Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites

Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1960
GenreRock and Roll
Length30:25
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
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Bobby Vee
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites is the debut album by American Singer Bobby Vee, released in May 1960 by Liberty Records.[2]

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.[3]

It contiains a dozen balleds, consisting of old standards and "newer" love songs.[4] it provides a good look at popular ballads during that period and what fans could expect from him on future recordings[4]

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On in 1999 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 12 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1961 album, Bobby Vee.[5]

Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019.[6]

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ Bobby Vee, Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites. Discogs.com, Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
  4. ^ a b Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN 9781365054129.
  5. ^ "Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites/Bobby Vee". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.