Albums by Bobby Darin
ALBUMDarin 1936-1973 (Expanded Edition)Bobby Darin
ALBUMBobby Darin (Expanded Edition)Bobby Darin
ALBUMCommitmentBobby Darin
ALBUMBorn Walden Robert CassottoBobby Darin
ALBUMBobby Darin Sings Dr. DolittleBobby Darin
ALBUMInside OutBobby Darin
ALBUMBobby Darin Sings the Shadow of Your SmileBobby Darin
ALBUMIf I Were a CarpenterBobby Darin
ALBUMIn a Broadway BagBobby Darin
ALBUMVenice BlueBobby Darin
Bobby Darin's Popular Music Videos
You Make Me Feel So Young (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 03, 1960)
Bobby Darin & Connie Francis
Dream Lover (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 31, 1959)
Bobby Darin
Mack The Knife (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 31, 1959)
Bobby Darin
You're The Top (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 03, 1960)
Bobby Darin & Connie Francis
You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 13, 1962)
Bobby Darin
Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 13, 1962)
Bobby Darin
By Myself (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 28, 1960)
Bobby Darin
That's The Way Love Is (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 3, 1960)
Bobby Darin
When Your Lover Has Gone (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 28, 1960)
Bobby Darin
Artist Playlists
Bobby Darin Essentials
His life was short, but his star shone twice as brightly.
Bobby Darin: Deep Cuts
He even found his way into socially conscious folk rock.
Artist Biography
American singer Bobby Darin was a smooth-voiced pop idol in the late ’50s and ’60s with a string of Top 40 singles, including his chart-topping version of “Mack the Knife.”
• Darin got his start writing jingles with the future music impresario Don Kirshner and later worked as a Brill Building songwriter.
• His breakthrough came in 1958 with the novelty song “Splish-Splash.” Darin and Murray Kaufman co-wrote the song, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Seven of the 11 singles Darin released from 1959 to 1960 were US Top 40 hits, including “Dream Lover” (No. 2), “Mack the Knife” (No. 1), and “Beyond the Sea” (No. 6). Darin’s version of “Mack the Knife,” written by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in 1928, won a Grammy for Record of the Year, while Darin won Best New Artist.
• Darin leaned toward country music in the early ’60s, landing hits with 1962’s “Things” (No. 3), 1963’s torchy “You’re the Reason I’m Living” (No. 3), and “18 Yellow Roses” (No. 10).
• In addition to singing, Darin landed roles in movies, including the 1961 romantic comedy Come September, for which he won a Golden Globe and also wrote “Theme from Come September.” He received an Oscar nomination for his role in the 1963 movie Captain Newman, M.D..
• His last Top 10 hit came in 1966 with a version of Tim Hardin’s “If I Were a Carpenter,” which reached No. 8.
• A bout of rheumatic fever as a child had weakened Darin’s heart, and he died of heart failure in 1973 at age 37.
Hometown
Harlem, NY, United States
Genre
Pop