed Wayne Newton to TM, giving him a song that was originally sent to Darin to record. That record went on to become Newton's breakout hit, "Danke Schoen". He also was a mentor to Roger McGuinn, who worked for Darin at TM Music and played the 12-string guitar in Darin's nightclub band before forming The Byrds. Darin also produced Rosey Grier's 1964 LP, Soul City, and Made in the Shade for Jimmy Boyd.[citation needed]

In 1962, Darin began to write and sing country music, with hit songs including "Things" (US #3/UK #2) (1962), "You're the Reason I'm Living" (US #3), and "18 Yellow Roses" (US #10). The latter two were recorded by Capitol Records, which he joined in 1962, before returning to Atlantic four years later. In 1966 he had his final UK hit single, with a version of Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter", which peaked at #9. He performed the opening and closing songs on the soundtrack of the 1965 Walt Disney film That Darn Cat! "Things" was sung by Dean Martin in the 1967 TV special Movin' With Nancy, starring Nancy Sinatra, which was released to home video in 2000.[6]

Acting career

In 1960, Darin appeared twice as himself in NBC's short-lived crime drama Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier and set on the Sunset Strip of West Hollywood. In the same year, he was the only actor ever to have been signed to five major Hollywood film studios. He wrote music for several films which he appeared in.

His first major film, Come September, was a romantic comedy designed to capitalize on his popularity with the teenage and young adult audience, in which he co-starred with 18-year-old actress Sandra Dee. They couple were married in 1960, and had one son, Dodd Mitchell Darin (born 1961), but divorced in 1967.

In 1962, Darin won the Golden Globe Award for "New Star Of The Year - Actor" for his role in Come September.[7] The following year he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama" (Best actor) in Pressure Point.

In 1963, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a shell-shocked soldier in Captain Newman, M.D.. At the Cannes Film Festival he won the French Film Critics Award for best actor.

Later years

"Now my attitude is very simple: I must do what artistically pleases me."

Bobby Darin, 1967 Pop Chronicles interview.[5]

Darin's musical output became more "folky" as the 1960s progressed, and he became more politically active. In 1966, he had a hit with folksinger Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter", securing a return to the Top 10 after a two-year absence.

Darin traveled with Robert Kennedy and worked on the politician's 1968 presidential campaign. He was with Kennedy the day he traveled to Los Angeles on June 4, 1968, for the California primary, and was at the Ambassador Hotel later that night when Kennedy was assassinated.

Dick and Tom Smothers play Chico and Harpo to Darin's Groucho, 1972.

This event drove Darin into seclusion, living in a trailer near Big Sur for almost a year. Returning to Los Angeles in 1969, Darin started Direction Records, putting out folk and protest music. He wrote "Simple Song of Freedom" in 1969, which was recorded by Tim Hardin, singing only three of the four verses of the song.

Of his first Direction album, Darin said that "The purpose of Direction Records is to seek out statement-makers. The album is solely [composed] of compositions designed to reflect my thoughts on the turbulent aspects of modern society."[8]


In 1972, he starred in his own television variety show on NBC, The Bobby Darin Amusement Company, which ran until his death in 1973. Darin married Andrea Yeager in June 1973. He made TV guest appearances and remained a top draw in Las Vegas[citation needed]

Other Interests

Darin was an enthusiastic chess player.[9] His television show included an occasional segment in which he would explain a chess move.[10] He arranged with the United States Chess Federation to sponsor a grandmaster tournament, with the largest prize fund in history,[11] but the event was canceled after his death.[12]

Health

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Darin was frail as an infant and, from the age of 8, was stricken with recurring bouts of rheumatic fever which left him with a seriously weakened heart. Overhearing a doctor tell his mother he would be lucky to reach the age of 16, Darin was driven to make something of his life with his innate talent for music,

In January 1971, he underwent his first heart surgery in an attempt to correct some of the heart damage he had lived with since childhood. He spent most of that year recovering from the surgery.

At the end of his career, he was often administered oxygen after his performances.

