Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures | ||||
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Released | June 1, 1963 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 29:32 | |||
Label | Liberty (LRP 3289/LST 7289) | |||
Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
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Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures is a 1963 cross-over rock and roll album that brings Bobby Vee, a singer, together with the Ventures, an instrumental quartet. [4] Two tracks are instrumentals performed by the Ventures alone. [5] Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures was promoted by touring along with the 1962 album Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets . [6]
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart on June 1, 1963, and remained on the chart for eight weeks, peaking at number 91. [7] On the Cashbox albums chart, it reached number 37 in a 12-week run. [8]
The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on September 16, 1998, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Vee's 9th studio album from February 1963, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. [9] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on October 17, 2000, paired with Vee's 1967 album Come Back When You Grow Up. [10]
Bruce Eder of AllMusic called it Bobby Vee's "hardest-rocking album ever", and stated that the album is "one great showcase for Vee's vocalizing and the playing of Nokie Edwards et al". [11] Billboard called it "one of the hottest in the teen album dance field". [12]
The album was referred to as a "Rocking Cha Cha Beat" by Disc , [13] and Cashbox said "the distinctive vocal delivery blends smoothly with the instrumental stylings of the Ventures". [14]
The Liverpool Echo wrote that "Vee seems to have lost a little of his early vocal potency and the Ventures tend to bang and bash too heavily for comfort". [15]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Goodnight, Irene" | Lead Belly | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:14 |
2. | "Walk Right Back" | Sonny Curtis | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:51 |
3. | "Linda Lu" | Ray Sharpe | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:42 |
4. | "Caravan" | The Ventures | 2:47 | |
5. | "What Else Is New" | Robert Thomas Velline | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:21 |
6. | "Candy Man" | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 3:32 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Is Where Friendship Ends" | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 1:50 | |
2. | "Honeycomb" | Bob Merrill | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:21 |
3. | "Pretty Girls Everywhere" |
| Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:05 |
4. | "Wild Night" | The Ventures | 2:16 | |
5. | "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:14 | |
6. | "If I'm Right or Wrong" | Bobby Vee and the Ventures | 2:23 |
Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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US Top LPs (Billboard) | 91 |
US Cash Box | 37 |
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