| Bobby Vee | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Bobby Vee |
| Cover: | Bobby Vee (Album).JPG |
| Released: | March 1961 |
| Genre: | Rock and roll |
| Label: | Liberty |
| Producer: | Snuff Garrett |
| Prev Title: | Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | Bobby Vee with Strings and Things |
| Next Year: | 1961 |
Bobby Vee is the second album by Bobby Vee and was released in 1961 by Liberty Records.[1] it contains with a genorous mix of orgininal hits and contemporary covers, including "Rubber Ball", "More Than I Can Say", "Mr. Sandman", "Poetry in Motion", & "One Last Kiss"[2] "Rubber Ball" "More Than I Can Say" and "Stayin' In" peaked at numbers 6, 33, & 61 respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States,[3] and "Rubber Ball" & "More Than I Can Say both peaked numbers 4, respectively, in the United Kingdom[4]
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 20, 1961, remaining on the album chart for fiftteeth weeks and peaking at No. 18, the highest position Vee achieved on the chart[5]
Joe Viglione of AllMusic said that "the hits have a timeless charm that puts them in a class above much of the close-to filler material here -- covers of Johnny Tillotson's "Poetry in Motion," the Chordettes/the Four Aces '50s hit "Mr. Sandman," the Fireballs/the Crickets "More Than I Can Say" (an eventual hit for Leo Sayer), and Little Willie John's "Talk to Me, Talk to Me". Of course with the hit songs to carry it, the "teen idol" look of the album and familiar material from other sources made for good marketing"[6]
Cashbox mentioned that album "has the teeners solidly in mind."[7]
| Chart (1961) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard | 18 |
| Cashbox | 46 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "One Last Kiss" | Billboard Hot 100 | 112 |
| Cashbox | 91 | ||
| "Devil or Angel" | Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | |
| U.S. R&B | 22 | ||
| Cashbox | 4 | ||
| "Rubber Ball" | Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 | ||
| Cashbox | 6 | ||
| 1961 | "Stayin' In" | Billboard Hot 100 | 33 |
| Cashbox | 32 | ||
| "More Than I Can Say" | Billboard Hot 100 | 61 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 | ||
| Cashbox | 48 | ||