Bobby Darin - If I Were A Carpenter - 1966 - #8 Billboard Charts Hit Record

[MrTitsawanna]

awesome song!! 1st time ever I heard it, was on an episode of 'The Wonder Years" when I was a kid

[MsBarking]

It is shocking to me that he died so young - at he age of 37, that is more than 20 years younger than I am. :-( I love him.

[69ssrszl1]

Incredible song and singer.

[sixtiesrockboy]

This song fills me with emotion. Vietnam took me from the love of my life in 1970. Desperate to escape a dysfunctional family life, she married a man she did'nt love two years later. Unbeknownst to me, she searched for me for 38 years until she finally found me on Classmates in August of 2010. By then, she was critically ill. We had five beautiful months together until I lost her in her sleep in January of 2011. Nothing is guaranteed! Before you go to bed tonight, say "I love you" to your love!

[RadioCarino]

@summerdaez Yes indeed. Thank you.

[summerdaez]

great great song ,sung by a great great man !!!!! much love

[ZLY1113]

best version

[yogafan6500]

One of the last hit songs by the late great Bobby Darin.

[skypoetone]

Thanks for this... my only disappointment is that it never lasted long enough, but what memories are born from hearing it!

[JustineLaLoba]

thank you thank you thank you.....perfection...!

[athinmoonme]

I love this song so much.

[karin0963]

I have been looking for the original version for a very long time. Thank you so much for posting this.

[MrWilkat1]

Best version of this song that I can recall--too bad he died so young....oddly the original song writers are not always the best at performing their own songs.

[reginaDeviant]

Did Bobby ever do anything better than this? And how does he manage to inject so much raw feeling into such a simple song?

[BlueTeamPlayer]

The pinnacle of manliness

[twangville]

he's brilliant - beyond doubt; we got to know this song via the Four Tops -

[douglasskinner]

@twangville It was a delight to have this version and the one followed a couple of years later by the Four Tops. I was coming into manhood then and it conjured up many visions--as it was intended.

[maikjeje]

<3 sopranos

[tomtat38]

Bobby Darin at his best out shines all other cover versions

[scotnick59]

THE best version!

[atomotma]

Nice instrumentation behind this, especially the violin.

[likenumnums]

sure miss him. great guy/singer that was easily forgotten for some reason.

[chrisdaviesbpool]

Composed by Tim Hardin, thanks guys for so many memories.

[videomaniac108]

This is the original that I've been longing to hear this many years, the full-orchestration and the clean baseline. Thanks!

[JayPCM]

@videomaniac108 Yeah, It took me for ever to find the version with the mandolin that I hear on the radio all the time.

[naturelover172]

Thank you for posting this. THE LATE, GREAT BOBBY DARIN! There will never be another.

[gloriahensel]

Thank you for posting the original version in its entirety!!! God bless you. This should be put on the front page, not the second one. People need to hear this.

[gloriahensel]

Thank you for posting the original version in its entirety!!! God bless you.