Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. Darin started his career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. Darin recorded his first million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. That was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him worldwide fame. In 1962, Darin won a Golden Globe Award for his first film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra Dee. During the 1960s, Darin became more politically active and worked on Robert F. Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the time of Robert Kennedy's assassination in June 1968. That same year, Darin discovered the woman who had raised him was his grandmother, not his mother as he thought, and learned that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother. Those events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of seclusion. Although Darin made a successful comeback (in television) in the early 1970s, his health was beginning to fail following bouts of rheumatic fever in childhood. The knowledge of Darin's vulnerability had always spurred him on to use his musical talent while still young. He died at the age of 37 after a heart operation in Los Angeles in 1973. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 14, 1936 (The Bronx), Died December 20, 1973 (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1956 - 1958
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 89435 | 3/6/1956 | Blue eyed mermaid | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89436 | 3/6/1956 | Rock pile | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89437 | 3/6/1956 | Silly Willie | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89438 | 3/6/1956 | Timber-1 | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 89463 | 3/6/1956 | Rock Island line-1 | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 100300 | 7/11/1956 | Hear them bells | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 100301 | 7/11/1956 | The greatest builder | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 100302 | 7/11/1956 | Dealer in dreams | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 100303 | 7/11/1956 | Help me | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 104877 | 4/24/1958 | Early in the morning | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 104878 | 4/24/1958 | Mighty, mighty man | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 104879 | 4/24/1958 | You're mine | Bobby Darin | vocalist | |||
Decca | 104880 | 4/24/1958 | Now we're one | Bobby Darin | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Darin, Bobby," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/310919.
Darin, Bobby. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/310919.
"Darin, Bobby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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External Sources
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Darin, Bobby - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91028752
Wikidata: Bobby Darin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q311267
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/64191434
MusicBrainz: Bobby Darin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f223eed-aa38-49da-9e76-62ab3adc2e04
ISNI: 0000 0000 6302 5740 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000063025740
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