Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Early in the Morning - Bobby Darin,
2. Splish Splash
3. Queen of the Hop
4. Don't Call My Name
5. All the Way Home
6. Lost Love
7. Plain Jane
8. Dream Lover [#][Demo Version]
9. Dream Lover
10. Bullmoose
11. Somebody to Love
12. I Got a Woman [Live]
13. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
14. Irresistible You
15. Multiplication
16. What'd I Say
17. Right Time
18. If a Man Answers
19. Treat My Baby Good
20. When I Get Home
21. We Didn't Ask to Be Brought Here
22. Funny What Love Can Do
23. She Knows
24. Easy Rider [#]
25. Everywhere I Go [#]
26. Sail Away

Disc 2:

1. Mack the Knife
2. Beyond the Sea
3. That's the Way Love Is
4. That's All
5. Clementine
6. Gal That Got Away
7. Black Coffee
8. Guys and Dolls
9. Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey
10. Minnie the Moocher
11. Easy Living
12. I Found a New Baby
13. It's You or No One
14. Milord
15. Two of a Kind - Bobby Darin, Billy May, Johnny Mercer
16. Artificial Flowers
17. Lazy River
18. It Had to Be You
19. How About You
20. Nature Boy
21. Baby Face

Disc 3:

1. As Long as I'm Singing
2. Oh! Look at Me Now
3. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
4. Party's Over
5. This Isn't Heaven
6. My Funny Valentine [Live][#]
7. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You [Live][#]
8. Hello, Dolly!
9. Once in a Lifetime
10. Look at Me
11. Charade
12. Sunday in New York
13. Somewhere
14. There Ain't No Sweet Gal That's Worth the Salt of My Tears
15. Silver Dollar
16. Lover, Come Back to Me
17. Rainin'
18. Shadow of Your Smile
19. Mame
20. Don't Rain on My Parade
21. Beautiful Things
22. Curtain Falls [Live][#]

Disc 4:

