Did anyone else ever notice that you never saw Bobby darin and carl Yastrzemski in the same room at the same time? Hmm...
Just saying.
Seriously, I bet Bobby could have played left field for The Red Sox if he wanted to do that. The guy could literally do anything he wanted to better than the rest of us all. The Guy.
SIMON COWELL WOULD NOT KNOW ENTERTAINMENT IF IT BIT HIM.... SINATRA, SAMMY DAVIS JR, DEAN MARTIN, AND BOBBY DARIN ARE ALL JAMMING TOGETHER.... MAY THEY ALL R.I.P.
Hard to believe he was actually dying as we watched? At least he & my alter ego (Sandra Dee) had some really good times before he passed at the young age of 33 yrs.?
My god this is wonderful! I stumbled onto Bobby Darin tonight on YouTube (he was always just the "Mack The Knife" guy in my mind) and now i see what a brilliant entertainer he was!
Darin was always so vibrant in his performances, it is hard to imagine him as sick as he really was. No one would have ever known. Rest in peace, Robert Walden Cassoto. You were awesome!
@berrygirl1964 Back in those days people actually sat and "grooved" quietly.
The current habit of acting like a complete asshole who cares only for his own pleasures and nothing for those of others is a relatively new development.
In the future the audience will perform while the performer observes.. Indeed, it's already happening.
The more I see and hear, the more I'm amazed by Bobby. Too bad he left us so young. But, we have these clips to view. There's a live Vegas club album from 1963 that is also great.
This is a rare video ad very hip for time. Go Boby Darin. I wished you could have sang played music and danced and live until you were 100. You memory and spirit lives on in this video man. Shine on me.
GENIUS! My discovery of the year - how stupidly this world is organized - such a talent and I had not heard about him till my fortieth. Bravo, Bobby!! Sinatra smokes bamboo in the bushes :-)
Bobby Darin Had A Short Life,But A Full Life! He Knew If He Continued To Entertain He Would Pass. Sandra Dee Had Competition. Bobby's Mistress Was ENTERTAINING. He Continued To The Full Max....I Imitated His Shoulder Movements
(Dream Lover '59)His Dancing, Smooth n Cool. I realize MACK THE KNIFE Was Perform'd By Other Artist. But In My Opinion MACK The Knife Is BOBBY'S SONG!! God Bless Bobby Darin..U-To Sandra For "PUTTING UP" With Him And His Mistress..........Entertaining!!
@POLI3721 Sandra was no joy to live with and he never had a mistress. They were divorced in 67 and still saw each other until he met his second wife in 70 and married her in 73, shortly before he died. He divorced her six-weeks before he died.
@liverpoolishgirl Thx For Update. Didn't Know About 2nd Marriage. I Used Mistress As A Euphemism, Bobby's Other Love Or Perhaps His Only Love!
When Sandra And Bobby Hooked Up. I Was Glad For Him. She Did Have To Tolerate Bobby's Strong Desire To Be A Entertainer, He Was A Showman. And You are Correct, Bobby Didn't Have A Mistress(Woman)....Just Entertaining!!
Thx For Your Post. I'm Glad There Are Folks That Enjoy Real Entertainment.
Bobby Darin received the GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TONIGHT! His son Dodd Darin gave a beautiful speech on his behalf. Bobby was a versatile, multitalented genius!
@sukeytawdry419 Sinatra loved Daren. He went to a lot of night club appereances to see him. Cary Grant and Sammy D also went to see Elvis when he appeared in Vegas also.
So----you're an expert on songs written about black prisoners in the American south? Ledbetter did not write the song, but he did sing a version of it. Are you going to also criticize CCR, Clapton and McCartney, just a few of whom recorded the song also??? Just one thing, Bobby Darin is the ONLY one of those who also happened to march in Civil Rights marches with Dr. King in the 60's. As far as I am concerned he has earned the right to perform this song. And he's damned good.
not at all, But considering that I own thousands of blues, folk, jazz and rnb 78 rpm records from 1909-1959 I would say I know more than most. I even own the original recording of this song on Gennet records recorded by Sam Collins.
yes I will heavily criticize ccr, PMc and especialy Eric Clapton (whom should stick to playing their own songs)
Bobby darin is stiff and unpassionate in this video and cheesey as usual, kind of like a vegas act.
You don't know anything about the man at all. You weren't even around when he first started recording. 99% of the comments on this video disagree with you. So basically what you are saying is that you know better than we do what is talent and what isn't.
look, I am aware that you are president of the Bobby Darin fan club and that you have a shrine to him in your house. However Bobby Darin represents everything that destroyed rock and roll. clean white faced teeny boppers (usually Italian) stealing the sound of black america and calling it his own.
as to BD's fans, even Britney Spears has a fan club, doesn't mean she has talent.
BD was the Britney of the late 50's and early 60's. cheesy pop garbage.
