A Bobby Vee Recording Session
| A Bobby Vee Recording Session | ||||
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| Released | May 1962 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 25:35 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
| Bobby Vee chronology | ||||
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| Singles from A Bobby Vee Recording Session | ||||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
A Bobby Vee Recording Session is the sixth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in May 1962 by Liberty Records.[2]
it containing hit singles "Sharing You" and "Please Don't Ask About Barbara", plus "In My Baby's Eyes" and a couple singls contenders, "My Golden Chance", and another fine Crickets's composition, "Tersdrops Fall Like Rain".[3] "Sharing You" and "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" both peaked at numbers 15, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, and numbers 29 and 10, respectively, in the United Kingdom.
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.[4]
Reception[edit]
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"[5]
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", "Pleases Don't Ask About Barbara", "In My Baby's Eyes" and "My Golden Chance".[6]
Track listing[edit]
Side one[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Chart (1962) | Peak
position |
|---|---|
| Billboard | 121 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak
position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" | Billboard Hot 100 | 15 |
| UK Singles Chart | 28 | ||
| Cashbox | 18 | ||
| Canada | 6 | ||
| "I Can't Say Goodbye" | Billboard Hot 100 | 92 | |
| Cashbox | 90 | ||
| "Sharing You" | Billboard Hot 100 | 15 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 10 | ||
| Cashbox | 20 | ||
| "In My Baby's Eyes" | Cashbox | 121 | |
| "A Forever Kind of Love" | UK Singles Chart | 13 |
References[edit]
- ^ ""A Bobby Vee Recording Session" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Bobby Vee, A Bobby Vee Recording Session Discogs.com, Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN 9781365054129.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""A Bobby Vee Recording Session" - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1962-05-26. p. 22.
- ^ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
