January 16th, 2008
Sax legend Plas Johnson, who can be heard on the Bobby Darin LPs Sings Ray Charles, Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie, Venice Blue, Sings The Shadow of Your Smile, and In a Broadway Bag, as well as many other famous recordings, will be appearing with his Plas Johnson Quartet on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at […]
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January 3rd, 2008
The first inductees to the new Hit Parade Hall of Fame have been announced and, not surprisingly, Bobby Darin is among them. The list of 28 inductees also includes Darin’s old flame, Connie Francis, as well as Darin’s good friend Paul Anka. For the full list, see below, or visit www.hitparadehalloffame.org.
The Hit Parade Hall of […]
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November 19th, 2007
You might have noticed that the clips in the Bobby Darin Video Blast at DarinLand.com this week suddenly went missing. The original videos were deleted from YouTube and so we lost the links. However, we have now updated the Video Blast, including 2 new clips that weren’t in the previous edition. Check it out:
BOBBY DARIN […]
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November 7th, 2007
To Bobby Darin fans, Tom Dowd will always be the man who put the bubbles at the beginning of Splish Splash. Dowd was a certified genius in the recording studio, an artist who’s firm grasp of technique and technology made him a sought after talent in the music industry for over 50 years.
Born and raised […]
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August 22nd, 2007
Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles (Atco 33-140, March 1962)
CD Release: Collectors’ Choice CCM-401, 3/9/2004
Recording Dates: November 7, 8, 10, 14, 1961, Los Angeles, CA
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Arrangements: Jimmie Haskell
Musicians: Jimmie Haskell (cond, p?); Plas Johnson, Nino Tempo (sax); Red Callender (b); Earl Palmer (d); Darlene Love, the Blossoms (backing vocs).
Side 1:
What’d I Say (Ray Charles) (November […]
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