So Bobby Darin destroyed rock and roll. That is so twisted. Listen, kid, I grew up in the 60s, nobody destroyed rock and roll, period. It may not have occurred to you but it is actually possible to like rock and roll and Bobby Darin at the same time. Gee, wonder why Stevie Wonder and The Supremes wanted to sing with him if he stole their sound?? And he was one of a few white performers EVER to be offered a contract with Motown. You know nothing of the black experience.
if you grew up in the 60's then you missed it all, young puppy. rock and roll started b4 edison invented the record. "rock me" by Eubie Blake was written in 1899. You are simply either ignorent to music history or you are trying to rewrite it.
but I'm only a Music major from Berklee whom owns one of the largest collections of records in the usa, so what do I know?
I advise you highly to run out to your nearest music outlet store and buy recordings by :
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Eubie Blake, Hank Ballard, Richard Berry, Lee Diamond, Wynonnie Harris, Earl Bostic, Bo Diddly, Big Momma Thorton, Lloyd Price, rev Gary Davis, Howling Wolf, Larry Williams, Lowell Fullsom, Lonnie Johnson, Big Bill, Little JR and blue flames, roscoe gordon, Anisteen allen, sonny thompson, big maybell, bessie smith, geishi willey, Ma Rainey, chuck willis, Fats waller .....
the folks whom STOLE & DESTROYED rock and roll and turned it into a money machine :
Allen Lomax, Sam Phillips, Art Rupe, Phil and Leonard Chess, Elvis Presly, Pat Boone,Frankie Vally,ricky nelson, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry wexler,syd nathan, J edgar Hoover, Bob Write, Jeff Zucker, Walt Disney, Bobby Darin, the righteous Brothers, Brian Epstine, Allen Klien.
I'm sure you only know about half of the folks I am talking about but with a little luck you'll wiki and learn.
Britney spears fans also think they have good taste.
If the rock and roll hall of fame was more interested in preserving history of the music than selling tickets to fat white tourists then the man whom invented Rock (Eubie Blake) would have been inducted. Putting Metelica in their inductees list b4 the man whom invented it is blasphemy to the genre, and the place feeds on ignorent folks whom only own a handful of cds
There certinly would be no room for a vegas style lounge act like BD,
You say you're a music major from Berklee?? Isn't that Berkeley as in the University of California at Berkeley?? Perhaps you might want to take up all your issues with the folks who decide who gets in the hall of fame and who doesn't. You've obviously had this chip on your shoulder for quite some time.
I take it you know so little about music that you don't know that Berklee is one of the world's most elite music schools in the world and is located in Boston?
perhaps you also don't know about Berklee's alumni, Teachers and reputation?
This is not a school you can just pay money to go to, you have to be accepted based apon your ability.
after your Berklee / Berkeley comment I have decided that you are trying to carry on a conversation that is far out of your league of understanding. It is unfair for me to use my extensive musical background against your lack of one in conversation. It's kind of like trying to explain e=mc2 to a 4 year old.
Obviously I don't know about Berklee, I've not heard of it and I am sure there are many who haven't. You know what, I will take this opportunity as a learning experience, because now you have me very curious about Berklee so I shall do some research. I am willing to admit when I don't know about something. Do they tell you that life experience is also important? Also hardship and suffering. That is where the music comes from. Have you ever been to the south? Lived down here?
lived in Memphis and Nashville for several years. One of my instructors was Charles Mingus. on the first day of his class, He went around and collected our text books for the class, then threw them in the trash can and exclaimed, "Now let's play".
One very guifted sax player had never played music with out reading it from the page, I guess the pressure was too much, as he ran out of the class and committed suicide
as far as life experience goes, I have traveled the world with my guitar. I have played the seediest of small clubs, to the largest of stadiums. I have played in a muddy hole in Haiti to the white house for two US presidents. (security clearence badge to proove it) I have lived 10 lives in the 40 years that I have been alive. I could write a book about it (but who would buy it?) These days I write instructional books for the guitar and collect 78rpm records.
Well thank you for letting me know about Berklee. After doing some research, I am quite pleased. They are big Darin fans as am I. Most of Bobby's sound recordings are housed at the Stan Getz Library, and they play his songs on the Berklee Internet Radio Network. Professor of Jazz Greg Hopkins played Darin's music for live performances at Somerville Theater and Fox Woods. Thanks! I 'll have to tune into the radio network sometime.
Apparently, you're one of those people that think their backround makes them better than anyone else that likes listening to music. Get a grip.....there's all kinds of music, all sorts of variations of the same song, some better, some not.
Using your reasoning, Rock n Roll would have stagnated and died long before now, but cause you just don't like any other versions.
Please, please take your snobbishness somewhere else.
After reading so many comments about the KS movie Beyond The Sea, I would just like to remind everyone that the movie had the blessing of both Sandra Dee and Dodd Darin. Dodd was one of the producers. Everyone is entitled to their own view, but the movie really touched me deeply and I honestly feel if Bobby could see it he would appreciate the fact someone cared enough to make a movie about his life. Its not about how he looks or a perfect rendition, its that Spacey's heart was in it totally.
The DIVINE Mr. D!!! He is just so brilliant yet so "get down" good!!! I said this before if I was there I would do some serious ass kicking in that audience. If he were here today on stage he would have gotten a freaking standing ovation. They were barely clapping at the end. AAARRRGGGHHH!
I am finding myself needing a daily dose of this man for inspiration!! I bet he could have been a helluva preacher too!
