Bobby Vee

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Bobby Vee (born April 30, 1943) is an American pop music singer. Born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota, United States, his 1961 summer release Take Good Care Of My Baby went to No.1 on the Billboard U.S. and number 3 on the UK singles chart (according to EveryHit.com). Known primarily as a performer of Brill Building pop material, he went on to record a string of international hits in the 1960s, including Devil or Angel, Rubber Ball (1961), More Than I Can Say (1961), Run To Him (1961), The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (1963), and Come Back When You Grow Up. When Vee recorded Come Back When You Grow Up in 1967, he was joined by a band called “‘The Strangers’”.

His first single was Suzie Baby, an original song penned by Vee which nodded towards Holly’s Peggy Sue for the Minneapolis-based Soma Records in 1959; it drew enough attention and chart action to be purchased by Liberty Records, which signed him to their label in early 1960. His followup single, a cover of Adam Faith’s UK Number 1 What Do You Want? charted in the lower reaches of Billboard in early 1960; however, it was his fourth recording, a revival of The Clovers’ doo-wop ballad Devil or Angel, that brought him into the big time with US buyers. His follow-up single, Rubber Ball, was the record that made him an international star.
Vee was also a pioneer in the music video genre, appearing in several musical motion pictures as well as in the Scopitone series of early film-and-music jukebox recordings. He is a 1999 inductee of the North Dakota Roughrider Award.

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Top Tracks

1	Take Good Care Of My Baby	468
2	Rubber Ball full track	369
3	The Night Has a Thousand Eyes full track	323
4	More Than I Can Say full track	186
5	Devil or Angel full track	179
6	Run to Him full track	149
7	Come Back When You Grow Up full track	78
8	Be True to Yourself	55
9	Rockin' Robin	43
10	Please Don't Ask About Barbara full track	34
11	Punish Her	30
12	Beautiful People	29
13	Christmas Vacation	28
13	How Many Tears	28
15	Sharing You full track	26

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GJG3 wrote:
last month

HI

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the_flava wrote:
last month

good songs here, rock on bobb'ster

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humanpeanut wrote:
August 2008

is he called vee because of the shape of his hair?

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Ariues wrote:
July 2008

take good care of her.

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oldhamlass wrote:
June 2008

so true the night does have eyes

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robert45 wrote:
May 2008

rubber ball

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glc1959 wrote:
April 2008

A lesser known hit of Bobby Vee IN MY BABYS EYES That song could be played a million times and I dont think I would be tired of it......

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anavoig wrote:
January 2008

Wo-oh yay yay

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Don_Diego wrote:
December 2007

No.

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karlkotze wrote:
June 2007

does janis joplin talk of bobby vee when singing me and bobby McGee?

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Jambo234 wrote:
April 2007

yeah

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nioka wrote:
November 2006

'take good care of my baby' just awesome! :)

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