The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (album)

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1963
GenrePop
Length26:28
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee
(1962)
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
(1963)
Just for Fun
(1963)
Singles from The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
  1. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"/"Anonymous Phone Call"
    Released: November 23, 1962

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes is the ninth studio album by American singer Bobby Vee, and released in February 1963 by Liberty Records.[1] Ernie Freeman arranged the album, while Snuff Garrett produced it.

The album features the tracks "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes", "Anonymous Phone Call", and the first recording of "Go Away Little Girl".[2] Released as a single prior to the album, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 2 on the Middle Road Singles chart in the United States and at number 3 in the United Kingdom.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated April 13, 1963, peaking at No. 102. It reached No. 51 on the Cashbox albums chart and No. 15 on the UK Albums Album Chart.

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on September 16, 1998 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Vee's Collaborative album from June 1963, Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures.[3] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on October 17, 2000, the other being a Vee's Collaborative album from July 1962, Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Young, Brian C. (2023-06-30). RUNAWAY - The Del Shannon Story. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 979-8-3694-0147-7.
  3. ^ "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes/Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes/Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.