There just aint nothin better than a man with rhythm!!!!
Bobby was so brilliant and sexy on stage...he demanded perfection from his band and of himself!! With his freewheeling vocal range and witty monologues...always satisfying all his fans with the standards (swingin & croonin) and then moving into folk, country, rock and rhythm-n-blues...truely a AMAZING performer.....I was young when he died, but found his talent and will always be his # 1 fan !!!! dh
he had more sex apeal in his little finger then most have in their whole bodies and to make some believe that he had orgasm on stage well that makes me laugh because that just shows me what a strong sexy stage presence he had and he didn't use dirty words and he wasn't there half naked and he wasn't grabing himself like so many so called stars today have to do to prove their sexiness. that is pure first class entertainment of yesteryear something we don't see anymore. He is King of cool !!
super amazing performance...the sog has a repetitive melody but bobby 's genius make it soooo good that we dont want it to end...simply amazing performer!!!
Wow Wow and Wow. That was great, he looked like he was having a ball. His dance moves, well what can I say....nothing but cute and very sexy. He was one great entertainer and I miss him. I am sure he is still singing up in heaven, and I bet Sandra Dee is with him once again. He was her true love, and I believe he always loved her also.
This is from the DVD "Mack is Back" , available on Amazon. It is really great, & it has the concert PLUS and extra hour of documentary footage. Priceless!!!!! I love you Bobby, my darling.
Starting 5th December 2008, BBC Radio 2 is broadcasting a 4-part documentary series called BOBBY DARIN: A MAN IN A HURRY. You can listen to it online anytime from anywhere in the world by logging on to the BBC RADIO 2 website.
Bobby Darin was not only a fantastic entertainer, he was an incredible human being. He was 'way ahead of his time'. Sounds corny, but I feel better knowing I shared what I 'think' he was trying to get across in the early 70's.
We all lost one "Helluva guy" but I honestly get joy listening and watching. I know you do too.
The man did everything with deep thought and passion....God shined on the world, when he sent Bobby.....I`m in love with this performance, knowing how he was feeling--and still--he gave his all .....Unbelievable !!! dh
Every time I watch this I'm blown a way. You can roll every other entertainer ever in to one and they still couldn't carry Bobby's harmonica. He's almost too good to be true.
I can understand why his women put up with so much from him. Just to be in his presence would be worth anything.
I know...to those that new his story...this stage performance is bitter-sweet:/ His passion for the moment and to give his fans his all....didn`t stop Bobby !!!! ****Darin Forever****, dh
Fantastic soft-shoe, soulful rendition of a classic tune! Just love how Bobby can take a good song to a whole new level. And the band and backup singers were up to the task, too!!!
You can tell how sick he was, look at his lips after he plays the harmonica, his lips are blue...he was so cool...if I had one wish it would be to spend one night with Bobby..heaven!!
Bobby truly had music in his bones right down to his soul. He was just so sexy without even trying, an amazing man with an amazing talent who left us way too soon. thanks for posting love it!!!!!!
fabulous!!!.....almost like gospel....thanks
Dharma0911 2 days ago
Anyone out there have any of Bobby Darin's songs from the album he did for MOTOWN. Like to hear them, thanks.
slenderguy6666 1 week ago
He was a BLUES MAN....he did everything : )!!
50zatB 1 month ago
This will never cease to be the sexiest thing I've ever seen. You go Bobby!
ForeverExodus 1 month ago
Could have been a blues man.
rumpledilskin 2 months ago
AWESOME ~
DieGwinners 2 months ago
Goosebumps.... many...
celtrock 3 months ago
what a Talented and SEXY Man he was... shame he left us SO Soon...
DERedhead65 4 months ago
Bobby was simply awesome, it was hard not to like him, and most of us loved him, what a performer, what an entertainer, he left us too early! :) :)
Lloydhl 5 months ago 3
i thought Paul Evans' rendition was great - no way - Bobby's greater
pinchold 7 months ago
Bobby can stand up to Elvis any day!
oololao 7 months ago 3
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The best, Bobby s never been bettered!
Nukemaster91 8 months ago
The best, Bobby s the best, never bettered.
Nukemaster91 8 months ago
I love his swagger on this performance. You can tell he's feeling sexy when he's singing this.
valarierenee 8 months ago 2
Did anyone else ever notice that you never saw Bobby darin and carl Yastrzemski in the same room at the same time? Hmm...
Just saying.
Seriously, I bet Bobby could have played left field for The Red Sox if he wanted to do that. The guy could literally do anything he wanted to better than the rest of us all. The Guy.
dunskie 8 months ago 2
WOW, WOW, WOW.....what a performer, love the body language....amazing talent like no other : )
50zatB 8 months ago 3
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50zatB 8 months ago
oh hell yes
markcooney13 9 months ago 2
One of my fav's. He - is - the - best!
Lifepath7 10 months ago
Darin is having such a ball doing this song, and that's awesome to see.
