| Winners | ||||
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| Released | June 1964 | |||
| Recorded | February 1–2, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 31:01 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Producer | Herb Abramson, Ahmet Ertegün | |||
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Winners is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1964, two years after Bobby had left ATCO (who released Winners) and moved to Capitol.
Most of the album was recorded in February 1960, with arrangements by Bobby Scott. This was Darin's only vocal jazz album using a small combo rather than an orchestra or big band. Twelve songs were released on the album, but more were recorded at the sessions: "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" was released as a single in 1960, "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" was released as a single in 1964, and "Minnie the Moocher" was released on a single in 1965. "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" has never been reissued on either LP or CD. Two other songs, "I Got a Woman" and "A Game of Poker" (from the musical Saratoga), remain unreleased.
Two songs on the album do not fit the jazz combo theme and were not recorded at the same time as the other tracks. "Golden Earrings" (from the film of the same name) was recorded on March 25, 1961, and "Milord" had been recorded (in French) on June 20, 1960. They had been released as both sides of a single a few months before Winners was issued in 1964.