Death

In 1973, after failing to take medication to protect his heart before a dental visit, Darin developed an overwhelming systemic infection (sepsis). This further weakened his body and affected one of his heart valves. On December 11, he entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for surgery to repair two artificial heart valves he had received in January 1971. On the evening of December 19, a surgical team worked for over six hours to repair his damaged heart. Darin died in the recovery room on December 20, 1973, at the age of 37 without regaining consciousness.

There were no funeral arrangements, Darin's last wish in his will being that his body be donated to science for medical research, and his remains were transferred to UCLA Medical Center shortly after his death.

Legacy

In 1990, singer Paul Anka made the speech inducting Darin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Righteous Brothers refer to Darin in their song, "Rock and Roll Heaven", a tribute to dead musicians released months after Darin's death.

In 1998 PBS aired the documentary, Bobby Darin: Beyond the Song, produced by Henry Astor and Jason Cilo.

In a 2003 episode of the NBC television series American Dreams, Duncan Sheik portrays Darin and performs "Beyond the Sea" on American Bandstand. Brittany Snow's character, Meg Pryor, is assigned as Darin's liaison during the show.

On Monday, May 14, 2007, Darin was awarded a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars to honor his contribution to making Las Vegas the "Entertainment Capital of the World", and to acknowledge his reputation as one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. The sponsorship fee for his star was raised entirely by fan donations.

In December 2007, Darin was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

Darin had a custom car built called the "Dream Car", designed by Andy DiDia;[13] which is on display at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation.[14]

On December 13, 2009, the Recording Academy announced that Darin would receive a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Grammy Awards ceremony.

Biopic

Main article: Beyond the Sea (film)

As early as 1986, director Barry Levinson intended to direct a film based on Darin's life, and had begun preproduction on the project by early 1997. He abandoned the project, the rights to which were subsequently bought by actor Kevin Spacey, along with Darin's son, Dodd. The resultant biopic, "Beyond the Sea", starred Spacey as Darin, with the actor using his own singing voice for the musical numbers. The film covers much of Darin's life and career, including his marriage to Sandra Dee, portrayed by Kate Bosworth.

With the consent of the Darin estate, former Darin manager Steve Blauner, and archivist Jimmy Scalia, "Beyond the Sea" opened at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. Though Dodd Darin, Sandra Dee, and Blauner responded enthusiastically to Spacey's work and the film was strongly promoted by the studio, "Beyond the Sea" received mixed-to-poor reviews upon wide release, and box office results were disappointing. Some critics praised Spacey's performance, largely owing to his decision to use his own singing voice, and Spacey received a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, which he lost to Jamie Foxx.[15]

The film resulted in the issue of previously unreleased Darin music.

