Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles

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Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
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Studio album by
Bobby Darin
ReleasedMarch 1962
Genre Rhythm and blues
Length36:17
Label Atco
Producer Ahmet Ertegün
Bobby Darin chronology
Twist with Bobby Darin
(1961)		Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
(1962)		 Things and Other Things
(1962)
Singles from Bobby Darin SIngs Ray Charles
  1. "What'd I Say"
    Released: March 1962 [1]

Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles is a studio album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in March 1962 by Atco Records. [2] and arranged by Jimmie Haskell. [2]

Contents

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 12, 1962, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 96. [3] It also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 21, 1962, and remained on the chart for a total of five weeks, peaking at number 41. [4]

The single What'd I Say" part 1, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated March 31, 1962, and peaked at number 24 during an eight-week stay on the chart. [5] The song peaked at number 26 on the Cashbox singles chart and stayed on the chart for eight weeks. [6]

The album was reissued on CD in 2004, and in 2010 it was included in a box set entitled Original Album Series, which contains five of his studio albums. [7]

Background

Darin recorded the album as a tribute to Ray Charles. His version of "What'd I Say" earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. Guest soloists included Nino Tempo, Plas Johnson and Darlene Love. Darin said, "I'm proud to say that I was on the Ray Charles bandwagon when it was just a baby carriage. In fact, two singers—Fats Domino and Ray Charles—opened up my ears to a whole new world, different from anything I'd heard until then. They both became major influences when I realized these are the roots." [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
New Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]

In a review for AllMusic, critic JT Griffith wrote "In addition to the rocking "What'd I Say," standouts include the swinging testament to love, "I Got a Woman," "Ain't That Love," and "Hallelujah I Love Her So."... A listener can debate if these covers are as good as the originals (could they be?) but not the authenticity that jumps off the turntable." [8]

Billboard praises Darin for "shows off his remarkable veratility with grooving readings of a flocks of Ray Charles' best-known tunes. [11]

Jimmy Watson of New Record Mirror praises Darin's "for his vocal tribute to Ray Charles." [10]

Track listing

All songs by Ray Charles unless otherwise noted.

  1. "What'd I Say" – 4:08
  2. "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Renald Richard) – 6:34
  3. "Tell All the World About You" (Charles, Percy Mayfield) – 1:54
  4. "Tell Me How Do You Feel" – 2:50
  5. "My Bonnie" – 2:33
  6. "The Right Time" (Lew Herman) – 3:28
  7. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:51
  8. "Leave My Woman Alone" – 3:16
  9. "Ain't That Love" – 2:57
  10. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:23
  11. "That's Enough" – 2:23

Grammy nominations

This album brought the fourth and fifth Grammy nominations that Darin received over the course of his career, with one in the category for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording for the song "What'd I Say." [12]

Charts

Album

Chart (1962)Peak
position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) [3] 96
U.S. Cashbox [4] 41

Singles

YearTitleU.S. Hot 100 [5] U.S. Cashbox [6]
1962"What'd I Say"2426

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Bleiel, Jeff (2004). That's All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, Revised and Expanded Second Edition. Tiny Ripple Books. pp. 294–295. ISBN   9-7809-6759-7348.
  2. 1 2 Bleiel, Jeff (2004). That's All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, Revised and Expanded Second Edition. Tiny Ripple Books. pp. 284–285. ISBN   9-7809-6759-7348.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 198. ISBN   0898201179 . Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 88. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN   0898201551.
  6. 1 2 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 84–85. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  7. ↑ "Bobby Darin – Original Album Series". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Griffith, JT. "Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 394. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Watson, Jimmy (July 14, 1962). "ALBUM REVIEWS BY JIMMY WATSON STIMULATING SQUNDS.. FOR THE HI-FI FANATIC" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 70. p. 10. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Album Reviews: Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard . Vol. 74, no. 13. March 31, 1962. p. 26.
  12. ↑ O'Neil, Thomas (1999). The Grammys. New York, New York: Perigee Books. p. 68. ISBN   0-399-52477-0.
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