Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites

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Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
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Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedSeptember 1960
Genre Rock and Roll
Length30:25
Label Liberty
Producer Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
(1960)		 Bobby Vee
(1961)
Singles from Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
  1. "Devil or Angel"
    Released: June 21, 1960
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
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Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites is the debut album by American Singer Bobby Vee, released in September 1960 by Liberty Records.

Contents

It features his 1st big hit Devil or Angel, and a mirror hit "Since I Met You Baby", They peaked at Nos. 6, and 81, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. [4]

It contiains a dozen balleds, consisting of old standards and "newer" love songs. [5] it provides a good look at popular ballads during that period and what fans could expect from him on future recordings [5]

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On in 1999 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 12 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1961 album, Bobby Vee . [6]

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. [7]

Critical reception

At the time of the album's release, and Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", Billboard notes "Vee has a good. sincere ballad style and he shows it off in good form here" [2]

Cashbox praised Vee for his "performs here in his initial LP are the proven hits from the recent past, and The arrangements and vocal stylings are replicas of the tunes’ original hit sounds. [8]

Valley Times called it, an oscillating voice which grows upon the listener. [9]

Valley News noted that, "These might not be your all-time favorites, but teen listeners ougl't to enjoy his stylings of such tunes." [10]

Ken Graham of Disc mentions "at times Bobby Vee has an Eartha Kitt "shake" in his voice" [3]

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Charts

Singles
YearSingleChartPeak positions
1960"Devil or Angel"US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 6
US Cashbox [11] 4
US Billboard R&B 22
Canada CHUM 2
"Since I Met You Baby"US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 81

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums: Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorties". Billboard . Vol. 72, no. 41. October 10, 1960. p. 40.
  3. 1 2 Graham, Ken (March 11, 1961). "LP Reviews by Ken Graham, Brenda bounces back with a winner: Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites" (PDF). Disc . No. 155. p. 13. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN   0898-2-0155-1.
  5. 1 2 Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN   9781365054129.
  6. ↑ "Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites/Bobby Vee". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Album Reviews". Cash Box . Vol. 22, no. 5. October 29, 1960. p. 42.
  9. ↑ "Valley Times 23 Nov 1960, page 5". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  10. ↑ "Valley News 21 Oct 1960, page Page 37". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  11. ↑ 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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