Discography

Singles

Release date Title Flip side Record label Chart Positions
US Charts Cashbox UK R&B
1956 "Rock Island Line" / "Timber" Decca 29883
"Silly Willy" / "Blue Eyed Mermaid" Decca 29922
"The Greatest Builder Of Them All" / "Hear Them Bells" Decca 30031
1957 "Dealer In Dreams" / "Help Me" Decca 30225
"Million Dollar Baby" / "Talk To Me" Atco 6092
"Don't Call My Name" / "Pretty Betty" Atco 6103
1958 "Silly Willy" / "Dealer In Dreams" Decca 30737
"Just In Case You Change Your Mind" / "So Mean" Atco 6109
"Splish Splash" /[16] "Judy, Don't Be Moody" US Atco 6117/ UK London 8666 3 2 18 1
"Early in the Morning" (Bobby Darin song) / "Now We're One" Brunswick 55073 (See below)
"Early in the Morning" /[17] "Now We're One" Atco 6121 24 25 8
"Queen of the Hop" "Lost Love" US Atco 6127/UK London 8737 9 12 24 6
"Mighty, Mighty Man" / "You're Gone" Atco 6128
1959 "Plain Jane" "While I'm Gone" Atco 6133 38 30
"Dream Lover"[18] "Bullmoose" US Atco 6140/UK London 8867 2 3 1 4
"Mack the Knife" [19] "Was There A Call For Me" US Atco 6147/UK London 8939 1 1 1 6
1960 "La Mer {Beyond The Sea}") / "That's The Way Love Is" US Atco 6158/UK London 9034 6 7 8 15
"Clementine" "Tall Story" US Atco 6161/UK London 9086 21 13 8
"Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey"?/ US Atco 6167/UK London 9142 19 16 34
"I'll Be There" (Bobby Darin song) 79
"Beachcomber" "Autumn Blues" Atco 6173 100 50
Artificial Flowers/ Atco 6179 20 19
::above Shown as 'Bobby Darin at the Piano'
"Somebody To Love" 45 58
Christmas Auld Lang Syne/ Atco 6183 51 50
Child Of God 95 95
She's Tanfastic! Moments Of Love Atco/Ferrion Inc. -- --
::above Special premium record
1961 "Lazy River" "Oo-Ee Train" US Atco 6188/UK London 9303 14 18 2
"Nature Boy" "Look For My True Love" US Atco 6196/UK London 9375 40 31 24
"Theme From 'Come September'" Bobby Darin & His Orchestra "Walk Back To Me" US Atco 6200/UK London 9407 113 55 50
 ::Shown as "Bobby Darin & His Orchestra"
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "Sorrow Tomorrow" US Atco 6206/UK London 9429 5 7 10
"Irresistible You"/ "Multiplication" US Atco 6214/ 15 16
"Multiplication" / "Irresistible You" UK, London, HLK 9474 30 26 5
1962 "What'd I Say" (Part 1) / "What'd I Say" (Part 2) Atco 6221 24 6
"Things" "Jailer, Bring Me Water" US Atco 6229/UK London 9575 3 10 2
"If A Man Answers"/ "All By Myself" US Capitol 4837/UK Capitol 15272 32 28 24
"True, True Love" 105
"Baby Face" "You Know How" US Atco 6236/UK London 9624 42 38 40
"I Found a New Baby" "Keep-A-Walkin'" Atco 6244 90
1963 "You're the Reason I'm Living" /

/|"Now You're Gone"