Phlincke 10 months ago 3
SIMON COWELL WOULD NOT KNOW ENTERTAINMENT IF IT BIT HIM.... SINATRA, SAMMY DAVIS JR, DEAN MARTIN, AND BOBBY DARIN ARE ALL JAMMING TOGETHER.... MAY THEY ALL R.I.P.
deemdoyle1960 11 months ago
Hard to believe he was actually dying as we watched? At least he & my alter ego (Sandra Dee) had some really good times before he passed at the young age of 33 yrs.?
taffynan 11 months ago
@taffynan 37
headredbone 11 months ago
how can anyone not like this!!!
wdguzman1234 11 months ago 2
My god this is wonderful! I stumbled onto Bobby Darin tonight on YouTube (he was always just the "Mack The Knife" guy in my mind) and now i see what a brilliant entertainer he was!
kirbygene 11 months ago 2
This young man had more in his soul than Elvis. More movement than Elvis or Michael, just down deep? I cry thinking he died SO young.
taffynan 11 months ago 2
This young man had more in his sole than Elvis. More movement than Elvis or Michael, just down deep? I cry thinking he died SO young.
taffynan 11 months ago 2
genius...actor, singer, writer, guitarist, mouthharp player, drummer, pianist...does it get any better?
strat8383 1 year ago
damn it why did he had to die ... thats just wrong.., ..
finnsingenamnkvar 1 year ago
Just in love with this guy!
bobbydsfan 1 year ago 2
Simply a great rendition, period. Who else could sing this song and lonesome whistle by hank, no, not even Elvis.
19thcentury 1 year ago 2
Simply a great rendition, period.
19thcentury 1 year ago
these cheesy ass backup singers fuck up the song every time...lets just hear the artist sing
olhobbler 1 year ago
This man gives the phrase " Class Act " a new meaning !
TheFishMiester 1 year ago 2
WHO THE HELL DISLIKED THIS!!!....
As everyones said! AMAZING!!
RIP Mate! Their will be no one else like yaself!
mikelapot 1 year ago
Another amaing performance by one of the best who ever stood on a stage RIP Bobby!!:).
2bwhiteproud 1 year ago
Darin was always so vibrant in his performances, it is hard to imagine him as sick as he really was. No one would have ever known. Rest in peace, Robert Walden Cassoto. You were awesome!
whatanightmare1 1 year ago 3
What a great talent which we lost.
rcairo1 1 year ago
@berrygirl1964: Thanks, I feel like a putz now. HAHA!!!!!
tomthefunky 1 year ago
Thanks for this bdfan62 but are you sure this is from The Midnight Special T.V. show?
tomthefunky 1 year ago
@berrygirl1964 Back in those days people actually sat and "grooved" quietly.
The current habit of acting like a complete asshole who cares only for his own pleasures and nothing for those of others is a relatively new development.
In the future the audience will perform while the performer observes.. Indeed, it's already happening.
oysterjoe 1 year ago
What DVD is this from?
NeedlessKane 1 year ago
@berrygirl1964 yes, you're right. it's like they're sitting on their hands. I'll take it that they're in total awe and dumbstruck.
NoirFan01 1 year ago
The more I see and hear, the more I'm amazed by Bobby. Too bad he left us so young. But, we have these clips to view. There's a live Vegas club album from 1963 that is also great.
NoirFan01 1 year ago
Darin ... You were a Class Act ... A++ talented singer/songwriter/performer ... Thanks for recording your Class Acts for people to appreciate you
freedomfromcontrol 1 year ago
Forget Elvis! Bobby Darin was the King...
jmartin67 1 year ago
This is great version from Leadbelly, since he heard the other version of CCR., but this is a great version. Love him.
19thcentury 1 year ago
he was musical genius
ZT0NEE 1 year ago
super cool finish isnt it
feborn 1 year ago
This is a rare video ad very hip for time. Go Boby Darin. I wished you could have sang played music and danced and live until you were 100. You memory and spirit lives on in this video man. Shine on me.
mdandrea39 1 year ago
GENIUS! My discovery of the year - how stupidly this world is organized - such a talent and I had not heard about him till my fortieth. Bravo, Bobby!! Sinatra smokes bamboo in the bushes :-)
LubomirSinchuk 1 year ago
Now you where Michael Jackson got his moon steps. Bobby is AAA
tupregunta 1 year ago
great performance...
Rando123a 1 year ago
Bobby Darin Had A Short Life,But A Full Life! He Knew If He Continued To Entertain He Would Pass. Sandra Dee Had Competition. Bobby's Mistress Was ENTERTAINING. He Continued To The Full Max....I Imitated His Shoulder Movements
(Dream Lover '59)His Dancing, Smooth n Cool. I realize MACK THE KNIFE Was Perform'd By Other Artist. But In My Opinion MACK The Knife Is BOBBY'S SONG!! God Bless Bobby Darin..U-To Sandra For "PUTTING UP" With Him And His Mistress..........Entertaining!!
POLI3721 1 year ago 2
@POLI3721 Sandra was no joy to live with and he never had a mistress. They were divorced in 67 and still saw each other until he met his second wife in 70 and married her in 73, shortly before he died. He divorced her six-weeks before he died.
Read Dream Lovers.
liverpoolishgirl 1 year ago
@liverpoolishgirl Thx For Update. Didn't Know About 2nd Marriage. I Used Mistress As A Euphemism, Bobby's Other Love Or Perhaps His Only Love!
