Rocks (CD) - Bobby Darin
'Splish Splash' wasn't the beginning for Bobby Darin, nor was it just a flirtation with Rock 'N' Roll. Raised in a Manhattan tenement, Walden Robert Cassotto found a way to escape: through his music. Forming a band in high school, he first played Pop hits of the early '50s and standards; then he moved to Calypso and Folk before becoming one of Rock 'N' Roll's pioneers, cutting records reminiscent of Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Little Richard, and writing what became one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits: 'Early in the Morning'. This collection draws from sessions originally released on Decca, Atco, Brunswick and Capitol; and recorded in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. In addition to hits like 'Splish Splash', 'Dream Lover' and 'Early in the Morning', the album includes 'She's Tantastic', originally issued as a tanning cream promotion, and 'Clementine', a swinging Big Band precursor to Sinatra's 'Old MacDonald'. If 'Mack the Knife' is the beginning and end of Bobby Darin to you, you're in for a big surprise. 36 tracks. Bear Family. 2008.
Track List
- Bullmoose (Original 45 Version)
- Splish Splash
- Mighty Mighty Man
- Judy Don't Be Moody
- I Want You with Me
- Pretty Betty
- Early in the Morning
- Plain Jane
- Queen of the Hop
- I Ain't Sharin' Sharon
- Wear My Ring
- Pity Miss Kitty
- I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)
- You Know How
- Dream Lover
- Hush Somebody's Calling My Name
- Now We're One
- Keep a Walkin'
- Don't Call My Name
- All the Way Home
- Brand New House
- She's Tanfastic
- Oo-Ee Train
- Multiplication
- You're Mine
- Sorrow Tomorrow
- So Mean
- Bullmoose (LP Version)
- Ruby Baby
- Since You've Been Gone
- Rock Island Line
- Silly Willie
- Queen of the Hop (Alternate Take)
- Splish Splash (Alternate Take)
- Plain Jane (Alternate Take)
- Clementine