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Music > Albums > Bobby Darin - Splish Splash (1991) Retail CD
added on April 10, 2007, at 09:52 by allcdcovers

This collection and the companion Mack the knife contain forty of Bobby Darin’s finest songs from his peak years. Purely in terms of hits, this is the stronger volume, containing fifteen American hits, including six top ten hits, these being Splish splash, Queen of the hop, Dream lover, You must have been a beautiful baby, Things and If I were a carpenter.Among the lesser hits, I’ll be there later became a much bigger hit for Gerry and the pacemakers, while Early in the morning was also a hit for Buddy Holly.Bobby’s singles were sometimes covers of older songs. Here you can find his versions of Nature boy (Nat King Cole), What’d I say (Ray Charles) and Lovin’ you (Lovin’ spoonful).This volume, with a lot of up-tempo songs and a few ballads, is generally more of a rock’n’roll collection than Mack the knife, which contains a few up-tempo songs and a lot of ballads. Taken together, the two volumes present a comprehensive collection of Bobby’s A-sides from 1958 to 1961, plus three later songs – the last three tracks here.

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