Bobby Darin, The Singles: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby/Sorrow Tomorrow

BOBBY DARIN: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY (Charted at #5)/SORROW TOMORROW (ATCO 6206; 1961)

Considering the immense amount of talent behind Bobby Darin's recording of "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", it was no doubt destined to be a top ten smash. Lyrics by the great Johnny Mercer, music by the incomparable Harry Warren, a typically ingenious arrangement by Jimmie Haskell, and a thrilling vocal from Darin all come together to knock your socks clear across the room. Bobby's "Whoa, you know, you know, you know you know!" intro sends shivers straight up the spine. He could do that better than any performer before and after, and he's still doing it.

"Sorrow Tomorrow", written by Brill Building legends Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, is a rhythmic lost love ballad, also arranged by Mr. Haskell. Here both Darin and Haskell show a different side. Darin's lamenting vocal seems to come straight from the Country Music Hall of Fame, while Haskell's arrangement is a fun and fascinating hybrid of pop, rock and country -- not rockabilly necessarily, but something completely his own. Very cool.

WHERE TO FIND THESE SONGS

"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" appears on the following CDs:

As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection

Best of Bobby Darin, Vol. One: Splish Splash

Bobby Darin: Definitive Pop

Dream Lover: Bobby Darin Sings

Bobby Darin: Greatest Hits (Import)

Twist with Bobby Darin

Ultimate Bobby Darin

Very Best of Bobby Darin

"Sorrow Tomorrow" appears on the following CDs:

Bobby Darin: Things and Other Things