Bobby Darin - Interview Part 1 of 3

[tinateh]

What a guy! Not just a singer, a great musician and dancer too. And his timing as a performer is impeccable. Slick comes to mind seeing the way he moves and operates. If he had survived the op he could have moved on to widen his repertoire of musical genres. A real loss.

[sandyb49]

Pure talent. I followed his entire life. He was awesome



[tomkes100douchebag]

He was so damned talented and full of life. As you can see from the other parts of the appearance, intellegent and insightful too. Damn we were cheated. One of tnhe truly greats. And I also think Kevin Spacey's film was a labor of love toward Bobby, please see it and love it too.

[TheGreatBobbyDARIN]

Love the sideburns :-)

[FirthsbutFourth]

He had just hit his 2nd stride with a hit TV series and all that goes with it. Little did we know that he knew he was going to die and was trying to earn enough to take care of his son after he was gone. He was very sick here and trouped it out for his kid. He was gone less than a year later (December 1973.) I was just a kid but I was heartbroken when I got the news. For some it was the death of Buddy Holly, Janice, Jimi, Morrison, or Lennon. For me it was and always will be Bobby Darin.

[tomkes100douchebag]

@FirthsbutFourth Well said, great thoughts.

[Loejyrrab]

@FirthsbutFourth Damn nice tribute. The others had good reason to be envious of this man's amazing talent. Today, heart valve surgery is a piece of cake. Well, his greatness is on dislpay here on You Tube.

[tisw]

check those movessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!

[rdvqc]

If you want to see the other side of Bobby, go look for "Simple Song of Freedom" - as good today as in '69

[MultiDKenny]

And what do we have now? Hip Hop!!!!

Fk us!!!

[kirbygene]

Stumbled onto this by accident-- stayed because it kicks it!!!

[SEATTLEGRL1]

It's interesting that he was not viewed as favorably as a performer when he was alive but became more famous after death.

He was very talented as an entertainer of the Las Vegas genre.

[ledongas6262]

pete christlieb on the tenor solo!

[oshanalive]

Darrin was the real deal people.

[ChimeraAZ]

to ChiroQuacker:

Wow,..for someone who hates Bobby Darin,you certainly keep coming back here to comment a lot!! This man never tried to be either Sinatra or anyone else.He just did his thing,and we all loved it.Calling a dead man names wont hurt him,ya know.Get a grip,kiddo.

[angiehorse]

Chiroquack you loser. pat Cooper and Sinatra were both major assholes! Cooper is a major crazy fuck and Sinatra is a known bastard. Bobby was not. He was a smart ass as a kid. At least he grew up and changed.

[junkyman2]

Amazing that i haven't discovered this amazing talent earlier, does he still perform or is he retired??? i can only seem to find clips of him in the late sixties/early 70's--

[bobbyfan64]

@junkyman2 Unfortunately Bobby Darin died following open heart surgery in 1973.  He truly was an amazing talent.

[junkyman2]

@bobbyfan64 oh that sucks--thanx for the reply

[ajay999999]

@bobbyfan64 Sometimes it aint worth going to hospital.

[bossyboots55]

@ajay999999

ha ha. thats true. usually old people hate to go to the hsp for anything. they fear they wont leave ...

[jkbella]

@junkyman2

He died 19 73, I think. He was one of the greats. No one wanted to follow his act in Vegas. Frank Sinatra was a bit jealous of him. No wonder. He took musical risks that rocked the staus quo, e.g. mack the Knife.

[chocolatcats]

@junkyman2 I have an entire collection of his OLD songs from the 40s, 50s and you wouldnt believe his voice! Its amazing.

[ChiroQuacker]

this guinea was full of himself....his work does not hold up..this clip sucks...sounds and acts like one of a thousand performers you see at the holiday inne...

just a plain looking little guinea wop greaseball with a bad wig on his head...

he fucked with my man irv cottler...the great drummer and irv put him in his fucking place..sinatra did not like him...

and billy may the great arranger said he was an asshole...

in 1969 he took his wig off grew a beard and wrote awful protest songs...

[MDespault]

WHew! You gotta admire that talent! WHo else? I don't think anybody!

Act, dance , sing (like no one else!) play everything well!!!!

[TheJazzlady40]

Bobby wass one of the best

[sunberst1]

Bobby was the kind of entertainer that could make a band play their best. He was just a fire ball on stage it was like a time bomb of talent without enough room to explode! He was fantastic no doubt about that.

