Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee album) explained

Take Good Care of My Baby
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bobby Vee
Cover:	Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee album).jpg
Released:	1962
Genre:	Pop
Length:	27:37
Label:	Liberty
Producer:	Snuff Garrett
Prev Title:	Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	A Bobby Vee Recording Session
Next Year:	1962

Take Good Care of My Baby is the fifth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in 1962 by Liberty Records.^[1]

It contains Vee's best-known hits "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Run to Him", and "Walkin' with My Angel".

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated February 3, 1962, remaining on the chart for 14 weeks and peaking at No. 91.^[2]

Reception

Cashbox praised Vee for his "delivers other favorites with exceptional poise and artistry.^[3]

The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "Youthful, personable Bobby Vee includes some of the numbers that have been smash singles".^[4]

Track listing

Side two

Singles

"Take Good Care of My Baby" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 7, 1961, eventually spending three weeks at number one during its 15-week stay,^[5] number one on the Cash Box singles chart,^[6] and number 3 in the UK Singles.^[7] "Run to Him" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 13, 1961, eventually spending one week at number two during its 15-week stay, number one on the Cash Box singles chart, and number 4 in the UK Singles. "Walkin' with My Angel" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 27, 1961, eventually spending one week at number fifty-three during its 9-week stay and number eighty-nine on the Cash Box singles chart.

Charts

Chart (1962)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs	91
US Cash Box	29

Singles^{[8] [9]}

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
1961	"Take Good Care of My Baby"	US Billboard Hot 100	1
		UK Singles Chart	3
		US Cash Box	1
		Canada CHUM	1
	"Run to Him"	US Billboard Hot 100	2
		US Cash Box	6
		Canada CHUM	6
		UK Singles Chart	4
	"Walkin' with My Angel"	US Billboard Hot 100	53
		US Cash Box	89
		Canada CHUM	5

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/release/2746670-Bobby-Vee-Take-Good-Care-Of-My-Baby Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955-1996 . 1996 . Record Research . 978-0-8982-0117-8 . Menomonee Falls, Wis. . 814.
3. December 9, 1961 . Album Reviews . . 20 . 23 . 11.
4. February 10, 1962 . Bobby Vee Single Hits Packaged Into Album . St. Petersburg Times . en.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002 . 2002 . Record Research . 0898-2-0155-1 . Menomonee Falls, Wis. . 742.
6. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 2, 1961 .
7. Web site: 1961-01-25 . BOBBY VEE . 2023-12-29 . Official Charts . en.
8. https://www.45cat.com/artist/bobby-vee Bobby Vee Single Releases
9. https://musicvf.com/Bobby+Vee.art Bobby Vee Charting Singles