When Sandra And Bobby Hooked Up. I Was Glad For Him. She Did Have To Tolerate Bobby's Strong Desire To Be A Entertainer, He Was A Showman. And You are Correct, Bobby Didn't Have A Mistress(Woman)....Just Entertaining!!
Thx For Your Post. I'm Glad There Are Folks That Enjoy Real Entertainment.
POLI3721 1 year ago
I too am a new BD fam because of the movie... I can't get enough of him...What talent....
newtolife48 1 year ago 2
LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS, LOOOVE THIS!!!!
4everbobby 1 year ago 4
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Bobby Darin received the GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TONIGHT! His son Dodd Darin gave a beautiful speech on his behalf. Bobby was a versatile, multitalented genius!
apollowoman 2 years ago
Incidentally, Simon Cowell is supposed to be a big Bobby Darin fan. He can search forever, he will never find another like the incomparable BD.
apollowoman 2 years ago 16
@sukeytawdry419 Sinatra loved Daren. He went to a lot of night club appereances to see him. Cary Grant and Sammy D also went to see Elvis when he appeared in Vegas also.
dwnico 2 years ago
phenomenal, phenomenal, mega-talent
sashe44 2 years ago 5
GRAMMY ALERT! Bobby finally gets the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Jan 30, 2010!
This performance is on the DVD "Mack is Back" Buy it! It's awesome!
apollowoman 2 years ago 5
@apollowoman GREAT NEWS! Finally.they'll recognize his incredible talent!
SukeyTawdry419 2 years ago
gorgeous, awesome ,brllliant !!!MISTER BOBY DARIN******
gladietita 2 years ago 5
Sinatra and Sammy D. went to see Darin. That's how good this guy was...AWESOME!!!.
dwnico 2 years ago 9
@dwnico REALLY? that's good to know:)
SukeyTawdry419 2 years ago
I simply forgot how great he really was---Really wasn't appreciated then.
19thcentury 2 years ago 4
@19thcentury yeah, i wonder why? ....am a recent BD fan, via beyond the sea the movie...
SukeyTawdry419 2 years ago
Jesus, he is the "American Idol to end all American Idols". What a MAN.
jcolona1 2 years ago 6
i agree...how good was he.......never seen these recordings but they should be better known.....he did it all. A huge talent!
kendoscot 2 years ago 5
how bobby darin has hidden from me this long i don't know...
gsxr600night 2 years ago 8
i'm breahttaking ******
gladietita 2 years ago 2
He is a GREAT MAGICIAN
legoland70 2 years ago 4
You meant musician right? However, he is magic with music so I guess calling him a magician is not too far off the mark!
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago 7
this is as far removed from the meaning of this song as you could ever get.
can you say cheese?
do you hear that sound?
that's the sound of Leadbelly rolling in his grave
bugsycline 2 years ago
So----you're an expert on songs written about black prisoners in the American south? Ledbetter did not write the song, but he did sing a version of it. Are you going to also criticize CCR, Clapton and McCartney, just a few of whom recorded the song also??? Just one thing, Bobby Darin is the ONLY one of those who also happened to march in Civil Rights marches with Dr. King in the 60's. As far as I am concerned he has earned the right to perform this song. And he's damned good.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
me an expert on Prison songs?
not at all, But considering that I own thousands of blues, folk, jazz and rnb 78 rpm records from 1909-1959 I would say I know more than most. I even own the original recording of this song on Gennet records recorded by Sam Collins.
yes I will heavily criticize ccr, PMc and especialy Eric Clapton (whom should stick to playing their own songs)
Bobby darin is stiff and unpassionate in this video and cheesey as usual, kind of like a vegas act.
bugsycline 2 years ago
You don't know anything about the man at all. You weren't even around when he first started recording. 99% of the comments on this video disagree with you. So basically what you are saying is that you know better than we do what is talent and what isn't.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
look, I am aware that you are president of the Bobby Darin fan club and that you have a shrine to him in your house. However Bobby Darin represents everything that destroyed rock and roll. clean white faced teeny boppers (usually Italian) stealing the sound of black america and calling it his own.
as to BD's fans, even Britney Spears has a fan club, doesn't mean she has talent.
BD was the Britney of the late 50's and early 60's. cheesy pop garbage.
a true cheesy vegas styled act.
bugsycline 2 years ago
So Bobby Darin destroyed rock and roll. That is so twisted. Listen, kid, I grew up in the 60s, nobody destroyed rock and roll, period. It may not have occurred to you but it is actually possible to like rock and roll and Bobby Darin at the same time. Gee, wonder why Stevie Wonder and The Supremes wanted to sing with him if he stole their sound?? And he was one of a few white performers EVER to be offered a contract with Motown. You know nothing of the black experience.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
if you grew up in the 60's then you missed it all, young puppy. rock and roll started b4 edison invented the record. "rock me" by Eubie Blake was written in 1899. You are simply either ignorent to music history or you are trying to rewrite it.
but I'm only a Music major from Berklee whom owns one of the largest collections of records in the usa, so what do I know?
what are your credintials?