[tisgoner]

Through the benefit of recording technology and media we can see what a brilliant performer and veritable renaissance man was Bobby Darin. He knew from a very young age that he probably wouldn't live beyond 40 so he decided to achieve all that he was capable of for our eternal entertainment. I am glad I was alive when he was and thank the good Lord for his presence on this earth to enlighten and entertain me and countless others.

[LGLG69]

Very,very good!

[downrightman]

One of the Greatest Hero's of The Great American Songbook. Another Great American.

[DougPatton1]

Cookin multi-talent Big Apple white write/sing/play/dance ace with slick shoe moves from Stax-Volt n Tamla dudes soon nuff picked up by Moonwalkin King M.J. Darin was The Boss way ahead of Bruce !

[rvphoto]

One great attribute of Bobby Darrin is that if you only see his talent in the big band swing of Sinatra style singing you forget he could and did set great standards of tone and delivery in all genres of music at that time.

From big bopper in the 50's to classic 60's pop and folk no mater what he was the real deal!

[cliffworks4321]

would love to know the names of the band members, thank you

[NYVoice]

Let's see Michael Jackson pull THIS off. Grammys notwithstanding. Bobby was the real deal.

[liverpoolishgirl]

? I didn't get to watch since it was on in the middle of the night here. What was the presentation for BD like?

[NYVoice]

Well, they didn't show the actual speech Dodd gave. It was done, I believe, a day before the actual awards show. But Bobby really deserved the spotlight on TV, if only to remind these plastic no-talent cookie cutter artists of today what true on- the-edge versatility was all about. Nobody could touch him for overall talent. MJ has his place but Bobby culd light up the place without all the phony light shows and dance troupes. Dodd's comments are on here someplace.

[liverpoolishgirl]

It's all hype and none of it is truly live anymore - all spectacle and no real connection between the performer and the audience. I did find the speech online at the dinner the night before. Very touching. Just can't get over hating how he can get slighted even when it should have been his moment.

[GoRetroGirl]

Wow, this is great - I didn't know he had appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny.

[kestas28]

Have any1 seen " Beyond the Sea" ? A life about Booby Darin. What happened with his mother, wife, and son? How are they doing?

[liverpoolishgirl]

@kestas28

I've seen it and own it. You have to understand that it isn't a linear, literal biopic, but sets out to capture the essence of the man and the performer and it does a great job. Kevin Spacey is a revelation! Just wonderful. He is a fan and his determination to get the music right is what made the Darin family/legal team agree to give their permission to Spacey. Sandra Dee saw the movie, loved it and congratulated Spacey on it and died several months later in 2005.

[liverpoolishgirl]

@kestas28

His son co-authored a book, Dream Lovers, in 1998 about his parents and it is excellent. You'll need to get it through Amazon. You know he and SD divorced (not shown in the movie), but they continued to see each other for several years. He married and divorced again in the months before he died. His mother died, as did his step-father, Charlie, who used to tell people that he was Bobby Darin's father.

[greeniem]

Marry me

[notredamehesamighty]

At this point, Bobby Darin was dying and he was well aware of it. Although his dental infection would not occur for several weeks, the valve in his heart was malfunctioning and needed to be replaced. At this point he was on pure oxygen backstage. Sure he had talent... but it was equal to his courage.

[1964broswer]

I agree!! He lived and performed much longer than anyone ever thought he could; just goes to show it's not up to doctors and man to pronounce or predict our lives. Bobby Darin remains one of the most talented persons I have been blessed to learn about and today's music and performers just do not hold a candle to this great man.

[Aeoquis]

How much longer could he have lived had the truth about cigarettes been known during his early lifetime.  Cigarettes certainly robbed him of years of life, especially with a delicate heart. What a shame. What a talent.

[dichambers]

Talent! Talent! Talent! Loved him!

[dragonfly4evr]

This man has had so much charisma. Sigh...he died way way too soon.

[Tony7840]

Bobby's rythmn duo + Bobby Rosario, conducting. What more can anyone ask for??

[HickoryRose]

Bobby was a spectacular performer.

He could do soul, rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, & he could swing like no one else before or since.

[yerboyfloyd]

Waht a showman!

[SanAntonioCrooner]

Love it!

[badideass]

so he died because he failed to take medication from his dentist, which caused a blood infection to heart problems?

wasnt he 37 or 38?

[bobbyfan64]

The infection didn't help, but the primary cause was a failing artificial heart valve. He died following open heart surgery to repair it. He was 37 when he died. Way too young.

