Bobby Vee discography
A Bobby Vee discography
Chart singles
| Year of release | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Label | Chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Billboard AC | UK Singles[1] | U.S. Billboard R&B | US Cashbox | Canadian RPM | ||||
| 1959 | "Suzie Baby" B-side: "Flyin' High" (non-album track) |
Soma 1110 Liberty 55208 |
77 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats |
| 1960 | "What Do You Want" B-side: "My Love Loves Me" |
Liberty 55234 | 93 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks |
| "One Last Kiss" B-side: "Laurie" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things) |
Liberty 55251 | 112 | -- | -- | -- | 91 | -- | Bobby Vee | |
| "Devil or Angel" / | Liberty 55270 | 6 | -- | -- | 22 | 4 | -- | Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites | |
| "Since I Met You Baby" | 81 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| "Rubber Ball" B-side: "Everyday" (from Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites) |
Liberty 55287 | 6 | -- | 4 | -- | 6 | -- | Bobby Vee | |
| 1961 | "Stayin' In" / | Liberty 55296 | 33 | -- | flip | -- | 32 | -- | |
| "More Than I Can Say" | 61 | -- | 4 | -- | 48 | -- | |||
| "How Many Tears" / | Liberty 55325 | 63 | -- | 10 | -- | 43 | -- | Bobby Vee with Strings and Things | |
| "Baby Face" | 119 | -- | -- | -- | 97 | -- | |||
| "Take Good Care of My Baby"[2] B-side: "Bashful Bob" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things) |
Liberty 55354 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | Take Good Care of My Baby | |
| "Run to Him" / | Liberty 55388 | 2 | -- | 6 | -- | 4 | -- | ||
| "Walkin' with My Angel" | 53 | -- | -- | -- | 89 | -- | |||
| 1962 | "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" / | Liberty 55419 | 15 | -- | 29 | -- | 18 | -- | A Bobby Vee Recording Session |
| "I Can't Say Goodbye" | 92 | -- | -- | -- | 90 | -- | |||
| "Sharing You" / UK B-side: "At A Time Like This" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55451 | 15 | -- | 10 | -- | 20 | -- | ||
| "In My Baby's Eyes" | -- | -- | -- | -- | 121 | -- | |||
| "Punish Her" / | Liberty 55479 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | 32 | -- | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats | |
| "Someday (When I'm Gone from You)" | 99 | -- | -- | -- | 129 | -- | Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets | ||
| "A Forever Kind of Love" B-side: "Remember Me, Huh?" (from Take Good Care of My Baby) U.K. release only |
Liberty 10046 | -- | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- | A Bobby Vee Recording Session | |
| "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" / | Liberty 55521 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -- | The Night Has a Thousand Eyes | |
| "Anonymous Phone Call" | 110 | -- | -- | -- | 108 | -- | |||
| 1963 | "Charms"/ | Liberty 55530 | 13 | 5 | -- | -- | 15 | -- | Golden Greats, Volume 2 |
| "Bobby Tomorrow" | -- | -- | 21 | -- | -- | -- | Non-album track | ||
| "Be True to Yourself" / | Liberty 55581 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | 36 | -- | Golden Greats, Volume 2 | |
| "A Letter from Betty" | 85 | -- | -- | -- | 100 | -- | Non-album track | ||
| "Never Love a Robin" / | Liberty 55636 | 99 | -- | -- | -- | 101 | -- | Golden Greats, Volume 2 | |
| "Yesterday and You" | 55 | -- | -- | -- | 53 | -- | |||
| 1964 | "Stranger in Your Arms" / | Liberty 55654 | 83 | -- | -- | -- | 90 | -- | Non-album tracks |
| "1963" | -- | -- | -- | -- | tag | -- | |||
| "I'll Make You Mine" B-side: "She's Sorry" |
Liberty 55670 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | 54 | -- | Bobby Vee Sings the New Sound from England! | |
| "Hickory, Dick and Doc" B-side: "I Wish You Were Mine Again" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55700 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | 81 | 18 | Golden Greats, Volume 2 | |
