Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2
| Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Released | November 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1963–1965 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 29:38 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
| Bobby Vee chronology | ||||
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Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2 is a compilation album by American singer Bobby Vee that was released in November 1966 by Liberty Records.[1] It was Vee's second greatest hits compilation on the Liberty label.[2]
The compilation album featured Vee's two top 20 hit singles - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and "Charms" - together with a range of lesser hits tracks from earlier releases and one new recent hit, "A Girl I Used to Know".[3] the single from the album, "A Girl I Used to Know" bubbled under Billboard's Hot 100, on February 26, 1966, at number 133 during its 2-weeks stay[4]
The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on October 28, 2003, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Vee's 1962 compilation album, Bobby Vee's Golden Greats.[5]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Billboard | [8] |
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "even the more recent contents of this album come across as dated. Ironically, Vee's albums of the period captured him pursuing a much more contemporary sound -- very effectively, one might add -- than that represented by most of the dozen recordings included here, and they're generally a much better place to start than this collection, in terms of understanding Vee or the full range of his talent."[6]
Honolulu Star-Advertiser noted "While this will delight the Vee fans, it lacks the true hit luster as in the first volume", although pointing out "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" and "I'll Make You Mine" as highlights.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Charms" | Helen Miller, Howard Greenfield | 2:23 |
| 2. | "Cross My Heart" | Sonny Curtis | 2:08 |
| 3. | "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | Ben Weisman, Dorothy Wayne, Marilyn Garrett | 2:34 |
| 4. | "I'll Make You Mine" | Robert Thomas Velline | 2:22 |
| 5. | "Never Love a Robin" | Artie Resnick, Mickey Gentile | 2:41 |
| 6. | "Armen's Theme" | Ross Bagdasarian | 2:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ev'ry Little Bit Hurts" | Thomas Lesslie Garrett | 2:37 |
| 2. | "Hickory, Dick and Doc" | DeWayne Blackwell | 2:27 |
| 3. | "Keep On Trying" | Van McCoy | 2:35 |
| 4. | "A Girl I Used to Know" | Jack Clement | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Pretend You Don't See Her" | Steve Allen | 2:18 |
| 6. | "Be True to Yourself" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:03 |
Charts
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "A Girl I Used to Know" | US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 133 |
Billboard & UK singles chart positions for previously Singles
| Song | US chart debut | Hot | Easy | U.S. | UK chart
debut |
UK singles
chart[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | December 8, 1962 | 3 | 2 | 4 | February 13, 1963 | 3 |
| "Charms" | March 30, 1963 | 13 | 5 | 15 | – | – |
| "Be True to Yourself" | June 22, 1963 | 34 | – | 36 | – | – |
| "Yesterday and You" | November 9, 1963 | 55 | – | 53 | – | – |
| "Never Love a Robin" | December 28, 1963 | 99 | – | 101 | – | – |
| "I'll Make You Mine" | February 22, 1964 | 52 | – | 54 | – | – |
| "Hickory, Dick and Doc" | May 30, 1964 | 63 | – | 81 | – | – |
| "Pretend You Don't See Her" | December 5, 1964 | 97 | – | 80 | – | – |
| "Every Little Bit Hurts" | December 12, 1964 | 84 | – | 89 | – | – |
| "Cross My Heart" | February 6, 1965 | 99 | – | 102 | – | – |
| "Keep On Trying" | May 8, 1965 | 85 | – | 84 | – | – |
References
- ^ "FOR ENTERTAINMENT: TAKE THE LIBERTY: FALL 1966 RELEASE". Cash Box. Vol. 28, no. 4. August 27, 1966. p. 17.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 102. ISBN 9781365060328.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 83. ISBN 9781365060328.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
- ^ "Golden Greats/Golden Greats, Vol. 2". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Bobby Vee – Bobby Vee's Golden Greats, Vol. 2: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Pop Spotlight & Special Merit Picks: Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2". Billboard. September 3, 1966. p. 44.
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1966-08-28. Retrieved 2024-09-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
- ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
- ^ "BOBBY VEE". Official Charts. 1961-01-25. Retrieved 2023-12-29.