1. Things
2. You're the Reason I'm Living
3. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
4. Sally Was a Good Old Girl
5. Eighteen Yellow Roses
6. Walking in the Shadow of Love
7. Work Song
8. I'm On My Way Great God [Live][#]
9. Blowin' in the Wind
10. If I Were a Carpenter
11. Girl That Stood Beside Me
12. Reason to Believe
13. Lovin' You
14. Lady Came from Baltimore
15. I Am
16. Darling Be Home Soon
17. Backstreet Girl
18. I'm Going to Love You [#]
19. Long Time Movin' [#]
20. Long Line Rider
21. In Memoriam
22. Me and Mr. Hohner
23. Song for a Dollar
24. Sweet Reasons
25. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight [Live][#]
26. Simple Song of Freedom [#][Demo Version]
27. Simple Song of Freedom [Live][#]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10086 in Music
• Released on: 1995-11-21
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Move Over Frank and Tony...Make Room For Bobby!
A quite legitimate argument could be proffered that Bobby Darin (born Cassotto) was the most unique and extraordinary singer in the history of American popular music. I know that in these sordid, pretentious, and intellectually-challenged times similar claims have been made about everyone from Snoop Dog to Big Head Todd. But a genuinely credible case could be made for Bobby Darin. Here's why: Darin was that rarest of performers capable of ingratiating himself to fans of all ages, races, and musical tastes. He had million-selling singles in musical categories as diverse as Jazz/Swing, Country & Western, Folk, and Rhythm and Blues. Darin was hailed as a brilliant performer from industry giants as diverse as Johnny Mercer, Perry Como and Henry Mancini on the one hand, and Neil Young, Rod Stewart and Elvis Presley on the other. He had a natural jazz feel and a sense of syncopation that eluded even Sinatra and Bennett. He had a sense of showmanship and an inborn panache that was unmatched. Sammy Davis Jr. and Wayne Newton both hailed Darin as the most connsummate cabaret performer in the world. Now, let's throw in the fact that Darin is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the American Songwriters and Composers (ASCAP) Hall of Fame. Add to all of this the fact that Darin, despite making less than a dozen films, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor ("Captain Newman, M.D.") and was the recipient of the Golden Globe Best Actor Award ("Pressure Point"). He was nominated for four Grammies in 1959 and won two of them ("Best New Vocalist" and "Song of the Year" for "Mack the Knife"). He was nominated again in 1963 in the category of Best Rhythm and Blues vocalist ("What'd I Say"), and then was nominated still again in 1966 in the category for Best Male Ballad Singer ("If I Were A Carpenter"). And let's not forget that Darin was nominated and/or received these Grammies when the competition included Frank Sinatra, Jack Jones, Vic Damone, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Tony Bennett (as opposed to Madonna, Snoop Dog, Britany Spears, Jennifer Lopez and the rest of contemporary pop culture's cookie-cutter, mass-produced pseudo-talents). Finally, throw into this mix the fact that Darin was a talented dancer, impersonator, and multi-instrumentalist, and you have arguably the most talented performer in American show business. If all of these facts aren't sufficient in convincing you that Bobby Darin was, in so many tangible ways, in a class by himself, then simply access the most persuasive evidence---his recordings. Listen to "Beyond the Sea," "You're the Reason I'm Living," "Things," "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" "A Nightengale Sang in Berkeley Square," or "Try To Remember." You might even want to check out "Me and Mr. Hohner," which presaged rap and hip-hop by twenty-five years. Try and think of a more versatile singer---assuming of course that he or she, like Darin, had a genuinely pleasant voice. Try this on for size: Could Sinatra sing "Dream Lover?" Could Neil Young sing "Clementine?" Could Marvin Gaye sing "Artificial Flowers?" How about Michael Feinstein singing "You're the Reason I'm Living?" Such pairings of singers and songs would be ridiculous at best. Yet Bobby Darin sang'm all, and sang'm well. While Marvin Gaye is considerd a "soul singer," Neil Young a "rock singer" and Sinatra a "big band singer," Darin mastered all three of these genres and many more as well. So why isn't Bobby Darin an American icon? Sadly, Darin is underappreciated for two critical reasons: First, he died at the tragically young age of 37. Because he knew he would die so young, Darin ventured into all musical genres and, although he mastered them all, he didn't remain in any one long enough to become identified with it. Unlike Sinatra and Bennett who are identified soley as big band swing and ballad singers, Darin mastered that category but he was also a folk, rock and roll, and Country-Western singer. Ironically, his own masterful versatility was detrimental to his legacy: it was virtually impossible for a man who had only so many years to live and perform to become firmly ensconced in the American psyche. The second reason for Darin's being underappreciated is the fact that he had the misfortune of appearing on the show-biz scene contemporaneously with a swarm of limited-talents who were also of Italian-American lineage like Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydel, Dion DiMucci, Freddie Cannon, Lou Christie, etc. Hence, lots of WWII generation folks hastily and unfairly categorized Darin with these far lesser lights. They heard "Splish Splash" and walked away from their phonographs believing Darin was just another teenybopper. Only in retrospect is Bobby Darin beginning to receive the credit he has long been overdue. The apex of this deserved Darin renaissance might well be the forthcoming Darin biopic starring the talented Kevin Spacey. This film might well be the final, ultimate catalyst necessary to open the eyes of those who heretofore were hesitent to mention Bobby Darin in the same sentence as Sinatra and Bennett. Hopefully the Darin biopic will induce viewers to exit movie theatres with an inclination to learn more about the late, great Bobby Darin. Perhaps then whatever remnant of class, taste and sophistication still existent in the oxymoron known as "contemporary pop culture" will manifest to sing the praises of a genuinely brilliant performer who was every bit as talented, if not more so, than Mr. Sinatra and Mr. Bennett.

An Extraordinary Achievement
Bobby Darin was simply one of the most talented performers of all time. At a time in music when performers took few chances, Darin did it all. What's amazing is how he excelled in every genre he attempted.Even Sinatra, arguably the all-time greatest pop singer, often sounded foolish when attemping contemporary material. Check out Darin's folk songs, they are the real deal. Darin refused to be typecast, and in the long run it probably hurt him. If he would have stuck to the standards, he would probably be right behind Sinatra in stature. I would never fault an artist, however, for attempting to expand his, and our, horizons. The Rhino box is a tremendous testament to a vastly underrated artist.

Incredible collection of endless talent crammed into one box
This boxed set offers a good sample of the tremendous talent of Bobby Darin, who could sing rock, pop, showtunes, lounge, folk, country, blues, and gospel in the same show without breaking a sweat or missing a beat. The first disc consists of rock songs, while the second and third focus on his pop material. The fourth disc ends with a smattering of country hits (some of which topped the country charts), a bit of gospel, a good dose of folk, and several protest selections. Darin wrote or co-wrote 164 songs over his short career (he died in 1973 at the age of 37), and this boxed set includes several of his works from all genres. This is the ideal collection for the Darin fan, although there are CDs on the market that fill the gaps that a four-disc set inevitably leaves. (You'll want Capitol's "Spotlight on Bobby Darin" disc for his knock-out performances of Sinatra/Crosby standards only a few of which come on the boxed set.) I never tire of this set because it always offers a song to match my mood (and because Darin simply was one of the most talented people to appear on the recorded media).