| "Where Is She" B-side: "How to Make a Farewell" |
Liberty 55726 | 120 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks | |
| 1965 | "Every Little Bit Hurts" / | Liberty 55751 | 84 | -- | -- | -- | 89 | -- | Golden Greats, Volume 2 |
| "Pretend You Don't See Her" | 97 | -- | -- | -- | 80 | -- | |||
| "Cross My Heart" B-side: "This Is the End" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55761 | 99 | -- | -- | -- | 101 | -- | ||
| "Keep On Trying" B-side: "You Won't Forget Me" (from The Night Has a Thousand Eyes) |
Liberty 55790 | 85 | -- | -- | -- | 84 | -- | ||
| "True Love Never Runs Smooth" B-side: "Hey Little Girl" U.K. release only |
Liberty 10213 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks | |
| "Run Like the Devil" B-side: "Take a Look Around Me" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55828 | 124 | -- | -- | -- | 106 | -- | Do What You Gotta Do | |
| "High Coin" B-side: "The Story Of My Life" |
Liberty 55843 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks | |
| 1966 | "A Girl I Used to Know" B-side: "Gone" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55854 | 133 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Golden Greats, Volume 2 |
| "Look at Me Girl" B-side: "Save a Love" (non-album track) Original A-side: "Butterfly" (non-album track, did not chart) |
Liberty 55877 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | 67 | 53 | Look At Me Girl | |
| "Before You Go" B-side: "Here Today" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55921 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks | |
| 1967 | "Come Back When You Grow Up" Original B-side: "That's All in the Past" (from Look at Me Girl) Later B-side: "Swahili Serenade" (Non-album track) |
Liberty 55964 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | Come Back When You Grow Up |
| "Beautiful People" B-side: "I May Be Gone" (from Come Back When You Grow Up) |
Liberty 56009 | 37 | -- | -- | -- | 27 | -- | Just Today | |
| 1968 | "Maybe Just Today" B-side: "You're a Big Girl Now" (from Come Back When You Grow Up) |
Liberty 56014 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | 38 | -- | |
| "Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl" B-side: "Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens)" |
Liberty 56033 | 35 | -- | -- | -- | 17 | 32 | ||
| "Do What You Gotta Do" B-side: "Thank You" |
Liberty 56057 | 83 | -- | -- | -- | 65 | 62 | Do What You Gotta Do | |
| "(I'm Into Lookin' For) Someone to Love Me" B-side: "Thank You" (from Do What You Gotta Do) |
Liberty 56080 | 98 | -- | -- | -- | 92 | 84 | Gates, Grills and Railings | |
| 1969 | "Jenny Came To Me" B-side: "Santa Cruz" |
Liberty 56096 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks |
| "Let's Call It a Day Girl" / | Liberty 56124 | 92 | -- | -- | -- | 97 | 79 | ||
| "I'm Gonna Make It Up to You" | -- | -- | -- | -- | 132 | -- | |||
| 1970 | "In and Out of Love" B-side: "Electric Trains and You" |
Liberty 56149 | 111 | -- | -- | -- | 105 | -- | |
| "Woman In My Life" B-side: "No Obligation" |
Liberty 56178 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| "Sweet Sweetheart" B-side: "Rock and Roll Music and You" |
Liberty 56208 | 88 | -- | -- | -- | 94 | -- | ||
| 1971 | "Signs" B-side: "Something to Say" |
United Artists 50755 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 125 | -- | |
| 1973 | "Take Good Care Of My Baby (acoustic)" B-side: "Every Opportunity" (released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline") |
United Artists XW199-W, UP 35516 |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Nothin' Like A Sunny Day |
| 1975 | "Loving You" B-side: "Saying Goodbye"[3] |
Shady Brook 013 | -- | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album tracks |
