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Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known professionally as Bobby Vee, was an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s and also appeared in films. [1] According to Billboard magazine, he had thirty-eight Hot 100 chart hits, ten of which reached the Top 20. [2] [3] He had six gold singles in his career. [4]
This was the last album to feature Vee's backup band, the Strangers. The only single from the album was "Come Back When You Grow Up". According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, "it was a surprising comeback for him. Although music in general had changed, this album is reminiscent of the LPs he put out during earlier years, with ...
Bobby Vee's Golden Greats: Liberty LRP-3245/LST-7245 24 22 — 1966 Golden Greats, Volume 2: Liberty LRP-3464/LST-7464 — — 1973 Legendary Masters Series: United Artists UA-LA025-G2 — — 1975 The Very Best of Bobby Vee: United Artists UA-LA 332E — — 1980 The Bobby Vee Singles Album: United Artists UA-G3 0253 — — 2008 The Very Best ...
Pop singer Bobby Vee, whose string of hits included 'Rubber Ball' and 'Devil or Angel,' died Monday, the St. Cloud, Minnesota, Times reported.
Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites is the debut album by American Singer Bobby Vee, released in September 1960 by Liberty Records.. It features his 1st big hit Devil or Angel, and a mirror hit "Since I Met You Baby", They peaked at Nos. 6, and 81, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States.
The launch of Bobby Vee's successful musical career resulted from Holly's death; Vee was selected to replace Holly on the tour that continued after the plane crash. Holly's profound influence on Vee's singing style can be heard in the songs "Rubber Ball" – the B-side of which was a cover of Holly's "Everyday" – and "Run to Him." [102]
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Vee] belatedly abandoning his early-'60s teen pop sound and suddenly working within what sounded like a group context, with guitar-bass-drums accompaniment and doing songs that not only had a beat but also a modern edge, including "Sunny," "Summer in the City," "Look at Me Girl," with just a couple of songs that recalled his earlier work."
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Vee's] sincere cover of "Sealed with a Kiss," which is his look back on his own early-'60s past. "Beautiful People" is an upbeat piece of late-'60s pop/rock with a catchy melody, and "Maybe Just Today" and "Sunrise Highway" are nicely contemporary (yet gently nostalgic) pieces by an artist a decade out of his era and still competing for a ...