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Twist with Bobby Darin | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 26:29 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Producer | Ahmet Ertegün | |||
Bobby Darin chronology | ||||
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Twist with Bobby Darin is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1961.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 27, 1962, and remained on the chart for 31 weeks, peaking at number 48. [1] It also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated February 17, 1962, and remained on the chart for a total of 5 weeks, peaking at number 45. [2]
Five of the songs were previously released the year before on For Teenagers Only and the first six were written by Darin himself.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In his Allmusic review, critic JT Griffith wrote "The dance album is a collection of rock songs, all of which have backbeat suitable for, obviously, twisting... Twist with Bobby Darin was something of a stop-gap album." [3]
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