Bobby Darin As Long As I'm Singing Sunday In New York There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder Hello Dolly! Charade That Funny Feeling I Wanna Be Around
Release Date: 6/8/1999 11/02/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "The very best in lounge music. Bobby makes every cut his own. His interpretation and style are truly original. Lots of brass and a great beat. Listening to this CD made me want to smoke a cigarette and drink something on the rocks (neither of which I do but it made me WANT to!)" The best Darin album available Michael J. McVay (5 out of 5 stars) "This is the swingin'est Bobby Darin album on the market today. I usually try to avoid compilations, because I like to hear whole albums in their original forms, but this is a terrific collection of some of Darin's best from the Capitol years (1962-65). This CD keeps the momentum from beginning to end, and is reminiscent of Sinatra's exuberant swing albums, with Darin clearly enjoying himself on every single track. The Billy May arrangement for Once in a Lifetime is one of the most astonishing I have ever heard, and Darin is at his enthusiastic best. The previously unreleased tracks are all excellent as well. Since this collection contains most of the Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie album, one has to wonder why Capitol is so reluctant to release Darin's albums in their entirety. As it is, two other great tracks, Goodbye Charlie and Lonely Road, are buried in the Capitol Collector's Series CD, and BELONG with these great swing tracks (there's room!) Also, 10 out of 12 tracks from Oh! Look at Me Now are found on the Spotlight on Bobby Darin CD. Why not just release the entire album on one CD with "bonus tracks"?"