bugsycline 2 years ago
I advise you highly to run out to your nearest music outlet store and buy recordings by :
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Eubie Blake, Hank Ballard, Richard Berry, Lee Diamond, Wynonnie Harris, Earl Bostic, Bo Diddly, Big Momma Thorton, Lloyd Price, rev Gary Davis, Howling Wolf, Larry Williams, Lowell Fullsom, Lonnie Johnson, Big Bill, Little JR and blue flames, roscoe gordon, Anisteen allen, sonny thompson, big maybell, bessie smith, geishi willey, Ma Rainey, chuck willis, Fats waller .....
bugsycline 2 years ago
Lionel Hampton, Duke, monk, Bird, Miles, Coltrane, Robert Johnson,professor Longhair, the nite caps, the pharos, the flairs, the Isely Brothers (rca),Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters,Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, roy milton, Johnny Johnson, sonny terry,son house, blind blake, ruth brown, LaVern Baker, Elmore James,Little Richard, Otis Williams...
You seem to have forgotten (or never heard) the founding fathers of Rock and roll
bugsycline 2 years ago
the folks whom STOLE & DESTROYED rock and roll and turned it into a money machine :
Allen Lomax, Sam Phillips, Art Rupe, Phil and Leonard Chess, Elvis Presly, Pat Boone,Frankie Vally,ricky nelson, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry wexler,syd nathan, J edgar Hoover, Bob Write, Jeff Zucker, Walt Disney, Bobby Darin, the righteous Brothers, Brian Epstine, Allen Klien.
I'm sure you only know about half of the folks I am talking about but with a little luck you'll wiki and learn.
expand your mind
bugsycline 2 years ago
I only need one credential to enjoy Bobby Darin. Good taste. Apparently alot of people agree. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
Britney spears fans also think they have good taste.
If the rock and roll hall of fame was more interested in preserving history of the music than selling tickets to fat white tourists then the man whom invented Rock (Eubie Blake) would have been inducted. Putting Metelica in their inductees list b4 the man whom invented it is blasphemy to the genre, and the place feeds on ignorent folks whom only own a handful of cds
There certinly would be no room for a vegas style lounge act like BD,
bugsycline 2 years ago
You say you're a music major from Berklee?? Isn't that Berkeley as in the University of California at Berkeley?? Perhaps you might want to take up all your issues with the folks who decide who gets in the hall of fame and who doesn't. You've obviously had this chip on your shoulder for quite some time.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
I take it you know so little about music that you don't know that Berklee is one of the world's most elite music schools in the world and is located in Boston?
perhaps you also don't know about Berklee's alumni, Teachers and reputation?
This is not a school you can just pay money to go to, you have to be accepted based apon your ability.
You obviously know nothing about music.
bugsycline 2 years ago
after your Berklee / Berkeley comment I have decided that you are trying to carry on a conversation that is far out of your league of understanding. It is unfair for me to use my extensive musical background against your lack of one in conversation. It's kind of like trying to explain e=mc2 to a 4 year old.
so from now on I'll handle you with "Kid Gloves"
bugsycline 2 years ago
Obviously I don't know about Berklee, I've not heard of it and I am sure there are many who haven't. You know what, I will take this opportunity as a learning experience, because now you have me very curious about Berklee so I shall do some research. I am willing to admit when I don't know about something. Do they tell you that life experience is also important? Also hardship and suffering. That is where the music comes from. Have you ever been to the south? Lived down here?
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
was born in Morningsport La.
lived in Memphis and Nashville for several years. One of my instructors was Charles Mingus. on the first day of his class, He went around and collected our text books for the class, then threw them in the trash can and exclaimed, "Now let's play".
One very guifted sax player had never played music with out reading it from the page, I guess the pressure was too much, as he ran out of the class and committed suicide
bugsycline 2 years ago
as far as life experience goes, I have traveled the world with my guitar. I have played the seediest of small clubs, to the largest of stadiums. I have played in a muddy hole in Haiti to the white house for two US presidents. (security clearence badge to proove it) I have lived 10 lives in the 40 years that I have been alive. I could write a book about it (but who would buy it?) These days I write instructional books for the guitar and collect 78rpm records.
too old for touring
bugsycline 2 years ago
Well thank you for letting me know about Berklee. After doing some research, I am quite pleased. They are big Darin fans as am I. Most of Bobby's sound recordings are housed at the Stan Getz Library, and they play his songs on the Berklee Internet Radio Network. Professor of Jazz Greg Hopkins played Darin's music for live performances at Somerville Theater and Fox Woods. Thanks! I 'll have to tune into the radio network sometime.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
listening to a radio broadcast and learning, performing and networking at Berklee are two different things.
bugsycline 2 years ago
Apparently, you're one of those people that think their backround makes them better than anyone else that likes listening to music. Get a grip.....there's all kinds of music, all sorts of variations of the same song, some better, some not.
Using your reasoning, Rock n Roll would have stagnated and died long before now, but cause you just don't like any other versions.
Please, please take your snobbishness somewhere else.
