The following is a discography of American singer Bobby Vee.

Chart singles

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Year of release Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Label Chart positions Album
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard AC UK Singles[1] U.S. Billboard R&B US Cashbox[2] Canada
CHUM
RPM
1959 "Suzie Baby"
B-side: "Flyin' High" (non-album track)
Soma 1110
Liberty 55208
77 Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
1960 "What Do You Want"
B-side: "My Love Loves Me"
Liberty 55234 93 Non-album tracks
"One Last Kiss"
B-side: "Laurie" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things)
Liberty 55251 112 91 Bobby Vee
"Devil or Angel" / Liberty 55270 6 22 4 2 Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites
"Since I Met You Baby" 81
"Rubber Ball"
B-side: "Everyday" (from Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites)
Liberty 55287 6 4 6 4 Bobby Vee
1961 "Stayin' In" / Liberty 55296 33 flip 32
"More Than I Can Say" 61 4 48
"How Many Tears" / Liberty 55325 63 10 43 Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
"Baby Face" 119 97
"Take Good Care of My Baby"[3]
B-side: "Bashful Bob" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things)
Liberty 55354 1 3 1 1 Take Good Care of My Baby
"Run to Him" / Liberty 55388 2 6 4 6
"Walkin' with My Angel" 53 89 5
1962 "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" / Liberty 55419 15 29 18 3 A Bobby Vee Recording Session
"I Can't Say Goodbye" 92 90
"Sharing You" /
UK B-side: "At A Time Like This" (non-album track)
Liberty 55451 15 10 20
"In My Baby's Eyes" 121
"Punish Her" / Liberty 55479 20 32 Bobby Vee's Golden Greats
"Someday (When I'm Gone from You)" 99 129 Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets
"A Forever Kind of Love"
B-side: "Remember Me, Huh?" (from Take Good Care of My Baby)
U.K. release only
Liberty 10046 13 A Bobby Vee Recording Session
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" / Liberty 55521 3 2 3 8 4 2 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
"Anonymous Phone Call" 110 108
1963 "Charms"/ Liberty 55530 13 5 15 20 Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Bobby Tomorrow" 21 Non-album track
"Be True to Yourself" / Liberty 55581 34 36 15 Golden Greats, Volume 2
"A Letter from Betty" 85 100 15 Non-album track
"Never Love a Robin" / Liberty 55636 99 101 Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Yesterday and You" 55 53
1964 "Stranger in Your Arms" / Liberty 55654 83 90 Non-album tracks
"1963" tag
"I'll Make You Mine"
B-side: "She's Sorry"
Liberty 55670 52 54 The New Sound from England!
"Hickory, Dick and Doc"
B-side: "I Wish You Were Mine Again" (non-album track)
Liberty 55700 63 81 18 Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Where Is She"
B-side: "How to Make a Farewell"
Liberty 55726 120 Non-album tracks
1965 "Every Little Bit Hurts" / Liberty 55751 84 89 Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Pretend You Don't See Her" 97 80
"Cross My Heart"
B-side: "This Is the End" (non-album track)
Liberty 55761 99 101
"Keep On Trying"
B-side: "You Won't Forget Me" (from The Night Has a Thousand Eyes)
Liberty 55790 85 84
"True Love Never Runs Smooth"
B-side: "Hey Little Girl"
U.K. release only
Liberty 10213 Non-album tracks
"Run Like the Devil"
B-side: "Take a Look Around Me" (non-album track)
Liberty 55828 124 106 Do What You Gotta Do
"High Coin"
B-side: "The Story Of My Life"
Liberty 55843 Non-album tracks
1966 "A Girl I Used to Know"
B-side: "Gone" (non-album track)
Liberty 55854 133 Golden Greats, Volume 2
"Look at Me Girl"
B-side: "Save a Love" (non-album track)
Original A-side: "Butterfly" (non-album track, did not chart)
Liberty 55877 52 67 53 Look at Me Girl
"Before You Go"
B-side: "Here Today" (non-album track)
Liberty 55921 Non-album tracks
1967 "Come Back When You Grow Up"
Original B-side: "That's All in the Past" (from Look at Me Girl)
Later B-side: "Swahili Serenade" (Non-album track)
Liberty 55964 3 3 2 Come Back When You Grow Up
"Beautiful People"
B-side: "I May Be Gone" (from Come Back When You Grow Up)
Liberty 56009 37 27 19 Just Today
1968 "Maybe Just Today"
B-side: "You're a Big Girl Now" (from Come Back When You Grow Up)
Liberty 56014 46 38 35
"Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl"
B-side: "Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens)"
Liberty 56033 35 17 7
"Do What You Gotta Do"
B-side: "Thank You"
Liberty 56057 83 65 62 Do What You Gotta Do
"(I'm Into Lookin' For) Someone to Love Me"
B-side: "Thank You" (from Do What You Gotta Do)
Liberty 56080 98 92 84 Gates, Grills & Railings
1969 "Jenny Came to Me"
B-side: "Santa Cruz"
Liberty 56096 Non-album tracks
"Let's Call It a Day Girl" / Liberty 56124 92 97 79
"I'm Gonna Make It Up to You" 132
1970 "In and Out of Love"
B-side: "Electric Trains and You"
Liberty 56149 111 105
"Woman in My Life"
B-side: "No Obligation"
Liberty 56178
"Sweet Sweetheart"
B-side: "Rock and Roll Music and You"
Liberty 56208 88 94
1971 "Signs"
B-side: "Something to Say"
United Artists 50755 125
1973 "Take Good Care of My Baby (acoustic)"
B-side: "Every Opportunity"
(released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline")
United Artists XW199-W,
UP 35516
Nothin' Like a Sunny Day
1975 "Loving You"
B-side: "Saying Goodbye"[4]
Shady Brook 013 37 Non-album tracks
1978 "Well All Right"
B-side: "Something Has Come Between Us"
United Artists UP 36370

