Michael’s Bobby Darin Blog

Check out the latest Bobby Darin Video Blast on the DarinLand.com site:
Bobby Darin on the Jack Benny Show in 1964
There are 4 videos to choose from. Click the link to see ‘em!

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Here’s a little smile for your Friday: 2 clips from the Bobby Darin/Sandra Dee 1962 romantic comedy “If A Man Answers” (click the link to see the videos) …
Bobby Darin Video Blast: Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee in “If A Man Answers” (1962)

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As reported a few days ago in this blog, author Michael Largo has included a completely false and possibly libelous passage about Bobby Darin in his book “Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die.” (The passage is reprinted below.)
Among the remedies I suggested for this situation was writing a review on the Amazon […]

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The latest Bobby Darin Video Blast on the DarinLand.com site features Bobby in the 1960 British TV Special, “This is Bobby Darin.” There are 5 videos to choose from, including duets with Clyde McPhatter and Duane Eddy. Use this link to see it:
This is Bobby Darin TV Special (1960)

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Yesterday, I reported in this blog that author Michael Largo had included a completely false and possibly libelous passage about Bobby Darin in his book “Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die.”
I have since heard from a few people who tell me they have read elsewhere that no such passage exists in the […]

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It has recently come to the attention of this blog that author Michael Largo has included a completely false and possibly libelous passage about Bobby Darin in his book “Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die.” As part of a list of celebrity deaths, he states, “Bobby Darin, age thirty-seven, dies of heart failure […]

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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 […]

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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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Bobby Darin displays his flair for sketch comedy on a 1968 episode of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In. To see see these 2 video clips, check out the new Bobby Darin Video Blast on the DarinLand.com site. Use this link:
Bobby Darin on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In

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Just added to the Bobby Shop on the DarinLand.com website: The Judy Garland Show Vol. 7 (with Bobby Darin). This DVD contains two episodes from Judy Garland’s 1960s TV series, including the December 29th, 1963 installment featuring Bob Newhart and Bobby Darin. In addition to Darin’s now legendary “Goin’ Home Medley” with Garland, Bobby also delivers […]

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