Bobby Vee discography
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The following is the discography of American singer Bobby Vee. Vee's debut single was released in 1959 titled "Suzie Baby". Distributed by Soma Records, the recording gained enough attention to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 and Vee was signed onto a recording contract by the bigger Liberty Records. Vee's next two singles made lesser but similar chart appearances.
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| Bobby Vee discography | |
|---|---|
Bobby Vee in early 1962. | |
| Studio albums | 23 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Singles | 45 |
| Collaboration albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 1 |
In mid 1960, Vee had his first top 10 hit with "Devil or Angel". The single managed to reach the top 10 on the pop charts, top 25 on the R&B charts, and almost topped the Canadian survey at No. 2. This prompted Liberty to release his first album Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites, filled up with rock and roll hits. Vee's next two singles became hits as well and were included in his self-titled studio album released in early 1961. That year, Vee had his first and only number-one recording with "Take Good Care of My Baby", which topped the charts in the US and Canada, while also climbing to number 3 in the UK. The following single reached number 2 in the United States soon after.
Liberty continued to release several albums and in late 1962 achieved his second highest-charting hit titled "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes". Earlier that year, Vee made a collaboration album with The Crickets. Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets became Vee's second highest-charting entry on the UK charts, peaking at number 2. In 1963, the extended play Just for Fun topped the charts entirely. However, Bobby Vee's chart performance declined, and none of his records reached the top 40 in 1964 and 1965. An effort to switch this with a live albums Live! On Tour ultimately failed.
In 1967, Vee attained his final top 10 entry and comeback single "Come Back When You Grow Up". Reaching number 3 in the US and number 2 in the Canada, it spawned the namesake album, which reached the bottom-half of the LP charts published Billboard and the upper-half of the Cashbox album chart. A chain of contemporary releases in 1967 and 1968 spawned two more albums, Just Today and Do What You Gotta Do. Vee's final Liberty studio album was released in 1969 titled Gates, Grills & Railings, critically assessed as a change of pace. In 1972, Vee made an effort to come back with the album Nothin' Like a Sunny Day, using his birth name to appeal to mature audiences, but the album failed to sell. Various compilation albums were released during the 1970s and 80s. Notably, The Bobby Vee Singles Album reached No. 5 in the UK and was certified gold.
Singles
| Title
(A-side/B-side)[A] |
Year | Label | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] |
U.S. Billboard AC [2] |
UK Singles [3] |
U.S. Billboard R&B [4] |
US Cashbox [5] |
Canada CHUM RPM | ||||
| "Suzie Baby" "Flyin' High" (non-album track) |
1959 | Soma 1110 Liberty 55208 |
77 — |
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Bobby Vee's Golden Greats |
| "What Do You Want" "My Love Loves Me" |
1960 | Liberty 55234 | 93 — |
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Non-album tracks |
| "One Last Kiss" "Laurie" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things) |
Liberty 55251 | 112 — |
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91 — |
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Bobby Vee | |
| "Devil or Angel" "Since I Met You Baby" |
Liberty 55270 | 6 81 |
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22 — |
4 — |
2 — |
Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites | |
| "Rubber Ball" "Everyday" (from Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites) |
Liberty 55287 | 6 — |
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4 — |
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6 — |
4 — |
Bobby Vee | |
| "Stayin' In" "More Than I Can Say" |
1961 | Liberty 55296 | 33 61 |
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flip 4 |
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32 48 |
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| "How Many Tears" "Baby Face" |
Liberty 55325 | 63 119 |
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10 — |
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43 97 |
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Bobby Vee with Strings and Things | |
| "Take Good Care of My Baby"[6] "Bashful Bob" (from Bobby Vee with Strings and Things) |
Liberty 55354 | 1 — |
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3 — |
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1 — |
1 — |
Take Good Care of My Baby | |
| "Run to Him" "Walkin' with My Angel" |
Liberty 55388 | 2 53 |
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6 — |
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4 89 |
6 5 | ||
| "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" "I Can't Say Goodbye" |
1962 | Liberty 55419 | 15 92 |
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29 — |
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18 90 |
3 — |
A Bobby Vee Recording Session |
| "Sharing You" "At A Time Like This" (non-album track) / "In My Baby's Eyes" |
Liberty 55451 | 15 — |
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10 — |
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20 121 |
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| "Punish Her" "Someday (When I'm Gone from You)" (from Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets) |
Liberty 55479 | 20 99 |
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32 129 |
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Bobby Vee's Golden Greats | |
| "A Forever Kind of Love" "Remember Me, Huh?" (from Take Good Care of My Baby) U.K. release only |
Liberty 10046 | — — |
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13 — |
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A Bobby Vee Recording Session | |
| "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" "Anonymous Phone Call" |
Liberty 55521 | 3 110 |
2 — |
3 — |
