Please Don't Ask About Barbara Explained

Please Don't Ask About Barbara
Type:single
Artist:Bobby Vee
Album:A Bobby Vee Recording Session
B-Side:I Can't Say Goodbye
Released:February 1962
Genre:Pop
Label:Liberty
Producer:Snuff Garrett
Prev Title:Run to Him
Prev Year:1961
Next Title:Sharing You
Next Year:1962

"Please Don't Ask About Barbara" is a song written by Bill Buchanan and Jack Keller. The song was produced by Snuff Garrett,[1] and performed by Bobby Vee. It reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 2 in Canada,[2] and No. 29 in the UK in 1962.[3] It was featured on his 1962 album, A Bobby Vee Recording Session.[4]

The single's B-side, "I Can't Say Goodbye", reached No. 92 on the Billboard chart.[5]

"Go Away Little Girl" was a hit for Steve Lawrence on Columbia Records in late 1962, however the original was recorded by Bobby Vee at United Recording Studio on March 28, 1962.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.45cat.com/record/f55419 Bobby Vee, "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" single release
  2. Web site: CHUM Hit Parade - March 26, 1962.
  3. http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Please+Don%27t+Ask+About+Barbara+by+Bobby+Vee&id=6236 Bobby Vee, "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" Chart Positions
  4. http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Vee-A-Bobby-Vee-Recording-Session/release/2754220 Bobby Vee, A Bobby Vee Recording Session
  5. http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=I+Can%27t+Say+Goodbye+by+Bobby+Vee&id=6237 Bobby Vee, "I Can't Say Goodbye" Chart Positions