The New Sound from England!

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The New Sound From England!
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1964
Genre Pop
Length27:52
Label Liberty
Producer Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
I Remember Buddy Holly
(1963)
The New Sound From England!
(1964)
30 Big Hits Of The 60's
(1964)
Singles from The New Sound From England!
  1. "I'll Make You Mine/She's Sorry"
    Released: February 7, 1964

The New Sound From England! is a studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in April 1964 by Liberty Records. The album featured the Vee's backup band, The Eligibles. The only single from the album was "I'll Make You Mine".

Contents

The album contains original songs as well as The Beatles covers such as "From Me to You" and "She Loves You". [1]

The album reached #146 on the Billboard 200. [2]

Singles

"I'll Make You Mine" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 22, 1964, eventually spending one week at number 52 during its 8-week stay, [3] and number 54 on the Cashbox singles chart. [4] The single was Vee's last best showing until "Look at Me Girl" in 1966, which would also reach number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1]

Reception

Billboard mentioned that "[Vee is] singing the Beatles Sound through some of this set." [5]

Cashbox gave a positive review, saying that "Vee gets on the bandwagon to cash in on the click sound as he surveys a bag of rock tunes in the British manner", and calling it "a natural for top sales action". [6]

The Progress-Index wrote that "it was assumed [British invasion artists were] the only ones who knew what this sound was about. In this album Bobby Vee proves otherwise." [7]

The Evening Independent wrote that "Vee may turn back the British invasion with his potent performances". [8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Make You Mine" Robert Thomas Velline 2:22
2."Don't You Believe Them" Robert Thomas Velline 2:28
3."She Loves You" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:22
4."I'll String Along With You" Harry Warren, Al Dubin 2:23
5."Ginger" Thomas Lesslie Garrett, Robert Thomas Velline 2:23
6."Any Other Girl" Robert Thomas Velline 2:29
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's Sorry" Robert Thomas Velline 2:02
2."Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Chuck Berry 2:03
3."Suspicion" Doc Pomus. Mort Shuman 2:45
4."From Me to You" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 1:56
5."You Can't Lie To A Liar"Paul Hampton, Cinthy Churchill2:28
6."Take A Walk, Johnny"Cliff Crofford2:25

Charts

Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [2] 146

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak
1964"I'll Make You Mine" [9] [10] US Billboard Hot 10052
US Cash Box57

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