Deltoid71 2 years ago
After reading so many comments about the KS movie Beyond The Sea, I would just like to remind everyone that the movie had the blessing of both Sandra Dee and Dodd Darin. Dodd was one of the producers. Everyone is entitled to their own view, but the movie really touched me deeply and I honestly feel if Bobby could see it he would appreciate the fact someone cared enough to make a movie about his life. Its not about how he looks or a perfect rendition, its that Spacey's heart was in it totally.
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago 2
one of the best performers ever, and a man with a great voice!
richare85 2 years ago
What a great talent.
rcairo1 2 years ago
The DIVINE Mr. D!!! He is just so brilliant yet so "get down" good!!! I said this before if I was there I would do some serious ass kicking in that audience. If he were here today on stage he would have gotten a freaking standing ovation. They were barely clapping at the end. AAARRRGGGHHH!
I am finding myself needing a daily dose of this man for inspiration!! I bet he could have been a helluva preacher too!
There just aint nothin better than a man with rhythm!!!!
JoanOfArc14 2 years ago
Bobby was so brilliant and sexy on stage...he demanded perfection from his band and of himself!! With his freewheeling vocal range and witty monologues...always satisfying all his fans with the standards (swingin & croonin) and then moving into folk, country, rock and rhythm-n-blues...truely a AMAZING performer.....I was young when he died, but found his talent and will always be his # 1 fan !!!! dh
dhdarin45 2 years ago 2
he had really VERY MUCH sex appeal :-))
gfkd11 2 years ago 2
Great performance!!! Bobby's light still shines! Thanks for sharing!
AzureHvn 2 years ago
he had more sex apeal in his little finger then most have in their whole bodies and to make some believe that he had orgasm on stage well that makes me laugh because that just shows me what a strong sexy stage presence he had and he didn't use dirty words and he wasn't there half naked and he wasn't grabing himself like so many so called stars today have to do to prove their sexiness. that is pure first class entertainment of yesteryear something we don't see anymore. He is King of cool !!
53497678 2 years ago 4
I think noone can say it better than u did mate)
Thanks))
sandraglinka 2 years ago
thank you
53497678 2 years ago
Mr. Darin's got some moves
puppies21616 2 years ago 3
Bobby Darin Documentaries on DVD include:
Beyond the Song from PBS;
and
Songmakers Collection series from Biography and A&E, Bobby Darin: I Want to Be a Legend;
HickoryRose 2 years ago
and he can move like James Brown to boot, one of the best.
raleighcounty 2 years ago
WOW fantastic..Bobby Darrin :)
bjacko688 2 years ago 3
WOW!! Now THAT is a PERFORMANCE!!!
AzureHvn 2 years ago 3
"1973" must have not known what hit them. This is one cool cat!!!
dawnbirchgirl 2 years ago 5
this guy just had fun with it
anubisthagod 2 years ago 6
super amazing performance...the sog has a repetitive melody but bobby 's genius make it soooo good that we dont want it to end...simply amazing performer!!!
lumbiaknight87 2 years ago 13
damn sexy :D great voice - great song ..
dieeineda3004 2 years ago 4
OMG, what a great performance. I am loving this one for sure. Thanks for posting it.
bulbheadmyass 2 years ago
nobody could do better version you shine guy!
gladietita 2 years ago
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BlueEyes0770 2 years ago
**** THE MAN **** Is right....never be another like him : ) a true SOUL man : ) He did it all baaaby....and did it goooood!!! Darin Forever, dh
dhdarin45 2 years ago 5
WHAT THE FUCK?
The MAN
dunskie 2 years ago
Wow Wow and Wow. That was great, he looked like he was having a ball. His dance moves, well what can I say....nothing but cute and very sexy. He was one great entertainer and I miss him. I am sure he is still singing up in heaven, and I bet Sandra Dee is with him once again. He was her true love, and I believe he always loved her also.
perfectstar14 2 years ago 4
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WOW WOW WOW. Bobby is the man.
musmov 2 years ago
best perfomer ever
tonguemaniac33 2 years ago 5
so UNDERRATED ! See how GREAT Bobby was .. miss you so much ! Look for you in heaven Bobby !!
ITALOVER2 2 years ago 5
Sooo underrated I agree! As for your heaven comment, even being a staunch atheist this man makes me hope I am wrong so I can meet him in heaven.
FrankPalmerWhite 2 years ago
God bless Bobby Darin!
DurtyHarrys 3 years ago 6
Pure joy of performing right there!! Leaving it all on the stage, what a performance!
dfcjr 3 years ago 4
love those dance moves bobby is the man
Mguzio 3 years ago 6
Sur scène, Bobby Darin ou Elvis c'est tout. On a stage Bobby or Elvis, that's all.
vistallette 3 years ago
God blessed us all for having experienced the great Bobby Darin.
ricogarion 3 years ago 9
This is from the DVD "Mack is Back" , available on Amazon. It is really great, & it has the concert PLUS and extra hour of documentary footage. Priceless!!!!! I love you Bobby, my darling.
