''Twist with Bobby Darin'' is an album by American singer

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, released in 1961. It reached number 48 on the ''

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'' and remained there for 31 weeks. Five of the songs were previously released the year before on ''

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'' and the first six were written by Darin himself.

Reception

In his

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review, critic JT Griffith wrote "The dance album is a collection of rock songs, all of which have backbeat suitable for, obviously, twisting... Twist with Bobby Darin was something of a stop-gap album."

Track listing

Side one

#"Bullmoose" (

) – 2:31 #" Early in the Morning" (Darin, Woody Harris) – 2:17 #"Mighty Mighty Men" (Darin) – 1:40 #"You Know How" (Darin) – 2:07 #"Somebody to Love" (Darin) – 2:19 #"Multiplication" (Darin) – 2:18

Side two

#"Irresistible You" (

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) – 2:34 #" Queen of the Hop" (Harris) – 2:14 #"

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" ( Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) – 2:11 #"Keep a Walkin'" (

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) – 1:59 #"Pity Miss Kitty" (Harris) – 2:08 #"I Ain't Sharin' Sharon" (

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) – 2:11

Personnel

*Bobby Darin – vocals

References

1961 albums Bobby Darin albums Atco Records albums Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun {{1960s-pop-album-stub