Splish Splash-Best of...: Bobby Darin: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Splish Splash
2. Mighty Mighty Man
3. Early In The Morning
4. Somebody To Love
5. Queen Of The Hop
6. She's Tanfastic
7. Moment Of Love
8. Dream Lover
9. I'll Be There
10. Beachcomber
11. Nature Boy
12. Smilau
13. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
14. Baby Face
15. Irresistible You
16. What'd I Say
17. Multiplication
18. Things
19. Lovin' You
20. If I Were A Carpenter
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for Bobby Darin fans, excellent CD, April 29 2008

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Wariner (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Splish Splash-Best of... (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for wanting to hear the original version of Simple Song of Freedom plus the other hits like Splish Splash, Dream Lover, If I were a Carpenter etc. I just loved it hearing these songs. I also recommend the Bobby Darin the Hit Singles Collection which has 18 Yellow Roses included in it. Since I've seen the movie I soon became a big fan and bought a few CD's.

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5.0 out of 5 stars First hits volume has most of his hits, April 13 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Splish Splash-Best of... (Audio CD)

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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5.0 out of 5 stars Iconic, July 19 2002

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New-York City Historian "Chris Belena" (Brooklyn, NYC, USA) - See all my reviews

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Despite a turbulent career, Bobby Darin proved time and time again that if anyone had the power to stand in a vocal class with Frank Sinatra, it was him.

The only song that was left off hear that should have been a bonus track is "More" which can be found on "Wild, Cool, and Swingin'."

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4.0 out of 5 stars Some Of The "Best Of" And A Few Obscurities
This compilation of Bobby's "best" with the Atlantic label and its Atco subsidiary does indeed include some of his best work there, including Early In The Morning which he wrote... Read more

Published on Mar 8 2002 by AvidOldiesCollector

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty terrific
A pretty terrific collection of Bobby Darin hits with an emphasis on the pop/rock corner of his versatile career. Read more