Bobby Vee discography

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The following is a discography of American singer Bobby Vee.

Contents

Chart singles

Year of releaseTitles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
LabelChart positionsAlbum
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard AC UK Singles [1] U.S. Billboard R&B US Cashbox Canada
CHUM
RPM
1959"Suzie Baby"
B-side: "Flyin' High" (non-album track)
Soma 1110
Liberty 55208
77 Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
1960"What Do You Want"
B-side: "My Love Loves Me"
Liberty 5523493Non-album tracks
"One Last Kiss"
B-side: "Laurie" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things)
Liberty 5525111291 Bobby Vee
"Devil or Angel" /Liberty 5527062242 Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
"Since I Met You Baby"81
"Rubber Ball"
B-side: "Everyday" (from Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites)
Liberty 552876464 Bobby Vee
1961"Stayin' In" /Liberty 5529633flip32
"More Than I Can Say"61448
"How Many Tears" /Liberty 55325631043 Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
"Baby Face"11997
"Take Good Care of My Baby" [2]
B-side: "Bashful Bob" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things)
Liberty 553541311 Take Good Care of My Baby
"Run to Him" /Liberty 553882646
"Walkin' with My Angel"53895
1962"Please Don't Ask About Barbara" /Liberty 554191529183 A Bobby Vee Recording Session
"I Can't Say Goodbye"9290
"Sharing You" /
UK B-side: "At A Time Like This" (non-album track)
Liberty 55451151020
"In My Baby's Eyes"121
"Punish Her" /Liberty 554792032 Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
"Someday (When I'm Gone from You)"99129 Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets
"A Forever Kind of Love"
B-side: "Remember Me, Huh?" (from Take Good Care of My Baby)
U.K. release only
Liberty 1004613 A Bobby Vee Recording Session
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" /Liberty 55521323842 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
"Anonymous Phone Call"110108
1963"Charms"/Liberty 555301351520Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Bobby Tomorrow"21Non-album track
"Be True to Yourself" /Liberty 55581343615Golden Greats, Volume 2
"A Letter from Betty"8510015Non-album track
"Never Love a Robin" /Liberty 5563699101Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Yesterday and You"5553
1964"Stranger in Your Arms" /Liberty 556548390Non-album tracks
"1963"tag
"I'll Make You Mine"
B-side: "She's Sorry"
Liberty 556705254 The New Sound from England!
"Hickory, Dick and Doc"
B-side: "I Wish You Were Mine Again" (non-album track)
Liberty 55700638118Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Where Is She"
B-side: "How to Make a Farewell"
Liberty 55726120Non-album tracks
1965"Every Little Bit Hurts" /Liberty 557518489Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Pretend You Don't See Her"9780
"Cross My Heart"
B-side: "This Is the End" (non-album track)
Liberty 5576199101
"Keep On Trying"
B-side: "You Won't Forget Me" (from The Night Has a Thousand Eyes)
Liberty 557908584
"True Love Never Runs Smooth"
B-side: "Hey Little Girl"
U.K. release only
Liberty 10213Non-album tracks
"Run Like the Devil"
B-side: "Take a Look Around Me" (non-album track)
Liberty 55828124106Do What You Gotta Do
"High Coin"
B-side: "The Story Of My Life"
Liberty 55843Non-album tracks
1966"A Girl I Used to Know"
B-side: "Gone" (non-album track)
Liberty 55854133Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Look at Me Girl"
B-side: "Save a Love" (non-album track)
Original A-side: "Butterfly" (non-album track, did not chart)
Liberty 55877526753 Look at Me Girl
"Before You Go"
B-side: "Here Today" (non-album track)
Liberty 55921Non-album tracks
1967"Come Back When You Grow Up"
Original B-side: "That's All in the Past" (from Look at Me Girl)
Later B-side: "Swahili Serenade" (Non-album track)
Liberty 55964332Come Back When You Grow Up
"Beautiful People"
B-side: "I May Be Gone" (from Come Back When You Grow Up)
Liberty 56009372719 Just Today
1968"Maybe Just Today"
B-side: "You're a Big Girl Now" (from Come Back When You Grow Up)
Liberty 56014463835
"Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl"
B-side: "Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens)"
Liberty 5603335177
"Do What You Gotta Do"
B-side: "Thank You"
Liberty 56057836562Do What You Gotta Do
"(I'm Into Lookin' For) Someone to Love Me"
B-side: "Thank You" (from Do What You Gotta Do)
Liberty 56080989284 Gates, Grills & Railings
1969"Jenny Came to Me"
B-side: "Santa Cruz"
Liberty 56096Non-album tracks
"Let's Call It a Day Girl" /Liberty 56124929779
"I'm Gonna Make It Up to You"132
1970"In and Out of Love"
B-side: "Electric Trains and You"
Liberty 56149111105
"Woman in My Life"
B-side: "No Obligation"
Liberty 56178
"Sweet Sweetheart"
B-side: "Rock and Roll Music and You"
Liberty 562088894
1971"Signs"
B-side: "Something to Say"
United Artists 50755125
1973"Take Good Care of My Baby (acoustic)"
B-side: "Every Opportunity"
(released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline")
United Artists XW199-W,
UP 35516
Nothin' Like a Sunny Day
1975"Loving You"
B-side: "Saying Goodbye" [3]
Shady Brook 01337Non-album tracks
1978"Well All Right"
B-side: "Something Has Come Between Us"
United Artists UP 36370

