Do What You Gotta Do is the eighteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee and was released in October 1968 by Liberty Records.[1] The only single from the album was "Do What You Gotta Do". Dallas Smith arranged and produced the album.
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| Released | October 1968 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 29:52 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Dallas Smith | |||
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| Singles from Do What You Gotta Do | ||||
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It contain several Motown covers including "I Can't Help Myself","That's What Love Songs Often Do", "Do What You Gotta Do". including the different mix of "Run Like The Devil", which he recorded as a single in 1965[2]
According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, there are some good tracks besides “My Girl/Hey Girl” and “Just Keep it Up”, but even a similar medley attempt at combining the Four Tops splendid classics “I Can’t Help Myself/The Same Old Song”, does not capture the freshness of “My Girl/Hey Girl”. a R&B LP was planned, Regardless, of what might have been done with those tracks, the best songs on the Just Today and Do What You Gotta Do albums were the new tracks.[3]
The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, as tracks 12 through 22 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 11 consisting of Vee's 1968 album Just Today.[4]
Singles
edit"Run Like a Devil" bubbled under Billboard's Hot 100, reaching number 124,[5] and peaked at number 106 on the Cashbox singles chart.
"Do What You Gotta Do" debuted on the Hot 100] on August 31, 1968, peaking at number 83 during a 4-week stay on the chart.[6] It reached number 92 on the Cashbox singles chart,[7] and number 84 in Canada.[8]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
Bruce Eder of AllMusic writes, "Vee proceeds with a surprisingly Motown-heavy (and surprisingly good) album of white pop-soul".[1]
Billboard called it "an appealing, gentle rocker".[10]
Cashbox gave the album a positive review, saying that it "showcases him in a performance of honest, strong ballads and rhythmic numbers"[11]
Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee called it a "Good Album".[12]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Do What You Gotta Do" | Jimmy Webb | 2:48 |
| 2. | "If My World Falls Through" | Kenny Gist, Jr. | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Thank You" | Robert Thomas Velline | 2:31 |
| 4. | "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" | Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr. | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" | Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, George Gordy | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Can You Love a Poor Boy" | Ivy Hunter, Stevie Wonder | 3:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Medley: "I Can't Help Myself"/"It's the Same Old Song" | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland | 2:56 |
| 2. | " I Like It Like That" | William Robinson, Marv Tarplin | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Run Like the Devil" | Paul Leka, Irwin Shuster | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone)" | Jackie Avery, John Farris | 2:59 |
| 5. | "That's What Love Is Made Of" | William Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Warren Moore | 2:48 |
Charts
edit| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Run Like a Devil" | US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[5] | 124 |
| US Cashbox | 106 | ||
| 1968 | "Do What You Gotta Do" | US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 98 |
| US Cash Box[7] | 92 | ||
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] | 84 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Bobby Vee – Do What You Gotta Do: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 83. ISBN 9781365060328.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
- ^ "Just Today/Do What You Gotta Do". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
- ^ a b Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
- ^ a b c "Top Singles - Volume 10, No. 21 January 20, 1969". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Pop Spotlight: Do What You Gotta Do". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 43. October 26, 1968. p. 84.
- ^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1968-10-19. p. 55.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
- ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
External links
edit- "Bobby Vee – Do What You Gotta Do". discogs. Retrieved August 28, 2024.