In a Broadway Bag (Mame)

In a Broadway Bag (Mame)
Studio album by Bobby Darin
Released	June 1966
Recorded	May 10, 1966
Genre	Pop
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin chronology
Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (1966) In a Broadway Bag (Mame) (1966) If I Were a Carpenter (1966)

In a Broadway Bag (Mame) is a studio album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in June 1966. ^[1] The album was arranged and conducted by Shorty Rogers and Perry Botkin Jr., while Darin Himself produced it. ^[1]

The album consists of songs from then-current hit Broadway musicals, including Funny Girl , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , Mame , The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd , and others. ^[2]

The album was released on compact disc by Diablo Records on October 13, 1998, as tracks 16 through 26 on a pairing of two albums on one CD, with tracks 1 through 11 consisting of Darin's 1966 album, Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile. ^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

In his AllMusic review, critic JT Griffith wrote "The Shadow of Your Smile began the second highly successful period in the artist's career, after the "Splish Splash" and "Mack the Knife" days. In a Broadway Bag continued that success, and "Mame" was his biggest hit in three years. In a Broadway Bag is generally considered one of Bobby Darin's best (and certainly most cohesive) LPs." ^[4]

Billboard praises Darin's "outstanding...renditions of 'Feelin' Good', 'Don't Rain on My Parade', and 'Everybody Has the Right to be Wrong'. ^[6]

Cashbox notes "The electric stylings of Bobby Darin are applied to a series of superb tunes from both on and off Broadway productions." ^[7]

Variety notes Darin "belts with a theatrical style that suits this material very neatly." ^[8]

in That's All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, Revised and Expanded Second Edition, Jeff Bleiel describes the album as "the best album of standard material Darin ever recorded. ^[9]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) – 2:13
2. "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) – 3:49
3. "It's Today" (Herman) – 2:05
4. "Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:36
5. "Feeling Good" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:45
6. "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 2:54

Side two

1. "The Other Half of Me" (Stan Freeman, Jack Lawrence) – 2:26
2. "Once Upon a Time" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 3:05
3. "Try to Remember" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) – 3:08
4. "I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her" (Cahn, Van Heusen) – 2:32
5. "Night Song" (Adams, Strouse) – 2:56

Personnel

• Bobby Darin – vocals

References

1. Bleiel, Jeff (2004). That's All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, Revised and Expanded Second Edition. Tiny Ripple Books. pp. 286–287. ISBN   9-7809-6759-7348.
2. Bleiel, Jeff (2004). That's All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, Revised and Expanded Second Edition. Tiny Ripple Books. pp. 156–157. ISBN   9-7809-6759-7348.
3. "Bobby Darin Sings the Shadow of Your Smile/In a Broadway Bag". AllMusic . Retrieved February 7, 2025.
4. Griffith, JT. "In a Broadway Bag (Mame) > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 15, 2015.
5. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 394. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 31 August 2024.
6. "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard . Vol. 78, no. 28. July 9, 1966. p. 66.
7. "Cashbox Album Pop Pick Reviews: In a Broadway Bag (Mame)". Cash Box . Vol. 27, no. 49. July 9, 1966. p. 40.
8. "Record Reviews Rolling Stones, Belafonte's Room, Dusty Springfield, New Christys, Mindbenders, Darin, F&T Tops LPs". Variety . Vol. 243, no. 6. June 29, 1966. p. 42.
9. Bleiel, Jeff (2004). That's All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, Revised and Expanded Second Edition. Tiny Ripple Books. pp. 158–159. ISBN   9-7809-6759-7348.