Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's

Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's
Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedOctober 1961
GenrePop
Length28:17
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
(1961) 		Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's
(1961) 		Take Good Care of My Baby
(1962)

Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's is the fourth studio album by American singer Bobby Vee[1] and released in October 1961 by Liberty Records.[1] Vee covers hits from the 1950s with this album including "Summertime Blues", "School Days", "Do You Want to Dance", "Lollipop", and "16 Candles".

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 30, 1961, remaining on the album chart for eight weeks and peaking at No. 85.[2] it debuted in the UK shortly thereafter, on March 31, 1962 and spent its only week on the album chart there at number 20."[3]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on March 10, 1999 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of the other album being Vee's Other Album from June 1961, Bobby Vee with Strings and Things.[4]

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.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  3. ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1962-03-31. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  4. ^ "Bobby Vee with Strings and Things/Sings Hits of the Rockin' '50's". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.