Bobby Darin, Jack Lawrence, and Beyond The Sea (new interview)

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…” READ MORE

Bobby Darin, Jamie Coe and Addison Records: An Interview with Marilyn Bond

There’s a new article up on DarinLand.com. Use this link to see it…
Bobby Darin, Jamie Coe and Addison Records: An Interview with Marilyn Bond
Jamie Coe’s manager Marilyn Bond talks about her friendship with Bobby Darin and about Jamie Coe’s signing with Bobby Darin’s Addison Records Label in 1959.

Interview: Bobby Darin arranger Perry Botkin

When you hear Bobby Darin swinging Count Basie-style on the “In a Broadway Bag” LP, this is largely thanks to arranger/conductor Perry Botkin. Botkin came into the project in the spring of 1966, with an intense desire to emulate the great Basie recordings he admired so much. One listen to the first five tunes on […]