Bobby Darin Song File: Lyricist Jack Lawrence goes “Beyond The Sea”
“One day at the publisher’s offices I ran into a new young singer with a distinctive style,” explains Lawrence. “He was brash and a bit cocky, but rather refreshing, and his name was Bobby Darin…” READÂ MORE
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Check out a review of the new Bobby Darin CD from El Toro, “Early Bobby Darin,” at this link:
http://darinland.com/Bobby-Darin-Early-Bobby-Darin-Review.html
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Bobby Darin fans will have something to sing about this March, when the El Toro label issues Darin’s complete Decca recordings on CD for the very first time. Entitled Early Bobby Darin, the disc includes both sides of every Decca single Darin released in 1956 and 1957, plus several early Atco tracks, with fun outtakes […]
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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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Billy Mure, Guitarist on Bobby Darin’s Splish Splash (1958)
As a guitarist, arranger, conductor, and composer, Billy Mure established a style of playing that was uniquely his own. His debut album in 1957, “Supersonic Guitars in Hi-Fi” on the RCA label, utilized multi-tracking techniques to layer 4 guitars, 2 sets of drums, and 1 bass player. […]
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BOBBY DARIN: WE DIDN’T ASK TO BE BROUGHT HERE/FUNNY WHAT LOVE CAN DO (Atlantic 2305; 1965)
In August of 1965, after making 7 albums on the Capitol label, Bobby Darin returned to the studios of Atlantic Records to record his very first self-penned protest song, “We Didn’t Ask To Be Brought Here.” The lyrical tone was […]
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BOBBY DARIN: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY (Charted at #5)/SORROW TOMORROW (ATCO 6206; 1961)
Considering the immense amount of talent behind Bobby Darin’s recording of “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby”, it was no doubt destined to be a top ten smash. Lyrics by the great Johnny Mercer, music by the incomparable Harry […]
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