Bobby Vee (album)

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Bobby Vee
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Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedMarch 1961
Genre Rock and roll
Length25:57
Label Liberty
Producer Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
(1960)		Bobby Vee
(1961)		 Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
(1961)
Singles from Bobby Vee
  1. "One Last Kiss/Laurie"
    Released: April 11, 1960
  2. "Devil or Angel/Since I Met You Baby"
    Released: June 21, 1960
  3. "Rubber Ball/Everyday"
    Released: November 7, 1960
  4. "Stayin' In/More Than I Can Say"
    Released: January 10, 1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Bobby Vee is the second album by Bobby Vee and was released in 1961 by Liberty Records. [3]

Contents

it contains with a genorous mix of orgininal hits and contemporary covers, including "Rubber Ball", "More Than I Can Say", "Mr. Sandman", "Poetry in Motion", & "One Last Kiss" [4] "Rubber Ball" "More Than I Can Say" and "Stayin' In" peaked at numbers 6, 33, & 61 respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, [5] and "Rubber Ball" & "More Than I Can Say both peaked numbers 4, respectively, in the United Kingdom [6]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 20, 1961, remaining on the album chart for fiftteeth weeks and peaking at No. 18, the highest position Vee achieved on the chart [7]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On in 1999 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Vee's Debut Studio Album from May 1960, Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites. [8]

Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019. [9]

Reception

Joe Viglione of AllMusic said that "the hits have a timeless charm that puts them in a class above much of the close-to filler material here -- covers of Johnny Tillotson's "Poetry in Motion," the Chordettes/the Four Aces '50s hit "Mr. Sandman," the Fireballs/the Crickets "More Than I Can Say" (an eventual hit for Leo Sayer), and Little Willie John's "Talk to Me, Talk to Me". Of course with the hit songs to carry it, the "teen idol" look of the album and familiar material from other sources made for good marketing" [3]

Cashbox mentioned that album "has the teeners solidly in mind." [10]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Rubber Ball" (A. Orlowski, Aaron Schroeder)
  2. "Talk to Me, Talk to Me" (Joe Seneca)
  3. "One Last Kiss" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
  4. "Angels in the Sky" (Dick Glasser)
  5. "Stayin' In" (John D. Loudermilk)
  6. "Long Lonely Nights" (Lee Andrews)

Side B

  1. "Devil or Angel" (Blanche Carter)
  2. "Poetry in Motion" (Mike Anthony, Paul Kaufman)
  3. "More Than I Can Say" (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis)
  4. "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard)
  5. "Foolish Tears" (Ann Hall, Bob Glasser, Dick Glasser)
  6. "Love, Love, Love" (Sid Wyche, Sunny David, Teddy McRae)

Chart positions

Chart (1961)Peak
position
Billboard 18
Cashbox 46
Singles [11] [12]
YearSingleChartPeak
position
1960"One Last Kiss" Billboard Hot 100 [13] 112
Cashbox. [14] 91
"Devil or Angel"Billboard Hot 100 [5] 6
U.S. R&B 22
Cashbox [14] 4
"Rubber Ball"Billboard Hot 100 [5] 6
UK Singles Chart [6] 4
Cashbox [14] 6
1961"Stayin' In"Billboard Hot 100 [5] 33
Cashbox [14] 32
"More Than I Can Say"Billboard Hot 100 [5] 61
UK Singles Chart [6] 4
Cashbox [14] 48

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References

  1. ↑ Bobby Vee at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 Viglione, Joe. "Bobby Vee - "Bobby Vee" - Album Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-365-05412-9.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN   0898-2-0155-1.
  6. 1 2 3 "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1961-01-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
  8. ↑ "Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites/Bobby Vee". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  10. ↑ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1961-01-28. p. 30.
  11. ↑ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  13. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 174. ISBN   978-0-8982-0047-8.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.


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