Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans (Los Angeles)



Personnel :


Bobby Sheen

Darlene Love

Fanita Barrett



Discography :

1962 - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah / Flip & Nitty (Philles 107)
1963 - Why Do Lovers Break Each Others' Hearts? / Dr. Kaplan's Office (Philles 110)
1963 - Not Too Young to Get Married / Annette (Philles 113)
1963 - The Bells Of St. Mary (EP X-EP)
1963 - Here come Santa Claus (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - My heart beats a little faster (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - Everything's gonna be all right (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - I Shook the World (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - White cliffs of dover (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - This land is your land (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - Baby (I love you) (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - Jimmy baby (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - Dear (Her comes my baby) (Philes LP 4002)
1963 - Let the good time roll (Philes LP 4002)


Biography :

Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans was an early 1960s vocal group produced by Phil Spector, and was initially conceived as a vehicle for the lead vocals of Bobby Sheen, who took the stage name Bob B. Soxx. The Blue Jeans were backing vocalists, Darlene Love and Fanita James, both of whom were also members of the then girl group The Blossoms.,,,,Despite Sheen's status as group leader, by the time the trio entered the recording studio, Spector was often using Love as the group's primary vocalist. Sheen sang lead on the group's first hit, 1962's "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (originally from the 1946 Disney movie, Song of the South).,,Love, meanwhile, handled the lead vocals on Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans' two follow-up singles, 1963's "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?" and "Not Too Young to Get Married".
Sheen and Love shared vocal duties on the only album the group ever recorded, Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1963).
Sheen can be heard as lead vocalist on the group's final recordings, "The Bells of St. Mary's" and "Here Comes Santa Claus," two tracks on the Spector-produced album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector (1963), on which Love also appears as a solo artist. On the cover of this album, a group portrait shows Sheen with two Blue Jeans vocalists, who have been identified as James and yet another Blossoms member, Gloria Jones. (less info)