| 1978 | "Well All Right" B-side: "Something Has Come Between Us" |
United Artists UP 36370 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Albums
Note: Cashbox featured separate charts for stereo and mono albums until 1965 when both charts were merged into one
| Release date | Album | Label | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard | Cashbox Mono | Cashbox Stereo | |||
| 1960 | Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites | Liberty LRP-3165 (Mono)/LST-7165 (Stereo) | -- | -- | -- |
| 1961 | Bobby Vee | Liberty LRP-3181/LST-7181 | 18 | 46 | -- |
| 1961 | Bobby Vee with Strings and Things | Liberty LRP-3186/LST-7186 | -- | 47 | -- |
| 1961 | Hits of the Rockin' 50's | Liberty LRP-3205/LST-7205 | 85 | -- | -- |
| 1961 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Liberty LRP-3211/LST-7211 | 91 | 29 | 29 |
| 1962 | Bobby Vee Meets The Crickets | Liberty LRP-3228/LST-7228 | 42 | -- | -- |
| 1962 | A Bobby Vee Recording Session | Liberty LRP-3232/LST-7232 | 121 | -- | -- |
| 1962 | Merry Christmas From Bobby Vee | Liberty LRP-3267/LST-7267 | 136 | -- | -- |
| 1963 | The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | Liberty LRP-3285/LST-7285 | 102 | 51 | -- |
| 1963 | Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures | Liberty LRP-3289/LST-7289 | 91 | -- | -- |
| 1963 | I Remember Buddy Holly | Liberty LRP-3336/LST-7336 | -- | 54 | -- |
| 1964 | Bobby Vee Sings The New Sound From England! | Liberty LRP-3352/LST-7352 | 146 | -- | -- |
| 1964 | 30 Big Hits Of The 60's | Liberty LRP-3385/LST-7385 | -- | 95 | -- |
| 1965 | Live! On Tour | Liberty LRP-3393/LST-7393 | -- | -- | |
| 1966 | 30 Big Hits Of The 60's, Volume 2 | Liberty LRP-3448/LST-7448 | -- | -- | |
| 1966 | Look At Me Girl | Liberty LRP-3480/LST-7480 | -- | -- | |
| 1967 | Come Back When You Grow Up | Liberty LRP-3534/LST-7534 | 66 | 37 | |
| 1968 | Just Today | Liberty LRP-3554/LST-7554 | 187 | -- | |
| 1968 | Do What You Gotta Do | Liberty LST-7592 | -- | -- | |
| 1969 | Gates, Grills and Railings | Liberty LST-7612 | -- | -- | |
| 1972 | Nothin' Like A Sunny Day (released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline") |
United Artists UAS 5656 | -- | -- | |
| 1999 | Down The Line | RHP Rockhouse Productions RS-5999-1 | -- | -- | |
| 2002 | I Wouldn't Change A Thing | RHP Rockhouse Productions | -- | -- | |
| 2014 | The Adobe Sessions | RHP Rockhouse Productions | -- | -- | |
Compilations
| Release date | Album | Label | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard | Cashbox Mono | Cashbox Stereo | |||
| 1962 | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats | Liberty LRP-3245/LST-7245 | 24 | 22 | -- |
| 1966 | Golden Greats, Volume 2 | Liberty LRP-3464/LST-7464 | -- | -- | |
| 1973 | Legendary Masters Series | United Artists UA-LA025-G2 | -- | -- | |
| 1975 | The Very Best of Bobby Vee | United Artists UA-LA 332E | -- | -- | |
| 1980 | The Bobby Vee Singles Album | United Artists UA-G3 0253 | -- | -- | |
| 2008 | The Very Best of Bobby Vee | One Day Music DAY2CD148 | -- | -- | |
| 2011 | Rarities | EMI UK 9072062 | -- | -- | |
- The Very Best of Bobby Vee (May 12, 2008) was certified silver in the UK.
- The Bobby Vee Singles Album reached number 5 in the UK in April 1980[4] and was certified gold in the UK.[5]
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References
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 584. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- Bobby Vee interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
- Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 249.
- "the+bobby+vee+singles+album - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "Bobby Vee". bobbyvee.net. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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