Bobby Darin Swings
Bobby Darin - CD
- Artist: Bobby Darin
- Format: CD
- Year: 2007
- UPC: 698458109026
- Item Number: SLT810902
- Release date: 05/15/2011
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Bobby Darin Swings by Bobby Darin on CD
Annoyingly, few release/recording dates are given in the liner notes to this 18-song compilation. It doesn't spell it out, but basically most of this is taken from Bobby Darin's mid-'60s Atlantic albums, with early-'70s live versions of "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea" (note that Darin's famous original hit recordings of those tunes are not included on this CD). Getting past this packaging shortcoming, it's a decent sampling of the more pop-swing-oriented material Darin cut during the time, the selection heavily emphasizing popular standards and show tunes of both the uptempo and ballad variety. Darin's interpretations of "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Mame," "It's Only a Paper Moon," and "Don't Rain on My Parade" are all here, for example. He did a lot more in this vein than what's on this disc, of course, but it's a good representation of his skills with such material, which were in a league with those of Frank Sinatra, though these recordings have not attained the iconic status of the more celebrated of Sinatra's similar outings. Fans of Darin's earthier side might not be in the mood to hear a collection that focuses so intently on his more poppy one. But he does let some bluesy shades into the vocals and arrangements at times, as on "After You've Gone" and more particularly "Feeling Good," which is the highlight with its smoky jazz organ and sultry pace. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
- Artist: Bobby Darin
- Format: CD
- Year: 2007
- UPC: 698458109026
- Item Number: SLT810902
- Release date: 05/15/2011
- Label: Metro
- Genre: Rock
- Style: Traditional Pop
- Album Type: "Best of..." / "Greatest Hits"
- A&E Biography
- Aces Back to Back [CD & DVD]
- As Long as I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection
- Best of Bobby Darin [EMI-Capitol Special Markets]
- Bobby Darin : For Teenagers Only [bonus Tracks]
- Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Doolittle/Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto
- Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
- Bobby Darin Sings the Shadow of Your Smile/In a Broadway Bag [UK Bonus Tracks]
- Bobby Rocks
- Commitment/Rare Darin
- Darin at the Copa
- Feelin' Good: A Classic Collection (Import)
- If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out [Remastered]
- If I Were a Carpenter: The Very Best of Bobby Darin: 1966-1969
- It's You or No One
- Live from Las Vegas
- Live! At the Desert Inn
- Love Swings
- Mack the Knife [Atco]
- Mack the Knife [Castle]
- Mack the Knife and Other Hits
- Magic of Bobby Darin (Import)
- Oh! Look at Me Now/Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie
- Songs from Big Sur
- Splish Splash [Atco]
- Swing an' Slow
- Swingin' the Standards
- Swings: Solitudes Series
- That's All
- The Bobby Darin Story
- The Capitol Years
- The Curtain Falls: Live at the Flamingo
- The Definitive Pop Collection
- The Essential
- The Hit Singles Collection
- The Legendary Bobby Darin [Capitol]
- The Swinging Side of Bobby Darin
- The Ultimate Bobby Darin
- Things & Other Things
- Twist with Bobby Darin
- Winners
- You're the Reason I'm Living/18 Yellow Roses [Collectables]
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