Take Good Care of My Baby | ||||
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Released | 1962 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 27:37 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
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Singles from Take Good Care of My Baby | ||||
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Take Good Care of My Baby is the fifth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in 1962 by Liberty Records. [1]
It contains Vee's best-known hits "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Run to Him", and "Walkin' with My Angel".
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated February 3, 1962, remaining on the chart for 14 weeks and peaking at No. 91. [2]
Cashbox praised Vee for his "delivers other favorites with exceptional poise and artistry. [3]
The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "Youthful, personable Bobby Vee includes some of the numbers that have been smash singles". [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Take Good Care of My Baby" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | 2:27 |
2. | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | Goffin, King | 2:49 |
3. | "Remember Me, Huh" | Billy Page | 2:39 |
4. | "He Will Break Your Heart" | Jerry Butler, Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield | 2:34 |
5. | "Who Am I?" | Les Vandyke | 1:58 |
6. | "Run to Him" | Goffin, Jack Keller | 2:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Walkin' with My Angel" | Goffin, King | 2:14 |
2. | "Raining in My Heart" | Felice Bryant | 2:51 |
3. | "Go On" | Roy Orbison, Joe Melson | 2:20 |
4. | "Little Flame" | Beverly Ross | 1:56 |
5. | "So You're in Love" | Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis | 2:11 |
6. | "Hark, Is That a Cannon I Hear" | Jackie DeShannon, Zelda Sands | 1:55 |
"Take Good Care of My Baby" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 7, 1961, eventually spending three weeks at number one during its 15-week stay, [5] number one on the Cash Box singles chart, [6] and number 3 in the UK Singles. [7] "Run to Him" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 13, 1961, eventually spending one week at number two during its 15-week stay, [5] number one on the Cash Box singles chart, [6] and number 4 in the UK Singles. [7] "Walkin' with My Angel" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 27, 1961, eventually spending one week at number fifty-three during its 9-week stay [5] and number eighty-nine on the Cash Box singles chart. [6]
Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Top LPs | 91 |
US Cash Box | 29 |
Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
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1961 | "Take Good Care of My Baby" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
UK Singles Chart | 3 | ||
US Cash Box | 1 | ||
Canada CHUM | 1 | ||
"Run to Him" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 2 | |
US Cash Box | 6 | ||
Canada CHUM | 6 | ||
UK Singles Chart | 4 | ||
"Walkin' with My Angel" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 53 | |
US Cash Box | 89 | ||
Canada CHUM | 5 |
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