Look at Me Girl

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Look at Me Girl
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Studio album by
Bobby Vee and the Strangers
ReleasedOctober 1966
Genre Pop
Length29:52
Label Liberty
Producer Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee and the Strangers chronology
30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2
(1966)		Look at Me Girl
(1966)		Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2
(1966)
Singles from Look at Me Girl
  1. "Look at Me Girl/Save A Love"
    Released: May 27, 1966

Look at Me Girl is the fifthteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, [1] and was released in October 1966 by Liberty Records. [1] The album featured the debut of Vee's backup band, The Strangers. The only single from the album was "Look at Me Girl".

Contents

The album contains original songs as well as the covers such as "Sunny", "Sweet Pea" and "Turn-Down Day". [2]

The album peaked at No. 102 on the Cashbox albums chart. [2]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1967 album, Come Back When You Grow Up. [3]

Singles

"Look at Me Girl" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 8, 1966, eventually spending one week at number 52 during its 8-week stay, [4] and number 67 on the Cashbox singles chart. [5] The single was Vee's best showing since "I'll Make You Mine" in 1964, which also reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Vee] belatedly abandoning his early-'60s teen pop sound and suddenly working within what sounded like a group context, with guitar-bass-drums accompaniment and doing songs that not only had a beat but also a modern edge, including "Sunny," "Summer in the City," "Look at Me Girl," with just a couple of songs that recalled his earlier work." [1]

Billboard mentioned that Vee's "old familiar style" became more distinct as the album progressed." [9]

Record Mirror stated that there was little to recommend from the album apart from Vee's "ever pleasant inoffensive voice". [7]

Cashbox gave a positive review, saying that Vee "goes off into such different sounds as "Lil' Red Riding Hood", "Sweet Pea", and "Sunny" for a host of easily recognizable sounds rendered with smooth individuality." [10]

Ottawa Journal praised The Strangers along with Vee's singing, mentioning that Vee had not "lost his vocal punch". [11]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look At Me Girl"James Lewis Williams2:28
2."Sunny" Bobby Hebb 2:45
3."Growing Pains"Bob Stone2:39
4."Like You've Never Known Before" Robert Thomas Velline 2:00
5."Summer in the City" John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone 2:38
6."Turn-Down Day" Jerry Keller, David Blume2:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fly Away" Al Kooper 2:55
2."Sweet Pea" Tommy Roe 2:15
3."That's All In The Past" Robert Thomas Velline 1:43
4."He's Not Your Friend" Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee 2:32
5."Back In Town" Robert Thomas Velline 2:20
6."Li'l Red Riding Hood"Ron Blackwell2:30

Charts

Singles [12] [13]
YearSingleChartPeak
1966"Look at Me Girl"US Billboard Hot 10052
US Cash Box67

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eder, Bruce. "Bobby Vee – Look at Me Girl: Album Ratings & Reviews". AllMusic . Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  2. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-365-05412-9.
  3. ↑ "Look at Me Girl/Come Back When You Grow Up". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN   0898-2-0155-1.
  5. ↑ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100™". Billboard. 1964-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  7. 1 2 Jopling, Norman; Jones, Peter (1967-02-04). new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones: Terrific Temptations LP - not so good 4 tops (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Pop Spotlight: Look at Me Girl". Billboard . Vol. 78, no. 42. October 15, 1966. p. 80.
  10. ↑ Cash Box Pop Picks: Look at Me Girl. Vol. 28. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1966-10-08. p. 32.
  11. ↑ "Nov 11, 1966, page 23 - The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  12. ↑ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  13. ↑ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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