| Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Bobby Vee |
| Cover: | Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites.JPG |
| Released: | May 1960 |
| Genre: | Rock and Roll |
| Length: | 30:25 |
| Label: | Liberty |
| Producer: | Snuff Garrett |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | Bobby Vee |
| Next Year: | 1961 |
| Chronology: | Bobby Vee |
Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites is the debut album by American Singer Bobby Vee, released in May 1960 by Liberty Records.[1]
it features his 1st big hit Devil or Angel, and a mirror hit "Since I Met You Baby", They peaked at Nos. 6, and 81, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States.
it contiains a dozen balleds, consisting of old standars and "newer" love songs.[2] it provides a good look at popular ballads during that period and what fans could expect from him on future recordings
Billboard described it as "Liberty's remarkable young singer and rising star -- currently smashings with "Devil or Angel", records an album of the biggest pop hits of recent years. including "Devil or Angel", "Young Love", "Gone", etc".[3]
Cashbox praised [Vee] for his "performs here in his initial LP are the proven hits from the recent past, and The arrangements and vocal stylings are replicas of the tunes’ original hit sounds.[4]
Valley Times called it, an oscillating voice which grows upon the listener.[5]
Valley News noted that, "These might not be your all-time favorites, but teen listeners ougl't to enjoy his stylings of such tunes."[6]
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Devil or Angel" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| US Cashbox | 4 | ||
| US Billboard R&B | 22 | ||
| Canada CHUM | 2 | ||
| "Since I Met You Baby" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 81 |