A Bobby Vee Recording Session
A Bobby Vee Recording Session | ||||
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Studio album by Bobby Vee | ||||
Released | May 1962 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 25:35 | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
Bobby Vee chronology | ||||
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Singles from A Bobby Vee Recording Session | ||||
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A Bobby Vee Recording Session is the sixth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in May 1962 by Liberty Records.[3]
It contains the hit singles "Sharing You" and "Please Don't Ask About Barbara", plus "In My Baby's Eyes" and a couple singles contenders, "My Golden Chance", and another Crickets composition, "Teardrops Fall Like Rain".[4] "Sharing You" and "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" both peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, and at numbers 29 and 10, respectively, in the United Kingdom.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated July 21 of that year and remained on the album chart for 6 weeks, peaking at #121.[5] It was more successful in The UK, where it spent for 11 weeks on the album chart there peaking at #10"[6]
Reception
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that "It's impossible to get too far past that thought, or the memory of Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" and "Raining in My Heart" in listening to this polished piece of teen idol pop/rock from Vee. He even does "Teardrops Fall Like Rain," a song written by and originally recorded by the post-Holly Crickets"[7]
Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, stating that it featured "the young artist, is in fresh, appealing vocal form on this collection of teen-appeal tunes, featuring many of his own and other' singles hit. Best sides are "You Better Move On", "Please Don't Ask About Barbara", "In My Baby's Eyes" and "My Golden Chance".[8]
Track listing
Side one
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "What's Your Name" | Claude Johnson | 2:02 |
2. | "My Golden Chance" | Dewayne Blackwell | 2:29 |
3. | "You Better Move On" | Arthur Alexander | 2:39 |
4. | "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" | Bill Buchanan, Jack Keller | 2:01 |
5. | "Forget Me Not" | Les Vandyke | 1:47 |
6. | "Sharing You" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | 2:03 |
Side two
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "In My Baby's Eyes" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | 2:05 |
2. | "Tenderly Yours" | D.W. Cobb | 2:05 |
3. | "I Can't Say Goodbye" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | 2:05 |
4. | "Teardrops Fall Like Rain" | Jerry Allison, Tommy Garrett, Glen Hardin | 1:38 |
5. | "Guess Who" | Jesse Belvin, Jo Ann Belvin | 2:40 |
6. | "A Forever Kind of Love" | Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller | 2:23 |
Chart positions
Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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Billboard | 121 |
UK Albums Chart | 10 |
- Singles[9][10]
Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
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1962 | "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" | Billboard Hot 100 | 15 |
UK Singles Chart | 28 | ||
Cashbox | 18 | ||
Canada | 6 | ||
"I Can't Say Goodbye" | Billboard Hot 100 | 92 | |
Cashbox | 90 | ||
"Sharing You" | Billboard Hot 100 | 15 | |
UK Singles Chart | 10 | ||
Cashbox | 20 | ||
"In My Baby's Eyes" | Cashbox | 121 | |
"A Forever Kind of Love" | UK Singles Chart | 13 |
References
- ^ ""A Bobby Vee Recording Session" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Bobby Vee, A Bobby Vee Recording Session Discogs.com, Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN 9781365054129.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
- ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1963-01-12. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ ""A Bobby Vee Recording Session" - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ "Pop Spotlight: A Bobby Vee Recording Session". Billboard. May 26, 1962. p. 22.
- ^ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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- Bobby Vee (1961)
- Bobby Vee with Strings and Things (1961)
- Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's (1961)
- Take Good Care of My Baby (1962)
- A Bobby Vee Recording Session (1962)
- Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets (1962)
- Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee (1962)
- The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1963)
- Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures (1963)
- I Remember Buddy Holly (1963)
- The New Sound from England! (1964)
- 30 Big Hits of the 60's (1964)
- 30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2 (1966)
- Look at Me Girl (1966)
- Just Today (1968)
- Do What You Gotta Do (1968)
- Gates, Grills & Railings (1969)
- Down the Line (1999)
- Bobby Vee's Golden Greats (1962)
- C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1966)
- Just for Fun (1963)
- "Devil or Angel"
- "Rubber Ball"
- "More Than I Can Say"
- "How Many Tears"
- "Take Good Care of My Baby"
- "Run to Him"
- "Please Don't Ask About Barbara"
- "Sharing You"
- "Punish Her"
- "A Forever Kind of Love"
- "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
- "Charms"
- "Come Back When You Grow Up"
- "Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl"
- "Everyday"