Albums

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Note: Cashbox featured separate charts for stereo and mono albums until 1965 when both charts were merged into one.

Release date Album Label Chart Positions
Billboard[5] Cashbox Mono[6] Cashbox Stereo[6] UK Albums Chart[7]
1960 Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites Liberty LRP-3165 (Mono)/LST-7165 (Stereo)
1961 Bobby Vee Liberty LRP-3181/LST-7181 18 46
1961 Bobby Vee with Strings and Things Liberty LRP-3186/LST-7186 47
1961 Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's Liberty LRP-3205/LST-7205 85 20
1961 Take Good Care of My Baby Liberty LRP-3211/LST-7211 91 29 29 7
1962 A Bobby Vee Recording Session Liberty LRP-3232/LST-7232 121 10
1962 Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets Liberty LRP-3228/LST-7228 42 2
1962 Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee Liberty LRP-3267/LST-7267 136
1963 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Liberty LRP-3285/LST-7285 102 51 15
1963 Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures Liberty LRP-3289/LST-7289 91 37
1963 I Remember Buddy Holly Liberty LRP-3336/LST-7336 54
1964 Bobby Vee Sings the New Sound from England! Liberty LRP-3352/LST-7352 146
1964 30 Big Hits of the 60's Liberty LRP-3385/LST-7385 95
1965 Live! On Tour Liberty LRP-3393/LST-7393
1966 30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2 Liberty LRP-3448/LST-7448
1966 Look at Me Girl Liberty LRP-3480/LST-7480 102
1967 Come Back When You Grow Up Liberty LRP-3534/LST-7534 66 37
1968 Just Today Liberty LRP-3554/LST-7554 187
1968 Do What You Gotta Do Liberty LST-7592
1969 Gates, Grills & Railings Liberty LST-7612
1972 Nothin' Like a Sunny Day
(released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline")
United Artists UAS 5656
1999 Down the Line RHP Rockhouse Productions RS-5999-1
2002 I Wouldn't Change a Thing RHP Rockhouse Productions
2003 The Ultimate Christmas RHP Rockhouse Productions
2005 Last Of The Great Rhythm Guitar Players RG Pegasus Productions PEG CD 556
2014 The Adobe Sessions RHP Rockhouse Productions
Year of release Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Label Chart positions
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles[1] Canada
CHUM
RPM
1963 Just for Fun Liberty 2084 - 1

Compilations

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Release date Album Label Chart positions
Billboard Cashbox Mono[6] Cashbox Stereo[6]
1962 Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Liberty LRP-3245/LST-7245 24 22
1966 Golden Greats, Volume 2 Liberty LRP-3464/LST-7464
1973 Legendary Masters Series United Artists UA-LA025-G2
1975 The Very Best of Bobby Vee United Artists UA-LA 332E
1980 The Bobby Vee Singles Album United Artists UA-G3 0253
2008 The Very Best of Bobby Vee One Day Music DAY2CD148
2011 Rarities EMI UK 9072062
  • The Very Best of Bobby Vee (May 12, 2008) was certified silver in the UK.
  • The Bobby Vee Singles Album reached number 5 in the UK in April 1980[8] and was certified gold in the UK.[9]

Soundtracks

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Year Album
1967 C'mon, Let's Live a Little
  • a Don Crawford soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures flim.
  • Vee performs four songs — "Instant Girl", "What Fool This Mortal Be", "Over and Over", and a duet with co-star Jackie DeShannon on "Back-Talk"

References

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  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 584. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  3. ^ Bobby Vee interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 249.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  6. ^ a b c d Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  7. ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1961-01-25. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  8. ^ "the+bobby+vee+singles+album - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Bobby Vee". bobbyvee.net. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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