Darin at the Copa

Darin at the Copa
Live album by Bobby Darin
Released	July 1960
Recorded	June 1960
Genre	Pop
Length	38:51
Label	Atco
Producer	Ahmet Ertegün, Nesuhi Ertegun
Bobby Darin chronology
This is Darin (1960) Darin at the Copa (1960) For Teenagers Only (1960)

Darin at the Copa is Bobby Darin's fourth album and third straight top-ten charting LP in the US. It debuted on 17 October 1960, peaked at number 9 and remained in the LP chart for 38 weeks. The album was recorded live at the Copacabana nightclub in New York.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Music critic John Bush wrote in his Allmusic review "A complete entertainer, Darin only occasionally concentrates on the business of singing, making Darin at the Copa the type of concert work that rarely succeeds as a purely aural recording. Bobby Darin is obviously performing, not just singing, and listeners are often left out during his countless jokes and vocal asides—each of which get enormous responses from the original audience. The music is solid and Darin does his finger-popping best, but he walks a thin line between swinging and an outrageous parody of same... listening decades later, it's difficult to avoid the wish he'd played this date just a bit more straight."^[1]

Track listing

1. Medley: "Swing Low Sweet Chariot/Lonesome Road" (arranged by Bobby Darin and Richard Wess, (Traditional/Gene Austin, Nat Skilkret) – 2:12
2. "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks) – 2:34
3. "Mack the Knife" (Bert Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein) – 2:58
4. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 3:02
5. "Clementine" (Woody Harris) – 3:13
6. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 2:09
7. "Dream Lover" (Bobby Darin) – 2:04
8. "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" (arranged by Bobby Darin and Bobby Scott) (Hughie Cannon) – 2:02
9. "I Have Dreamed" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:06
10. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:14
11. "Alright, O.K., You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sid Wyche) – 4:49
12. Medley: "By Myself/When Your Lover Has Gone" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz/Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:29
13. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles) – 3:53
14. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 2:06

Personnel

• Bobby Darin – vocals
• Paul Shelley's Copacabana Orchestra
• Richard Behrke – conductor, piano
• Ronnie Zito – drums
• Phil Ieble, Tom Dowd – engineers
• Supervised by Ahmet Ertegün and Nesuhi Ertegün

References

Bobby Darin Discography Studio albums Bobby Darin (1958) That's All (1960) This is Darin (1960) For Teenagers Only (1960) The 25th Day of December (1960) Two of a Kind (1961) Love Swings (1961) Twist with Bobby Darin (1961) Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles (1962) Things and Other Things (1962) Oh! Look at Me Now (1962) You're the Reason I'm Living (1963) It's You or No One (1963) 18 Yellow Roses (1963) Earthy! (1963) Golden Folk Hits (1963) Winners (1964) From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie (1964) Venice Blue (1965) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (1966) In a Broadway Bag (Mame) (1966) If I Were a Carpenter (1966) Inside Out (1967) Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle (1967) Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto (1968) Commitment (1969) Live albums Darin at the Copa (1960) Live at the Desert Inn (1987) Compilation albums The Bobby Darin Story (1961) Aces Back to Back (2004) Singles "Splish Splash" "Early in the Morning" "Dream Lover" "Mack the Knife" "Beyond the Sea" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "Things" "You're the Reason I'm Living" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Darlin' Be Home Soon" Book:Bobby Darin