[muti7777]

@bobbyfan64 Way, way too young... what a singer, what an entertainer... incomparable :)

[liverpoolishgirl]

@badideass

He had a heart condition since he was a child and actually lived a lot longer than was predicted. He had his first surgery in 1971, which replaced two heart valves. The infection began in 1973 and it basically withered what was left of his heart after the surgery. He worked and was in and out of the hospital in 1973, had emergency open heart surgery again on December 19 and died in the recovery room on December 20, 1973. He was 37.

[mcm332]

Am I crazy or did Bobby Darin invent the phrase (toward the end of the video) "one more again."

[dichambers]

He was so great! Beyond talented! Loved this - thanks for posting!

[u2baah]

I'd like to see Sinatra do rock or country or play classical guitar.

[macthaidhg]

I concur

[liverpoolishgirl]

@u2baah

I wouldn't because it wouldn't have been a pretty thing to see - he couldn't.

[VinDcator]

S-O-U-L

[kevinherbert]

Who is that get down funky band??????

[bobbyfan64]

A couple of the musicians are from Bobby's band that played with him in the early '70s. The drummer is Tommy Amato and the guitarist sitting in front of the drums is T.K. Kellman. The standing man in the leather jacket with the dark hair is Bobby's band leader Bob Rozario. I don't recognize anybody in the horn section. They could have been in Bobby's band or maybe were just studio musicians with the Tonight Show.

[kevinherbert]

bobbyfan: thanx for the update..ther's no doubting the depth of great players in the US..that drummer is infectious..

[lorenzotedesco]

Yes, I think this band combines elements of Bobby's band with that of the Tonight Show band. I see Tommy Newsom in the sax section and he was definitely of the latter ilk.

[ChiroQuacker]

@bobbyfan64

they are tonight show band members cause i see tommy newsome the trumpet player....

[Hitchcockfan101]

dude i've never seen this interview before this great! love what a live wire he is here

[HermoineCopkov]

Magnificient Performance. Johnny Carson was

right when he said Bobby was a fine actor,

singer, composer etc. There are not enough

superlatives to describe Mr. Darin. He's a

one man show in itself. Doesn't need help

from anyone. So professional and well spoken

and intelligent to boot. Absolutely and

truly fantastic. Very hard to beat. Hurray

for Bobby Darin.

[mc50662]

Terrific performance by Bobby Darin

[1Thumpergirl]

Sweet sexy Bobby I love you.

[q3boatin]

I thank you. This is amazing. How very wonderful this man is!!!

[poorringo]

That is amazing. No other performing can do this. He's all over the place. People need to respect Mr. Darin a whole lot more

[bobbyfan64]

Bobby Darin could do it all! He played five instruments that he taught himself to play. He was at home with R&B and gospel as he was with the singing the standards. I know of no other entertainer who was as versatile.

[robdarren]

Spot on. The guy was incredible. A genius.

[kevinherbert]

He's an Italian version of Mel Torme, who was the son of liberal Russian Jews -- & emigres to the 'new ' early 20th century United States of Delirium

[haldenver]

You are wrong. Bobby was born to african-american parents in Lousiana but adopted by some white italian jews : this clip makes it obvious !

Get your facts right please....

[kevinherbert]

what drugs are you on?

[haldenver]

....just kidding. A refutation contradiction along the lines of "The Jerk" with Steve Martin.

Rgds HD

[sweatintotheoldies]

Hah! You're funny. Thanks for the Laughs!

[kjetin99]

Agree with you! He really deserves to be called a legend and not be forgotten. What a man!

[PatrickLeeRyan]

@poorringo

Check out his Beatles Medley on here -- incredible!

[ChiroQuacker]

@poorringo

bullshit..plenty can do this...this is 1973...go look at some elton john clips from him performing in 1973 and he wipes the floor with this little wig headed guinea wop greaseball

[goodoldazed]

@ChiroQuacker Thanks for you racist comment. Wonder why Youtube allows scum like you here. 

[ChiroQuacker]

@goodoldazed

i didnt know that italians were a race of people like say... your niggers from the hood ....or spic cock a roach latino animal baby making welfare cases....or them sand niggers from iraq ....or urine colored slant eyed cocksucker japs.

bobby darin was a real asshole in real life..i have heard many great people say he was a real dildo...from sinatra to billy may to pat cooper to the great drummer irv cotler

the more i listen to bobby darin and watch these clips the more he sucks

[ChiroQuacker]

@goodoldazed

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[wrc787]

Thanks for puting this clip back on.  It was a great performance by a one of a kind performer!