Do What You Gotta Do (album)

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Do What You Gotta Do
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Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedOctober 1968
Genre Pop
Length29:52
Label Liberty
Producer Dallas Smith
Bobby Vee chronology
Just Today
(1968)		Do What You Gotta Do
(1968)		 Gates, Grills & Railings
(1969)
Singles from Do What You Gotta Do
  1. "Run Like The Devil"/"Take a Look Around Me"
    Released: August 1965
  2. "Do What You Gotta Do"/"Thank You"
    Released: August 1968

Do What You Gotta Do is the eighteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee and was released in October 1968 by Liberty Records. [1] The only single from the album was "Do What You Gotta Do". Dallas Smith arranged and produced the album.

Contents

It contain several Motown covers including "I Can't Help Myself","That's What Love Songs Often Do", "Do What You Gotta Do". including the different mix of "Run Like The Devil", which he recorded as a single in 1965 [2]

According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, there are some good tracks besides “My Girl/Hey Girl” and “Just Keep it Up”, but even a similar medley attempt at combining the Four Tops splendid classics “I Can’t Help Myself/The Same Old Song”, does not capture the freshness of “My Girl/Hey Girl”. a R&B LP was planned, Regardless, of what might have been done with those tracks, the best songs on the Just Today and Do What You Gotta Do albums were the new tracks. [3]

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, as tracks 12 through 22 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 11 consisting of Vee's 1968 album Just Today . [4]

Singles

"Run Like a Devil" bubbled under Billboard's Hot 100, reaching number 124, [5] and peaked at number 106 on the Cashbox singles chart.

"Do What You Gotta Do" debuted on the Hot 100 on August 31, 1968, peaking at number 83 during a 4-week stay on the chart. [6] It reached number 92 on the Cashbox singles chart, [7] and number 84 in Canada. [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Bruce Eder of AllMusic writes, "Vee proceeds with a surprisingly Motown-heavy (and surprisingly good) album of white pop-soul". [1]

Billboard called it "an appealing, gentle rocker". [10]

Cashbox gave the album a positive review, saying that it "showcases him in a performance of honest, strong ballads and rhythmic numbers" [11]

Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee called it a "Good Album". [12]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do What You Gotta Do" Jimmy Webb 2:48
2."If My World Falls Through"Kenny Gist, Jr.2:47
3."Thank You" Robert Thomas Velline 2:31
4."Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr. 2:37
5."Stubborn Kind of Fellow" Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, George Gordy2:32
6."Can You Love a Poor Boy" Ivy Hunter, Stevie Wonder 3:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Medley: "I Can't Help Myself"/"It's the Same Old Song" Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland 2:56
2." I Like It Like That" William Robinson, Marv Tarplin2:36
3."Run Like the Devil" Paul Leka, Irwin Shuster2:34
4."Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone)"Jackie Avery, John Farris2:59
5."That's What Love Is Made Of" William Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Warren Moore 2:48

Charts

Singles [13] [8]

YearSingleChartPeak
1965"Run Like a Devil"US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 [5] 124
US Cashbox106
1968"Do What You Gotta Do"US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 98
US Cash Box [7] 92
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [8] 84

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bobby Vee – Do What You Gotta Do: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Robert (2016). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 83. ISBN   9781365060328.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 81. ISBN   978-1-365-05412-9.
  4. ↑ "Just Today/Do What You Gotta Do". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN   0898-2-0155-1.
  7. 1 2 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  8. 1 2 3 "Top Singles - Volume 10, No. 21 January 20, 1969". Library and Archives Canada . 17 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Pop Spotlight: Do What You Gotta Do". Billboard . Vol. 80, no. 43. October 26, 1968. p. 84.
  11. ↑ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1968-10-19. p. 55.
  12. ↑ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 104. ISBN   978-1-365-05412-9.
  13. ↑ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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