Bobby's People: Darin's Friends & Collaborators

During his brief but brilliant career, Bobby Darin worked with some of the most talented people in the entertainment industry. From all reports, Darin was the kind of person who would accept nothing less than the best. He was also famous for his loyalty; once he found someone he could count on, he made sure they could also count on him. This feature is an attempt to profile as many of Darin's friends and collaborators as possible. Given the open-ended nature of such a task, this will always be a work in progress. The profiles listed below are a beginning. More to come. And if you would like to contribute a profile, please feel free. Simply follow the format you see here, and email your contribution to DarinLand@DARINLAND.COM. To read a profile, click a name or a picture.
	ARRANGERS:
	Perry Botkin [Interview] (Arranger/Conductor)
	Richard Wess (Arranger/Conductor)
	MUSICIANS:
	Al Caiola (Guitarist)
	Panama Francis (Drummer)
	Hank Garland (Guitarist)
	Billy Mure (Guitarist)
	RECORDING ENGINEERS:
	Tom Dowd (Recording Engineer)
	RECORD PRODUCERS:
	Herb Abramson (Record Producer/Atlantic Records Co-Founder, Songwriter)
	Ahmet Ertegun (Record Producer/Atlantic Records Founder)
	Nesuhi Ertegun (Record Producer, Jazz Scholar, Jazz Journalist, Founder of Crescent Records)
	SONGWRITERS:
	Roquel "Billy" Davis (Songwriter, Producer, Founder of Anna Records)
	Mort Dixon (Songwriter, Vaudeville Actor)
	Berry Gordy Jr (Songwriter, Record Producer, Film Producer, Founder of Motown Records)
	Don Kirshner (Songwriter, Promoter, Publisher, Producer, Manager, Rock Impresario)
	Doc Pomus (Singer, Songwriter, Sax Player)
	Billy Rose (Songwriter, Producer, Newspaper Columnist, Showbiz Impresario)
	Mort Shuman (Singer, Songwriter, Off-Broadway Sensation, and French Pop Star)
	Harry Warren (Songwriter)
	Deek Watson (Singer/Songwriter)
	TV PRODUCERS:
	David Winters [Interview] (Producer of "The Darin Invasion" TV Special)