Description

There is no doubt that even among the legion of larger-than-life characters who emerged in the rock n roll era and ensuing years, Bobby Darin was one of the most remarkable and multi-talented artists of his time, readily turning his hand, with total credibility, to rock n roll, big band jazz, country and folk as well as pure pop, and was also a hugely talented songwriter, award-winning movie actor and astute music publisher. This collection, which crams a marvellously diverse sixty tracks into a 2-CD set, comprises every A and B side he released in both the USA and the UK during the first seven years of his career, of which no less than 27 made the charts, including ten Top 10 hits and two landmark No. 1s. From Splish Splash , through Queen of The Hop , Dream Lover , Mack The Knife , Beyond The Sea and Lazy River to Multiplication and Things , it s a varied collection of brilliantly crafted top class pop records, many produced by the ace Atlantic team of Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler.

Track List

1. Rock Island Line
3. Timber
5. Silly Willy
7. Blue Eyed Mermaid
9. Greatest Builder of Them All
11. Hear Them Bells
13. Dealer in Dreams
15. Help Me
17. I Found a Million Dollar Baby
19. Talk to Me Something
21. Don t Call My Name
23. Pretty Betty
25. Just in Case You Change Your Mind
27. So Mean
29. Splish Splash
31. Judy Don t Be Moody
33. Early in the Morning
35. Now We re One
37. Queen of the Hop
39. Lost Love
41. Mighty Mighty Man
43. You re Mine
45. Plain Jane
47. While I m Gone
49. Dream Lover
51. Bullmoose
53. Mack the Knife
55. Was There a Call for Me
57. Mer (Beyond the Sea)
59. That s the Way Love Is
61. Clementine
63. Tall Story
65. Down with Love
67. Bill Bailey Won t You Please Come Home
69. I ll Be There
71. Beachcomber
73. Autumn Blues
75. Artificial Flowers
77. Somebody to Love
79. Christmas Auld Lang Syne
81. Child of God
83. Lazy River
85. Oo-Ee Train
87. Nature Boy
89. Look for My True Love
91. Theme from Come September
93. Walk Bach to Me
95. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
97. Sorrow Tomorrow
99. Irresistible You
101. Multiplication
103. What d I Say PTS. 1 ; 2
105. Things
107. Jailer Bring Me Water
109. If a Man Answers
111. True True Love
113. Baby Face
115. You Know How
117. I Found a New Baby
119. Keep A-Walkin