Clementine/Have You Got Any Castles Baby/Don’t Dream Of Anybody But Me/My Gal Sal/Black Coffee/ Caravan/Guys & Dolls/Down With Love/Pete Kelly’s Blues/All Night Long/The Gal That Got Away/I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Bobby Darin began as a teen pop idol but very quickly moved towards the MOR easy listening cabaret market. This Is Darin triumphantly reinforced this changed approach with high chart placing in both the US and UK. Includes a rather mannered interpretation of the traditional tune Clementine, a top ten hit single in the UK. (US:6 UK:4)
“Great arrangements by Richard Wess, this is Darin at his Sinatra ultimate. This is not copycat music, Darin was an original, placing his own indelible stamp on these tunes.”
“Bobby Darin was a chameleon who switched between rock & roll and easy listening music with big bands, tuxedos, beautiful girls, martinis and a lot of class.”
“Darin in 1960 was at the top of his professional career as an entertainer. He always took the music business seriously. In this collection of songs, he reinvents Clementine and Duke Ellington's Caravan, and shows his most heartfelt performance in Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me.”
“Darin hoped this album would establish his reputation as an interpreter of standards. Gone is the bobby-sox rock of Splish Splash and even the crossover appeal of Mack The Knife. In its place is a more mature Darin aiming squarely for adult, not pop, credibility.”
“This album's covers include E Y Harburg's Down With Love, Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin's The Gal That Got Away, and Frank Loesser's Guys & Dolls. Every song in this set is good. Clementine should be a neo-swinger favourite; its language about a large woman is mildly offensive now, but not for the time. The smooth sax, slinky piano, and piercing trumpet solos on Have You Got Any Castles make it one of the standouts. Darin's interpretation of Johnny Mercer's lyrics here are fabulously tongue in cheek.” ,p> “This Is Darin is highly recommended if you have long since tired of the Swingers soundtrack and want to discover Darin's more traditional fare.”
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