Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor of film and television. He performed in a range of music genres, including jazz, pop, rock'n'roll, folk, swing and country.

He started as a songwriter for Connie Francis, and recorded his own first million-seller "Splish Splash" in 1958. This was followed by "Dream Lover," "Mack the Knife," and "Beyond the Sea," which brought him world fame. In 1962, he won a Golden Globe Award for his first film Come September, co-starring his first wife, Sandra Dee.

Throughout the 1960s, he became more politically active and worked on Robert F. Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Kennedy's assassination. The same year, he discovered that he had been brought up by his grandmother, not his mother, and that the girl he had thought to be his sister was actually his mother. These events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of seclusion.

Bobby Darin (album)

Bobby Darin is the debut album by American singer Bobby Darin released in 1958. It includes Darin's US number one hit "Splish Splash".

Reception

Music critic Andrew Hamilton wrote in his Allmusic review on the 1994 CD reissue "Somebody tried to remake Darin into a young Dean Martin and failed. Only the most ardent Bobby Darin fans should consider purchasing this CD."

Track listing

Side one

  • " Splish Splash" (Bobby Darin, Murray "The K" Kaufman, Jean Murray) – 2:12
  • "Just in Case You Change Your Mind" (Melvin Bell, Harry Patterson, Deek Watson) – 2:07
  • "Pretty Betty" (Darin, Don Kirshner) – 1:40
  • "Talk to Me Something" (Darin, Kirshner) – 2:16
  • "Judy, Don't Be Moody" (Ben Raleigh, Don Wolf) – 2:14
  • "(Since You're Gone) I Can't Go On" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:43
  • Side two

  • "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) – 2:00
  • "Wear My Ring" (Darin, Kirshner) – 1:50
  • "So Mean" (Darin, Kirshner) – 2:35
  • "Don't Call My Name" (Darin, Kirshner) – 1:58
  • Blue Skies

    Blue Skies may refer to:

    Music

    Albums

  • Blue Skies (Decca album), a 1946 album by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
  • Blue Skies (Frank Ifield album), 1964
  • Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album), 1988
  • Blue Skies (Bryan Duncan album), 1996
  • Blue Skies (Diana DeGarmo album), 2004
  • Blue Skies (Virginians album), 2008
  • Songs

  • "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin song), a 1926 much-recorded song by Irving Berlin
  • "Blue Skies" (BT song), a 1996 song by BT featuring the vocals of Tori Amos
  • "Blue Skies", a song from Blackpool Lights album This Town's Disaster
  • "Blue Skies", a song by a-ha from the album Hunting High and Low
  • "Blue Skies" (Noah and the Whale song)
  • "Blue Skies" (Jamiroquai song), 2010
  • Blue Skies (Lenka song)
  • Film

  • Blue Skies (1946 film), a 1946 musical film, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
  • Blue Skies (1929 film), a 1929 American drama film
  • Television

  • Blue Skies (1994 TV series), a 1994 sitcom starring Corey Parker and Matt Roth
  • Blue Skies (1988 TV series), a 1988 American drama series
  • See also

  • Sky blue and Sky Blue
  • 7 Blue Skies

    7 Blue Skies is an alternative rock band formed in 2004. The group is well known for their high energy live performances, as well as for always performing barefoot. The band has since broken up.

    Band name

    The band's name was chosen following an email from producer Ron Saint Germain, in which Germain signed off "Good luck, 7 blue skies!" The band determined the name to mean "have a nice week," and decided to use the name. This was later revealed to be a typo, as the intended line was "Good luck & blue skies!" (the & is located above the 7 key).

    History

    Jon Shaffer, Adam Schulman and Andy Stickel formed the band and posted an ad online for a singer and drummer in 2004. Ramsay and Garitta responded to the ad and arranged a rehearsal and from there the band was born. The group entered the studio to begin recording what would be their first release 'Exhausted' in May 2004 with producers Sam Verella and Jason Laughton.

    The album was released in the summer of 2005, and saw sales of several thousand copies. The album attracted the attention of Mike Grippo, an A&R from E-Klectrik Music Group, a division of the GoDigital Media Group. On February 28, 2007 the group signed to E-Klectrik Music Group and began working on their next release, "Last Night."

    Mobile Home (album)

    Mobile Home is the second and final album by Longpigs, released in 1999 on U2's record label Mother.

    Track listing

    All songs written by Crispin Hunt unless otherwise stated.

  • "The Frank Sonata" – 3:53
  • "Blue Skies" – 4:01
  • "Gangsters" – 4:56
  • "Free Toy" (Hunt/Richard Hawley) – 4:43
  • "Baby Blue" (Hunt/Simon Stafford) – 3:56
  • "Dance Baby Dance" (Hunt/Hawley/Stafford) – 4:17
  • "Miss Believer" – 4:22
  • "I Lied I Love You" – 4:43
  • "Keep the Light Alight" – 3:40
  • "Speech Bubble" – 3:47
  • "Dog Is Dead" – 4:02
  • "Loud and Clear" (Hunt/Hawley) – 3:10
  • "In the Snow" – 4:30
  • References

    External links

  • Mobile Home at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

  • Podcasts:

    Bobby Darin

    ALBUMS

    Born: 1936-05-14

    Died: 1973-12-20

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Darin At the Copa

    by: Bobby Darin

    You'd be so nice by the fire
    Where the breeze that's it sneak in on high sing a lullaby
    You'd be all that I could desire.
    Under stars chilled by the winter
    Under an August moon burnin' above
    You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise
    To come home to and love.
    You'd be ever so nice to park shoes by the fire
    While the breeze on high chants a lullaby
    You'd be all that I could desire.
    And under stars chilled by the wintertime
    Under an August moon burnin' above
    You'd be so nice, you'd be a lot more than paradise
    To come home to and love.
    And love
    And love
    Let's make love.




    ×