The British singles chart of September 26, 1959 could have proven native artists Craig Douglas and Cliff Richard holding down the highest two spots, however North American stars have been everywhere in the Prime 10. Jerry Keller, the Everly Brothers, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, and Canada’s Paul Anka have been all driving excessive, and a New York vocal stylist who had simply spent a month at No.1 was on his manner there once more. His identify was Bobby Darin.
The singer, signed on the time to Atco within the U.S. and launched within the U.Okay. by London American, had carried out even higher throughout the Atlantic than within the States along with his earlier single “Dream Lover.” That rock’n’roll gem, which featured Neil Sedaka on piano, had reached No.2 in America, stopped from reaching the summit in June 1959 by Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans.” Nevertheless it had gone all the way in which to No.1 within the U.Okay., spending 4 consecutive weeks there in July.
A transatlantic triumph
In September 1959, Darin debuted on the U.Okay. chart with the follow-up. This time, he would triumph in each nations, with a recording that will turn into one other basic. When he recorded Kurt Weill’s “Mack The Knife,” this compelling story of violence and intrigue was already 30 years previous, first recorded by Weill’s spouse Lotte Lenya, who was namechecked in Darin’s model.
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Bobby’s good interpretation, which additionally appeared on the That’s All EP, made its first look at No.24 in Britain. It climbed to No.5 and No.3, after which on October 17, hit the summit and spent two weeks there, to offer him consecutive No.1s. Again house, it spent a rare 9 non-consecutive weeks as America’s favourite, and went on to win the Grammy for File of the 12 months.
Purchase or stream the stay model of “Mack The Knife,” recorded on the Flamingo Resort in Las Vegas in 1963, on The Legendary Bobby Darin.
