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Bobby Vee with Strings and Things

Bobby Vee with Strings and Things is the third studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in June 1961 by Liberty Records.[1] The album peaked at no. 47 on the failed to chart on the Cashbox albums chart.[2][3]

Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedJune 1961
GenreRock and roll
Length25:26
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
Bobby Vee
(1961) 		Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
(1961) 		Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's
(1961)
Singles from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
  1. "How Many Tears/Baby Face"
    Released: April 17, 1961

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on March 10, 1999 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Vee's Other Album from October 1961, Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's.[4]

Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019.[5]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Record Mirror     [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [7]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic praises Vee's covers of tracks such as Buddy Holly's "Love's Made a Fool of You" and Paul Anka's "Each Night", but believes "the overall album is decidedly uneven in approach and results, but what does work here as rock & roll and decent teen pop is enough to make it worth hearing".[1]

Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, stating that it featured "good classy string backings".[8]

Cash Box described the album as "Powerful" and noted "a variety of moods with various accompaniments"[9]

The New Record Mirror said Vee proves "himself to be a much better vocalist than some of his pop singles would have led you to believe" and "provides a most entertaining session on this LP."[6]

Track listing

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Side one

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Baby Face"Harry Akst, Benny Davis2:03
2."Pledging My Love"Ferdinand Washington, Don Robey2:46
3."Love's Made a Fool of You"Buddy Holly1:52
4."Light Infatuation"DeWayne Blackwell1:50
5."Suzie-Q"Eleanor Broadwater, Dale Hawkins, Stan Lewis1:41
6."Tears on My Pillow"Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis2:03

Side two

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Many Tears"Carole King, Gerry Goffin2:03
2."That's All"Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt2:19
3."Diana"Paul Anka1:57
4."Laurie" 2:05
5."Each Night"Paul Anka2:15
6."Bashful Bob"Snuff Garrett, Dick Glasser2:12

Charts

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Chart (1961) Peak
position
Cashbox 47
Singles[10][11]
Year Single Chart Peak position
1961 "How Many Tears" Billboard Hot 100[12] 63
Cashbox[13] 43
UK Singles Chart[14] 10
"Baby Face" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[15] 119
Cashbox[13] 97

References

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  1. ^ a b c Eder, Bruce. Bobby Vee with Strings and Things: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781365054129.
  3. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  4. ^ "Bobby Vee with Strings and Things/Sings Hits of the Rockin' '50's". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b Watson, Jimmy (October 7, 1961). "Bobby Vee: Bobby Vee with Strings and Things" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 110. p. 10. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Billboard Spotlight: Bobby Vee with Strings and Things". Billboard. May 8, 1961. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 22, no. 34. May 20, 1961. p. 22.
  10. ^ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  11. ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
  13. ^ a b Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  14. ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1961-01-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  15. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
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