 Capitol 4897 3 5
"Eighteen Yellow Roses" / "Not For Me" US Capitol 4970/UK Capitol 15306 10 12 37 28
"Treat My Baby Good" "Down So Long" Capitol 5019 43 38
"Be Mad, Little Girl" "Since You've Been Gone" Capitol 5079 64 74
1964 "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" / "As Long As I'm Singing" Capitol 5126 93 83
"Milord" / "Golden Earrings" Atco 6297 45 39
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" / "Similau" Atco 6316 -- --
"The Things In This House" "Wait By The Water" Capitol 5257 86 89
1965 "Minnie The Moocher" / "Hard Headed Hannah" Atco 6334 -- --
"Hello, Dolly!" / "Golden Earrings" Capitol 5359 79 --
"Venice Blue (Que C'est Triste Venise)" / "A World Without You" Capitol 5399 133 94
"When I Get Home" / "Lonely Road" Capitol 5443 -- --
"Gyp The Cat" / "That Funny Feeling" Capitol 5481 -- --
1966 "We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Here" "Funny What Love Can Do" Atlantic 2305 117 --
"Silver Dollar" / "The Breaking Point" Atlantic 2317 -- --
"Mame" / "Walking In The Shadow Of Love" Atlantic 2329 53 63
"Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" / "Merci, Cheri" Atlantic 2341 -- --
"If I Were a Carpenter" Song written by Tim Hardin "Rainin'" US Atlantic 2350/UK Atlantic 584051 8 9 9
"The Girl That Stood Beside Me" / "Reason To Believe" Song written by Tim Hardin Atlantic 2367 66 65
"Lovin' You" / "Amy" Atlantic 2376 32 43
"The Lady Came From Baltimore" / Song written by Tim Hardin "I Am" Atlantic 2395 62 73
1967 "Darling, Be Home Soon" / Song written by John Sebastian "Hello, Sunshine" Atlantic 2420 93 --
"Talk To The Animals" / "After Today"] Atlantic 2433 -- --
"Talk To The Animals" / "She Knows" Atlantic 2433 105 --
1968 "Long Line Rider" / "Change" Direction 350 79 66
1969 "Me & Mr. Hohner" / "Song for A Dollar" Direction 351 123 --
"Distractions" (Part 1) / "Jive" Direction 352 111 --
 ::Shown as "Bob Darin"
1970 "Sugar Man (9 To 5)" / "Jive's Alive" Direction 4000 -- --
"Baby May" / "Sweet Reason" Direction 4001 -- --
"Maybe We Can Get It Together" / "Rx Pyro (Prescription: Fire)" Direction 4002 -- --
1971 "Melody / Someday We'll Be Together" Motown 1183 -- --
"Simple Song Of Freedom" / "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" Motown 1193 -- --
1972 "Sail Away" / "Something In Her Love" Motown 1203 -- --
1973 "Average People" / "Something In Her Love" Motown 1217 -- --
"Happy" "Something In Her Love" Motown 1217 67 59
1979 "Dream Lover" / "Mack The Knife" UK Lightning 9017 -- -- 64
"Mack The Knife" -- -- 64
1987 "La Mer (Beyond The Sea)" "Mack The Knife" Atlantic 89166 -- --
"Early In The Morning"
Darin approached Brunswick Records with "Early In the Morning." Brunswick was impressed, but as Darin was still under contract to Atlantic Records' subsidiary, Atco, the song was released by 'The Ding Dongs'. New York deejays liked the record and Atco soon discovered the deception. Brunswick was forced to turn over the masters to Atco which released the record under the name, 'The Rinky Dinks'. In the UK where it had to compete with a version by Buddy Holly, rush released by Brunswick, the single was released under Darin's own name.[20]

Albums

Note: There were separate Cashbox charts for mono and stereo albums until 1965

Release date Title Record label / Notes Chart Positions
US Billboard Charts Cashbox (Mono) Cashbox (Stereo) UK
1960 Bobby Darin Atco 33-102—1958
Issued only in mono
That's All Atco 33-104 (Mono)
SD 33-104 (Stereo)		 7 9 16
This is Darin Atco 33-115 (Mono)
SD 33-115 (Stereo)		 6 5 7
Darin At The Copa Atco 33-122 (Mono)
SD 33-122 (Stereo)		 9 6 12
For Teenagers Only Atco 1001–1960 (Mono)
Issued only in mono		 38
It's You Or No One Atco 33-124
SD 33-124–1960
The 25th Day of December Atco 33-125
SD 33-125–1960
1961 Two Of A Kind
(Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer)		 Atco 33-126
SD 33-126–1961		 38
The Bobby Darin Story Atco 33-131
SD 33-131–1961
Originally issued with white album cover, reissued in 1962 with black album cover. These issues were pressed with Bobby Darin's autograph in the run-out groove plate on Side 2; later reissues do not include the autograph		 18 11
Love Swings Atco 33-134
SD 33-134–1961		 92 49
Twist with Bobby Darin Atco 33-138
SD 33-138–1961
Original copies of the above Atco albums were originally pressed with yellow "harp" labels. In 1962, these were re-released with gold/dark blue labels (mono copies) and purple/brown labels (stereo copies), which were also used for the forecoming Atco releases		 48 45
1962 Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles Atco 33-140
SD 33-140—1962		 96 41
Things and Other Things Atco 33-146
SD 33-146—1962		 45 43
Oh! Look at Me Now Capitol T(Mono)
ST(Stereo) 1791—1962		 100
1963 Earthy Capitol T/ST-1826—1963
You're the Reason I'm Living Capitol T 1866
ST 1866—1963		 43 19
18 Yellow Roses" Capitol T 1942
ST 1942—1963		 98 69
Golden Folk Hits Capitol T/ST 2007—1963
1964 Winners Atco 33-167/SD 33-167—1964
As Long As I'm Singing Capitol T/ST 2084—1964
Unreleased, but rare stereo acetates are known to exist
From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie Capitol T/ST -2194—1964 107
1965 Venice Blue Capitol T/ST 2322—1965 132
1966 The Best Of Bobby Darin Capitol T/ST 2571—1966
The Shadow of Your Smile Atlantic 8121(Mono)/SD 8121-1966 (Stereo)
In A Broadway Bag Atlantic 8126/SD 8126—1966
If I Were a Carpenter Atlantic 8135/SD 8135—1966 142 97
1967 Inside Out Atlantic 8142/SD 8142—1967
Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle Atlantic 8154/SD 8154–1967
1968 Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto Direction 1936–1968
1969 Commitment Direction 1937—1969
1972 Finally Motown 739—1972
Commercially unreleased, but rare test pressings from RCA exist
Bobby Darin Motown 753—1972
1974 Darin: 1936-1973 Motown 813—1974 136

