Please Don't Ask About Barbara

"Please Don't Ask About Barbara"
Single by Bobby Vee
from the album A Bobby Vee Recording Session
B-side"I Can't Say Goodbye"
ReleasedFebruary 1962
GenrePop
Length2:03
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Bill Buchanan, Jack Keller
Producer(s)Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee singles chronology
"Run to Him"
(1961)
"Please Don't Ask About Barbara"
(1962)
"Sharing You"
(1962)

"Please Don't Ask About Barbara" is a song written by Bill Buchanan and Jack Keller. The song was produced by Snuff Garrett,[1] and performed by Bobby Vee. It reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 in Canada,[2] and No. 29 in the UK in 1962.[3] It was featured on his 1962 album, A Bobby Vee Recording Session.[4]

The single's B-side, "I Can't Say Goodbye", reached No. 92 on the Billboard chart.[5]

"Go Away Little Girl" was a hit for Steve Lawrence on Columbia Records in late 1962, however the original was recorded by Bobby Vee at United Recording Studio on March 28, 1962.

  1. ^ Bobby Vee, "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" single release Retrieved July 12, 2014
  2. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - March 26, 1962".
  3. ^ Bobby Vee, "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" Chart Positions Retrieved July 12, 2014
  4. ^ Bobby Vee, A Bobby Vee Recording Session Retrieved July 12, 2014
  5. ^ Bobby Vee, "I Can't Say Goodbye" Chart Positions Retrieved July 12, 2014