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| Oh! Look at Me Now | ||||
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| Studio album LP by Bobby Darin | ||||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 31:38 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Tom Morgan | |||
| Bobby Darin chronology | ||||
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Oh! Look at Me Now is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in October 1962. It was his first on Capitol label, It is out of print, however eight of the 12 songs were released as part of the 1995 CD Spotlight on Bobby Darin.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 17, 1962, and remained on the chart for 6 weeks, peaking at number 100.
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.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| New Record Mirror | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
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."
Billboard believed "The fine Billy May arrangements, employing mainly strings on the softies and swinging brass on the upbeaters, is most reminiscent of Sinatra and the selection of standard tunes"
Track listing
- "All by Myself" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
- "My Buddy" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:34
- "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" (Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose) – 2:40
- "Roses of Picardy" (Frederic Weatherly, Haydn Wood) – 2:11
- "You'll Never Know" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 2:55
- "Blue Skies" (Berlin) – 2:32
- "Always" (Berlin) – 2:21
- "You Made Me Love You" (James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:51
- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:02
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 2:18
- "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries) – 2:43
- "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:26
Charts
Album
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) | 100 |
Personnel
- Bobby Darin – vocals
- Billy May – arranger, conductor
- Tom Morgan – producer
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 198. ISBN 0898201179. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- "Oh Look at Me Now/Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Griffith, JT. "Oh! Look at Me Now > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- 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.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 394. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Pop Spotlight: Oh! Look at Me Now". Billboard. Vol. 74, no. 41. October 13, 1962. p. 34.