HickoryRose 3 years ago 4
great vocals...
cafra1707 3 years ago 4
Rest in peace my angel.
tedddybearr 3 years ago
He was so HOT !
vistallette 3 years ago 2
die now !
qusola 3 years ago
i can die now...
outdemonsout 3 years ago 4
Me too...
vistallette 3 years ago
Wow! what an entertainer!
eplafan 3 years ago 4
Starting 5th December 2008, BBC Radio 2 is broadcasting a 4-part documentary series called BOBBY DARIN: A MAN IN A HURRY. You can listen to it online anytime from anywhere in the world by logging on to the BBC RADIO 2 website.
lildoozcoop 3 years ago 2
Thank you, Bobby, thank you!!!
Thank you for all of your Gift and talents that keep on blessing us all down here!
Thank you for such a luminous glowing Heart!
You are a brighter star now in Heaven!
R.I.P
Magamiam 3 years ago 4
ok i just read somewhere that he performed this song on his last performance before his death. could this be that show??
AngelaRed 3 years ago
Yes and no. This was his last recorded show. He played an engagement in Vegas a few months after this and he died about 10 months after this show.
brpasin 3 years ago
wow you mean i get to add the great Bobby Darin to my Midnight Special playlist? I feel so lucky! thank you~!~~
AngelaRed 3 years ago
This is first class!!
jetztgenug 3 years ago 3
Bobby Darin was not only a fantastic entertainer, he was an incredible human being. He was 'way ahead of his time'. Sounds corny, but I feel better knowing I shared what I 'think' he was trying to get across in the early 70's.
We all lost one "Helluva guy" but I honestly get joy listening and watching. I know you do too.
beatsbooze 3 years ago 7
Around 8:03, he was in real pain. Bless his heart. This was May 1973, and died that December. He gave all that he had.
HickoryRose 3 years ago 4
kills me.
tedddybearr 3 years ago 2
Better than Johnny Rivers and Little Richard's recordings! What a great approach.
Tough to watch him move knowing he had a heart operation planned not long after this show.
A show business genius and a deep-thinking individual.
ensconse 3 years ago 4
The man did everything with deep thought and passion....God shined on the world, when he sent Bobby.....I`m in love with this performance, knowing how he was feeling--and still--he gave his all .....Unbelievable !!! dh
dhdarin45 3 years ago 3
A singer, songwriter, showman, instrumentalist; excellent taste in production & arrangement, tune selection.
Class act. Oh yeah..this dude could act his *brains* out! "Too Late Blues"...check it out, folks.
ensconse 3 years ago 2
He was the ultimate performer. He did it all!
mssp09 3 years ago 3
Every time I watch this I'm blown a way. You can roll every other entertainer ever in to one and they still couldn't carry Bobby's harmonica. He's almost too good to be true.
I can understand why his women put up with so much from him. Just to be in his presence would be worth anything.
MrsMorse 3 years ago 3
i want a copy of this dvd right now!
what a performer
miradassimples 3 years ago 3
Boy does he look sick at the end, gasping for air. :/
FrankPalmerWhite 3 years ago
I know...to those that new his story...this stage performance is bitter-sweet:/ His passion for the moment and to give his fans his all....didn`t stop Bobby !!!! ****Darin Forever****, dh
dhdarin45 3 years ago
i loved this son anyway, love this version to the max- the dancing is incredible- i love anything like this!
xstephaniex08 3 years ago
CCR's rendition was my favorite before I heard this! This guy was amazing!
10xjava 3 years ago
Fantastic soft-shoe, soulful rendition of a classic tune! Just love how Bobby can take a good song to a whole new level. And the band and backup singers were up to the task, too!!!
Noor22000 3 years ago 2
I thinkhe said that he ws humming...
lhalabi58 3 years ago
You can tell how sick he was, look at his lips after he plays the harmonica, his lips are blue...he was so cool...if I had one wish it would be to spend one night with Bobby..heaven!!
lhalabi58 3 years ago
I agree, I mean I am straight and his performances just do something to me, indescribable. I mean just watch that harmonica piece, red hot.
FrankPalmerWhite 3 years ago
Just read a bio of Bobby that implied that he used to wear a condom whilst on stage. The book also mentioned that 5.37 gives credence to this.
robdarren 3 years ago
Yeah, I read it too, I'm surprised the audience didn't join him in this practice ;).
FrankPalmerWhite 3 years ago
superb vocals... and how many instruments did he know how to play??
what a talent... i will always be a bobby darin fan.. HE SANG THEM ALL WELL... rock, country, rhythmn and blues, gospel. you name it.
cafra1707 3 years ago
He could play 7 instruments. All self-taught. The bloke was a genius.
robdarren 3 years ago
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littlebastard93 3 years ago
Yeah: A classy Guy like Bobby Darin would be all over a 'sweet thing' like you!! Helpin' to fire your demented ass out on the sidewalk.
beatsbooze 3 years ago
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1Thumpergirl 3 years ago
I totally agree....he was so hot..
lhalabi58 3 years ago
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thumper3739 3 years ago
Bobby truly had music in his bones right down to his soul. He was just so sexy without even trying, an amazing man with an amazing talent who left us way too soon. thanks for posting love it!!!!!!
bdfan50 3 years ago
Hot.
littlebastard93 3 years ago
The light was definitely shinin on Bobby
leegee63 3 years ago
Is there anywhere I can get a copy of this song for my ipod? I love him singing it
Jessicalizzy 3 years ago