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Bobby Darin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Walden Robert Cassotto, Walden R. Cassotto, Walden Cassotto
American singer and actor (1936–1973)
OverviewAI-generated
Bobby Darin was an American male singer whose musical genres included folk, pop, rock and roll, and jazz. He was active in his career from 1972 to 1973. His notable works include "Splish Splash," "Me and Bobby D.," and the "Bobby Darin Songbook." He is recognized in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
Darin was born on May 14, 1936, and died on December 20, 1973. His music is also tagged with swing, oldies, and easy listening. A quote attributed to him is "May I have this dance, Miss Sandra Dee?"
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Observations sur la syntaxe du verbe dans l'ancien français
- Splish Splash
- Me and Bobby D.
- Bobby Darin Songbook
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936-05-14
- Active to
- 1973-12-20
Discography
- Bobby Darin1958
- This Is Darin1959
- That's All1959
- The 25th Day of December1960
- For Teenagers Only1960
- Love Swings1961
- Twist1961
- Sings Ray Charles1962
- Things & Other Things1962
- Oh! Look at Me Now1962
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,395,135
- Total plays
- 13,001,575
Tags
Bobby Darin (May 14, 1936 - December 20, 1973, Bronx NY.) was born Walden Robert Cassotto and was one of the most popular rock and roll American teen idols of the late 1950s. However, he is widely respected for being a multi-talented, versatile performer. Darin was a very special and talented entertainer. He was a Grammy award winning singer ('Mack The Knife'), a respected member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ('Dream Lover', 'Splish Splash', 'If I Were A Carpenter') a member of the Songwrit
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- A SAS Procedure Based on Mixture Models for Estimating Developmental Trajectories
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via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “[voice over] Momma was right about music. It opened a whole new world to me, outside of time and illness. The world I could live in.”
- “[voice over] Soon I would be old enough to head to New York, but momma had one more lesson to teach.”
- “I gotta prove I can sing, I want it all. I want the major leagues. I want nightclubs, Vegas, movies, TV. This album will make it happen all fast, faster than you can imagine.”
- “[voice over] Sandy and I just got off on the wrong foot. If I could just get her away from her mother. I mean just imagine: Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee. That's it. I'm gonna start all over, like we've never met. Only this time, I'll romance her the best way I know.”
- “[to Sandra Dee] You know, I was right about you. You're gonna be easy to love.”
- “May I have this dance, Miss Sandra Dee?”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Walden Robert Cassotto , ( 1936-05-14 ) May 14, 1936, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- December 20, 1973 (1973-12-20) (aged 37), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter actor
- Years active
- 1956–1973
- Spouses
- Sandra Dee ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1967 ) Andrea Yeager ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1973 )
- Genres
- Pop rock and roll folk swing
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar piano drums
- Works
- Bobby Darin discography
- Labels
- Decca Records Atco Records London Records Capitol Records Brunswick Records Atlantic Records Direction Records Motown
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Walden Robert Cassotto (May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973), known by the stage name Bobby Darin, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed pop, swing, folk, rock and roll and country music.
Darin started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. In 1958, Darin co-wrote and recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", which was followed by Darin's own song "Dream Lover", then his covers of "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1959, Darin was the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and also won a Record of the Year for "Mack the Knife" at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards. Three years later, Darin won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra Dee.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Darin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.