Twist with Bobby Darin is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1961. It reached number 48 on the Billboard 200 and remained there for 31 weeks.[1]

Twist with Bobby Darin
Studio album by
Released1961
GenrePop
Length26:29
LabelAtco
ProducerAhmet Ertegün
Bobby Darin chronology
Love Swings
(1961)
Twist with Bobby Darin
(1961)
Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles
(1962)

Five of the songs were previously released the year before on For Teenagers Only and the first six were written by Darin himself.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic     [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [2]

In his Allmusic review, critic JT Griffith wrote "The dance album is a collection of rock songs, all of which have backbeat suitable for, obviously, twisting... Twist with Bobby Darin was something of a stop-gap album."[1]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Bullmoose" (Bobby Darin) – 2:31
  2. "Early in the Morning" (Darin, Woody Harris) – 2:17
  3. "Mighty Mighty Men" (Darin) – 1:40
  4. "You Know How" (Darin) – 2:07
  5. "Somebody to Love" (Darin) – 2:19
  6. "Multiplication" (Darin) – 2:18

Side two

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  1. "Irresistible You" (Al Kasha, Luther Dixon) – 2:34
  2. "Queen of the Hop" (Harris) – 2:14
  3. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) – 2:11
  4. "Keep a Walkin'" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) – 1:59
  5. "Pity Miss Kitty" (Harris) – 2:08
  6. "I Ain't Sharin' Sharon" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:11

Personnel

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  • Bobby Darin – vocals
  • Neil Sedaka - piano

References

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  1. ^ a b c Griffith, JT. "Twist with Bobby Darin > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 394. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 31 August 2024.