Added 12/19/07 . . .

Joel Dorn (1942 - 2007) . . . click here and here and here.

Added 12/14/07 . . .

Anka Shows He's Still Got The Chops . . . "Although Anka got his start in rock ’n’ roll at 15, by the time he turned 30 he’d become a fixture in Las Vegas, usually Caesar's Palace, and he showed why with a gesture-filled rendition of Mack the Knife, complete with an altered line saying 'I wish my friend Bobby Darin was still around!'"  click here

'Bandstand' Set is a Blast ". . . The inclusion of an interview DVD that features Clark talking with Sam Cooke, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Avalon, the Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bobby Darin, the Doors and Madonna is priceless — especially when you see how Clark is able to keep his youthful appearance throughout the years . . . "  click here

Bobby Darin, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams and Beefcake in the New York Times! Click here to see the three hoofers hamming it up on the Andy Williams Variety Show.

Bobby Darin Bio on Blue Note (with nice pic)  click here

Bobby Darin : Around the World . . . "The story of 'Around The World' starts all the way back in 1994. Brothers Glenn and Steve Miller were watching a poor quality video recording of Bobby Darin's last TV show - which would later be released on DVD as Mack Is Back. During his performance of the song Midnight Special, the band stopped playing and Bobby started to sing the words 'Around The World' in a variety of different melodies. Steve commented to Glenn how good it sounded and said someone could make a great song out of it . . ."  click here

Backstage at the Orleans Hotel . . . "Conductor Bob Rozario, Tony Orlando and his brother David Orlando."  click here

Bobby Darin: Bridging the 1950's into the 1960's . . . Includes a whole new theory about where Bobby Darin got his name.   click here

David Akins (1934 - 2007) obit . . . David Akins was the drummer for the Treniers, a group Bobby Darin mentions ("Remember the Treniers?") while performing Alright, O.K., You Win at the Copacabana (Darin At The Copa).  click here

The Dealmaker: Dr. Jerry Lynn, Out of Dentistry and into Candy ". . . He formed a teen-age friendship with a neighbor, Bobby Darin, who later became a top pop singer. Mr. Darin told his friend that he should meet Sherry Parsons, a singer who was under contract to the same recording company . . . 'She's a lovely, pretty lady,' Mr. Darin said. 'You should get to know her.' He did and they were married in 1958."  click here

Get back into the swing of things with Martin John . . . "From Michael Buble to Jamie Callum, it seems that every other solo artist is aiming to be the next Bobby Darin or Frank Sinatra."  click here

Goodbye to Gareth . . . "Gareth loved all types of music and had recently discovered a new favourite – an old classic Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin. Mother, Sheila said Gareth had thought it was a beautiful song. 'He played it over and over again,' she said."  click here

Hand him the keys . . . "Rozario's work on the piano attracted attention from other performers as well, and three years later he joined Bobby Darin as the entertainer's bandleader."  click here

JazzTrenzz: Between Sets with Keely Smith  click here

Joe Piscopo Kicks it Old School With His New Vegas Act  ". . . I cannot even compare myself to these guys, but what Bobby Darin did. They would be out there doing an old joke talking to the audience, to playing the drums and instruments, doing comedy, and then they turned it into a song. I just felt there was nothing like that in Vegas and I had to do it."  click here

The late Bobby Darin’s former house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills sells for $2.9125M . . . "The 4,250-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills that the late big band performer and teen idol Bobby Darin once inhabited has sold for $2,912,500."  click here

Midori and Chad . . . "For the 92nd Street Y’s tribute to Bobby Darin (Dec. 11, 2004), we were asked to perform the Peabody to Paddlin’ Madelin Home, featuring Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer."  click here

Millenium . . . "This page is an introduction to Bobby Darin whose music was used during the Millennium episode Beware of the Dog. A complete list of all music by Bobby Darin that was used throughout Millennium, is also listed . . ." click here

Monterey Moods: The Gerald Wilson Orchestra . . . "The 'Mother of all Jazz Festivals' gets a 50th anniversary tribute. Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Jimmie Lunceford, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Sarah Vaughan, Bobby Darin, Julie London, Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles.
"  click here

New Wave Of Local Jazz Musicians Step Outside Of The Box ". . . And lastly, making a big splash in the jazz world: Anat Cohen. She's one of just a few female horn players making a name for herself. Cohen started her own record label and plays with several groups, including Waverly Seven which has been swinging to the tunes of Bronx-born crooner Bobby Darin . . ."  click here

Not Just a Fluke: How Darin Morgan Saved the X-Files . . . "Morgan, whose parents named him after pop vocalist Bobby Darin, harbored no ambitions of becoming a writer, let alone a science-fiction scribe."  click here

Pictures of Bobby Darin  Jim Britt: Photographer/Jazz Vocalist
Pictures of Bobby Darin  Landy Vision Photo Gallery

Speaking with Dennis Tufano . . . "As Long As I'm Singing: The Music of Bobby Darin."  click here

Star City welcomes home musical son Wayne Newton ". . . After a lengthy monologue, he sang Mack the Knife, a song made famous by the man credited with discovering Newton — Bobby Darin."  click here

Still in love with Lucy . . . "Lucy was a BIG Darin fan, going all the way back to 1960 when he first made a name for himself with songs like Mack the Knife and Clementine. He was a hit on the Los Angeles club scene back then, and Lucy went to see him perform two or three nights in a row."  click here

Students gather every week to dance inhibitions away . . . "Every Friday night, University of Central Florida students head to campus to swing-dance to music by singers such as Bobby Darin, Billie Holiday and Bill Haley -- with the occasional OutKast song thrown in."  click here

VETERAN keyboardist Bob Rozario laughs . . . "Rozario has worked with Louis Prima, Bobby Darin, Tony Orlando, and Donnie and Marie Osmond in his long show-business career."  click here

The World According to Dr. John ". . . At the time, Rebennack was a studio musician, working on a Bobby Darin session when Ertegun tracked him down to vent about the record he thought he was getting stuck with. "He cussed me out for like an hour on Bobby Darin's studio time."  click here

 

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