Albums

Note: Cashbox featured separate charts for stereo and mono albums until 1965 when both charts were merged into one.

Release dateAlbumLabelChart Positions
Billboard [4] Cashbox Mono Cashbox Stereo
1960 Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites Liberty LRP-3165 (Mono)/LST-7165 (Stereo)
1961 Bobby Vee Liberty LRP-3181/LST-71811846
1961 Bobby Vee with Strings and Things Liberty LRP-3186/LST-718647
1961 Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's Liberty LRP-3205/LST-720585
1961 Take Good Care of My Baby Liberty LRP-3211/LST-7211912929
1962 A Bobby Vee Recording Session Liberty LRP-3232/LST-7232121
1962 Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets Liberty LRP-3228/LST-722842
1962 Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee Liberty LRP-3267/LST-7267136
1963 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Liberty LRP-3285/LST-728510251
1963 Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures Liberty LRP-3289/LST-728991
1963 I Remember Buddy Holly Liberty LRP-3336/LST-733654
1964 Bobby Vee Sings the New Sound from England! Liberty LRP-3352/LST-7352146
1964 30 Big Hits of the 60's Liberty LRP-3385/LST-738595
1965Live! On TourLiberty LRP-3393/LST-7393
196630 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2Liberty LRP-3448/LST-7448
1966 Look at Me Girl Liberty LRP-3480/LST-7480
1967Come Back When You Grow UpLiberty LRP-3534/LST-75346637
1968 Just Today Liberty LRP-3554/LST-7554187
1968Do What You Gotta DoLiberty LST-7592
1969 Gates, Grills & Railings Liberty LST-7612
1972Nothin' Like a Sunny Day
(released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline")
United Artists UAS 5656
1999Down the LineRHP Rockhouse Productions RS-5999-1
2002I Wouldn't Change a ThingRHP Rockhouse Productions
2005Last Of The Great Rhythm Guitar PlayersRG Pegasus Productions PEG CD 556
2010The Ultimate Christmas
2014The Adobe SessionsRHP Rockhouse Productions

EPs

Year of releaseTitles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
LabelChart positions
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles [1] Canada
CHUM
RPM
1963 Just for Fun Liberty 2084-1

Compilations

Release dateAlbumLabelChart positions
Billboard Cashbox Mono Cashbox Stereo
1962 Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Liberty LRP-3245/LST-72452422
1966Golden Greats, Volume 2Liberty LRP-3464/LST-7464
1973Legendary Masters SeriesUnited Artists UA-LA025-G2
1975The Very Best of Bobby VeeUnited Artists UA-LA 332E
1980The Bobby Vee Singles AlbumUnited Artists UA-G3 0253
2008The Very Best of Bobby VeeOne Day Music DAY2CD148
2011RaritiesEMI UK 9072062

Soundtracks

YearAlbum
1967 C'mon, Let's Live a Little
  • a Don Crawford soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures flim.
  • Vee performs four songs — "Instant Girl", "What Fool This Mortal Be", "Over and Over", and a duet with co-star Jackie DeShannon on "Back-Talk"

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References

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  2. Bobby Vee interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 249.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
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