Just Today

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Just Today
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Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedApril 1968
Genre Pop
Length25:58
Label Liberty
Producer Dallas Smith
Bobby Vee chronology
Come Back When You Grow Up
(1967)		Just Today
(1968)		Do What You Gotta Do
(1968)
Singles from Just Today
  1. "Beautiful People"/"I May Be Gone"
    Released: October 21, 1967
  2. "Maybe Just Today"/"You're A Big Girl Now"
    Released: January 18, 1968
  3. ""Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl"/"Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens)"
    Released: March 26, 1968

Just Today is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Bobby Vee, released in April 1968 by Liberty Records. Dallas Smith arranged and produced the album.

Contents

According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, the executives at Liberty Records believed they were on to something with Bobby's Rhythm and blues hit medley and several Motown flavored tunes were recorded. However instead of releasing an entire R&B album, they put out a disjointed mix of similar Motown-like recordings and the rest more in line. [1]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in April 28, 1968, remaining on the album chart for seven weeks and peaking at No. 187. [2] It reached No. 112 on the Cashbox albums chart. It was Vee's last album to make it onto the Billboard charts. [1]

Singles

The first single from the album, "Beautiful People", made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 18, 1967, spending three weeks at No. 37 during its seven-week stay, [3] No. 27 on the Cash Box singles chart. [4] The second single, "Maybe Just Today", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 10, 1968, spending one week at number forty-six during its six-week stay, [3] and No. 38 on the Cash Box singles chart. [5] The third single, "Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on April 20, 1968, spending one week at No. 35 during its nine-week stay [3] and No. 17 on the Cash Box singles chart. [6] Vee's Medley Cover Version's of those song marked his last of fourteen appearances in the US top-forty singles Billboard charts, the first being "Devil or Angel" in 1960. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
New Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Vee's] sincere cover of "Sealed with a Kiss," which is his look back on his own early-'60s past. "Beautiful People" is an upbeat piece of late-'60s pop/rock with a catchy melody, and "Maybe Just Today" and "Sunrise Highway" are nicely contemporary (yet gently nostalgic) pieces by an artist a decade out of his era and still competing for a softer listenership". [7]

Billboard called it "His tribute to durability", and stated that "[Vee] has a disciplined style and incorporates the best features of the rock and standards singer." [9]

Record Mirror wrote that "Bobby retains his some what courteous charm and knack of dealing with a tuneful song in straight forward and ungimmicky style". [8]

Meriden Journal called it "a good listening in the pop music vein. and stated that "he sings well, read lyrics well, is very good looking, and a pleasant performer". [10]

The Surrey Mirror and County Post stated that "it follows recent visit to this country and his voice is improving all the time and his relaxed vocal style comes over well". [11]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Maybe Just Today"Martha Sharpe2:08
2."Get Ready" Smokey Robinson 2:35
3."Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl" Smokey Robinson, Ronald White, Carole King, Gerry Goffin 2:32
4."Sunrise Highway" Bobby Bloom, John Linde, Pete Andreoli, Vini Poncia 2:27
5."Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens)" Otis Blackwell 2:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Girl I Left Behind" Carole Bayer, Neil Sedaka 2:42
2."The Way You Do the Things You Do" Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers 2:20
3."Nobody's Home To Go Home To" Carole Bayer, Toni Wine 2:24
4."Sealed with a Kiss" Peter Udell, Gary Geld2:02
5."Tiffany Rings" Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner2:15
6."Beautiful People"Kenny Gist Jr.2:08

Charts

Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [2] 187
Singles [12] [13]
YearSingleChartPeak
1967"Beautiful People"US Billboard Hot 10037
US Cash Box27
Canada CHUM RPM19
1968""Maybe Just Today"US Billboard Hot 10046
US Cash Box38
Canada CHUM RPM35
"Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl"US Billboard Hot 10035
US Cash Box17
Canada CHUM RPM7

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References

  1. 1 2 Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-365-05412-9.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN   0898-2-0155-1.
  4. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 23, 1967".
  5. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 09, 1968".
  6. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 01, 1968".
  7. 1 2 "Bobby Vee – Just Today: Album Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  8. 1 2 Mirror, Record (13 July 1968). "Bobby Vee: Just Today" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 141. p. 08. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1968-03-16. p. 86.
  10. ↑ The Journal's Popular Music Survey: Written specially for the Meriden Journal by Wrop by Bob Paiva. Meriden Journal. March 28, 1968.
  11. ↑ "The Surrey Mirror and County Post, etc. from Reigate, Surrey, England". Newspapers.com. 1968-08-16. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  12. ↑ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  13. ↑ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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