Filmography

Books

  • Dodd Darin & Maxine Paetro: Dream Lovers: the Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee. New York: Warner Books 1994. ISBN 0-446-51768-2

References

  1. ^ "How he wanted to be remembered". Bobbydarin.com. 1997-08-07. http://www.bobbydarin.com/. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  2. ^ Biography: Bobby Darin, The Biography Channel. Retrieved August 12, 2007. Also mentioned in the Bobby Darin episode of the Biography series.
  3. ^ Autobiography Who's Sorry Now by Connie Francis
  4. ^ "The Splish Splash Session - Session Notes by Dik de Heer, BobbyDarin.net/BobbyDarin.com". Bobbydarin.net. 1958-04-10. http://www.bobbydarin.net/sn_041058.html. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  5. ^ a b Gilliland, John (1969-04-27). "Show 13 - Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 3]: UNT Digital Library". Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19762/m1. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  6. ^ Nancy Sinatra (2000). Movin' with Nancy (Song listing). Chatsworth, CA: Image Intertainment. 
  7. ^ http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28453
  8. ^ [1][dead link]
  9. ^ "Bobby Darin & Terry Kellman". bobbydarin.net. http://www.bobbydarin.net/kellman.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
  10. ^ "Bobby Darin's Last Shows". tvparty.com. http://www.tvparty.com/darin.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
  11. ^ "Announcing the First Annual Bobby Darin International Chess Classic". bobbydarin.com. http://www.bobbydarin.com/chess73.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
  12. ^ Wall, Bill. "Hollywood and Chess". Chessville. http://www.chessville.com/BillWall/HollywoodAndChess.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
  13. ^ Dream Car Art
  14. ^ Transport Museum Association
  15. ^ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/2005
  16. ^ "Splish Splash by Bobby Darin Songfacts". Songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1820. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  17. ^ "Top 40 Hits - 1930-1998". Ntl.matrix.com.br. http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/index.html. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  18. ^ ""Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin Songfacts". Songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2570. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  19. ^ ""Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin Songfacts". Songfacts.com. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=564. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
  20. ^ "Session notes by Dik de Heer: "Early in the Morning"". Bobbydarin.net. http://www.bobbydarin.net/sn_042458.html. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 

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2010s
"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)"* performed by Domenico Modugno (1959)
"Mack the Knife" performed by Bobby Darin (1960) "Theme from A Summer Place" performed by Percy Faith (1961)
"Moon River"* performed by Henry Mancini (1962) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" performed by Tony Bennett (1963)
"Days of Wine and Roses"* performed by Henry Mancini (1964) "The Girl from Ipanema" performed by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965)
"A Taste of Honey" performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
produced by Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss (1966)		 "Strangers in the Night" performed by Frank Sinatra
produced by Jimmy Bowen (1967)
"Up, Up and Away"* performed by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson)
produced by Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon (1968)		 "Mrs. Robinson" performed by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel*, Paul Simon*)
produced by Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon & Roy Halee (1969)

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