Bobby Darin - Greatest Hits

Bobby Darin — Greatest Hits on LP

Includes "Splish Splash," "Dream Lover," "Mack the Knife" and more!

Curb's Greatest Hits is a 10-track collection that features some of Bobby Darin's biggest hits, including "Splish Splash," "Dream Lover," "Mack the Knife," "If I Were a Carpenter," and "Fly Me to the Moon."

There's been considerable discussion about whether Bobby Darin should be classified as a rock 'n' roll singer, a Vegas hipster cat, an interpreter of popular standards, or even a folk-rocker. He was all of these and none of these.

Throughout his career he made a point of not becoming committed to any one style at the exclusion of others; at the height of his nightclub fame he incorporated a folk set into his act. When it appeared he could have gone on indefinitely as a sort of junior version of Frank Sinatra, he would periodically record pop/rock and folk-rock singles whose principal appeal lay outside of the adult pop market.

At one point he started calling himself Bob Darin and recorded songs with vague anti-establishment overtones that could be said to be biting the largely bourgeois hands that fed his highest-paying gigs. It may be most accurate to say that Darin was, above all, a singer who wanted to do a lot of things, rather than make his mark as a particular stylist.

 

Side A

1. Splish Splash

2. Dream Lover

3. 18 Yellow Roses (2002 Remaster)

4. On Broadway

5. La Bamba

Side B

6. Mack The Knife

7. If I Were A Carpenter

8. Blue Monday

9. Happy (Love Theme From Lady Sings The Blues)

10. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) [2005 Remaster]

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