A Bobby Vee Recording Session
A Bobby Vee Recording Session is the sixth studio album American singer Bobby Vee,[3] and was released in May 1962 by Liberty Records.[3]
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| Released | May 1962 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 25:35 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
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| Singles from A Bobby Vee Recording Session | ||||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
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,[5] and at numbers 29 and 10, respectively, in the United Kingdom.[6]
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.[7] It was more successful in The UK, where it spent for 11 weeks on the album chart there peaking at #10,"[8] The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on March 10, 1999 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of the other album being Vee's Other Album from January 1962, Take Good Care of My Baby.[9]
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"[3]
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".[10]
Track listing
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Billboard | 121 |
| UK Albums Chart | 10 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak
position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" | Billboard Hot 100[5] | 15 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 28 | ||
| Cashbox[13] | 18 | ||
| Canada | 6 | ||
| "I Can't Say Goodbye" | Billboard Hot 100[5] | 92 | |
| Cashbox.[13] | 90 | ||
| "Sharing You" | Billboard Hot 100[5] | 15 | |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 10 | ||
| Cashbox[13] | 20 | ||
| "In My Baby's Eyes" | Cashbox | 121 | |
| "A Forever Kind of Love" | UK Singles Chart[6] | 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.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ""A Bobby Vee Recording Session" - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN 9781365054129.
- ^ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
- ^ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1961-01-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Take Good Care of My Baby/A Bobby Vee Recording Session". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.