Oh! Look at Me Now (album)

Oh! Look at Me Now is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1962. It was his first on Capitol label and reached number 100 on the Billboard 200.[1] It is out of print, however eight of the 12 songs were released as part of the 1995 CD Spotlight on Bobby Darin.

Oh! Look at Me Now
Studio album LP by
ReleasedOctober 1962
Recorded1962
GenrePop
Length31:38
LabelCapitol
ProducerTom Morgan
Bobby Darin chronology
Things and Other Things
(1962)
Oh! Look at Me Now
(1962)
You're the Reason I'm Living
(1963)

The album was released on Compact Disc by EMI on December 11, 2001, paired with Darin's 1964 album From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie.[2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic     [1]
New Record Mirror     [3]

In his Allmusic review, critic JT Griffith wrote "The classic Billy May arrangements make the album one of Darin's most swinging albums and a surefire favorite with fans who have discovered him from the Swingers soundtrack."[1]

Track listing

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  1. "All by Myself" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
  2. "My Buddy" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:34
  3. "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose) – 2:40
  4. "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 2:11
  5. "You'll Never Know" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 2:55
  6. "Blue Skies" (Berlin) – 2:32
  7. "Always" (Berlin) – 2:21
  8. "You Made Me Love You" (James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:51
  9. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:02
  10. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 2:18
  11. "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries) – 2:43
  12. "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:26

Personnel

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  • Bobby Darin – vocals
  • Billy May – arranger, conductor
  • Tom Morgan – producer

References

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  1. ^ a b c Griffith, JT. "Oh! Look at Me Now > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Oh Look at Me Now/Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ^ Watson, Jimmy (9 February 1963). "Bobby Darin: Oh! Look At Me Now" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 100. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.