8 — |
4 108 |
2 — |
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes | |
| "Charms" "Bobby Tomorrow" (Non-album track) |
1963 | Liberty 55530 | 13 — |
5 — |
— 21 |
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15 — |
20 — |
Bobby Vee Golden Greats, Volume 2 |
| "Be True to Yourself" "A Letter from Betty" (Non-album track) |
Liberty 55581 | 34 85 |
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36 100 |
15 | Bobby Vee Golden Greats, Volume 2 | |
| "Never Love a Robin" "Yesterday and You" |
Liberty 55636 | 99 55 |
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101 53 |
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Bobby Vee Golden Greats, Volume 2 | |
| "Stranger in Your Arms" "1963" |
1964 | Liberty 55654 | 83 — |
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90 | — — |
Non-album tracks |
| "I'll Make You Mine" "She's Sorry" |
Liberty 55670 | 52 — |
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54 — |
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The New Sound from England! | |
| "Hickory, Dick and Doc" "I Wish You Were Mine Again" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55700 | 63 — |
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81 — |
18 — |
Bobby Vee Golden Greats, Volume 2 | |
| "Where Is She" "How to Make a Farewell" |
Liberty 55726 | 120 — |
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Non-album tracks | |
| "Every Little Bit Hurts" "Pretend You Don't See Her" |
1965 | Liberty 55751 | 84 97 |
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89 80 |
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Bobby Vee Golden Greats, Volume 2 |
| "Cross My Heart" "This Is the End" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55761 | 99 — |
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101 — |
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| "Keep On Trying" "You Won't Forget Me" (from The Night Has a Thousand Eyes) |
Liberty 55790 | 85 — |
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84 — |
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| "True Love Never Runs Smooth" "Hey Little Girl" U.K. release only |
Liberty 10213 | — — |
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Non-album tracks | |
| "Run Like the Devil" "Take a Look Around Me" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55828 | 124 — |
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106 — |
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Do What You Gotta Do | |
| "High Coin" "The Story Of My Life" |
Liberty 55843 | — — |
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Non-album tracks | |
| "A Girl I Used to Know" "Gone" (non-album track) |
1966 | Liberty 55854 | 133 — |
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Bobby Vee Golden Greats, Volume 2 |
| "Look at Me Girl" "Save a Love" (non-album track) Original A-side: "Butterfly" (non-album track, did not chart) |
Liberty 55877 | 52 — |
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67 — |
53 — |
Look at Me Girl | |
| "Before You Go" "Here Today" (non-album track) |
Liberty 55921 | — — |
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Non-album tracks | |
| "Come Back When You Grow Up" "That's All in the Past" (from Look at Me Girl) Later B-side: "Swahili Serenade" (Non-album track) |
1967 | Liberty 55964 | 3 — |
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3 — |
2 — |
Come Back When You Grow Up |
| "Beautiful People" "I May Be Gone" (from Come Back When You Grow Up) |
Liberty 56009 | 37 — |
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27 — |
19 — |
Just Today | |
| "Maybe Just Today" "You're a Big Girl Now" (from Come Back When You Grow Up) |
1968 | Liberty 56014 | 46 — |
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38 — |
35 — | |
| "Medley: My Girl/Hey Girl" "Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens)" |
Liberty 56033 | 35 — |
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17 — |
7 — | ||
| "Do What You Gotta Do" "Thank You" |
Liberty 56057 | 83 — |
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65 — |
62 — |
Do What You Gotta Do | |
| "(I'm Into Lookin' For) Someone to Love Me" "Thank You" (from Do What You Gotta Do) |
Liberty 56080 | 98 — |
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92 — |
84 — |
Gates, Grills & Railings | |
| "Jenny Came to Me" "Santa Cruz" |
1969 | Liberty 56096 | — — |
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Non-album tracks |
| "Let's Call It a Day Girl" "I'm Gonna Make It Up to You" |
Liberty 56124 | 92 — |
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97 132 |
79 — | ||
| "In and Out of Love" "Electric Trains and You" |
1970 | Liberty 56149 | 111 — |
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105 — |
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| "Woman in My Life" "No Obligation" |
Liberty 56178 | — — |
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| "Sweet Sweetheart" "Rock and Roll Music and You" |
Liberty 56208 | 88 — |
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94 — |
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| "Signs" "Something to Say" |
1971 | United Artists 50755 | — — |
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125 — |
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| "Take Good Care of My Baby (acoustic)" "Every Opportunity" (released under the name "Robert Thomas Velline") |
1973 | United Artists XW199-W, UP 35516 |
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Nothin' Like a Sunny Day |
| "Loving You" "Saying Goodbye" |
1975 | Shady Brook 013 | — — |
37 — |
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Non-album tracks |
| "Well All Right" "Something Has Come Between Us" |
1978 | United Artists UP 36370 | — — |
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EPs
| Year of release | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Label | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | |||||
| 1963 | Just for Fun
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Liberty 2084 | 1 | ||
Albums
Studio 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 200 [7] |
Cashbox Mono [8] |
Cashbox Stereo [8] |
UK Albums Chart [9] | |||
| 1960 | Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites | Liberty LRP-3165 (Mono)/LST-7165 (Stereo) | — | — | — | — |
| 1961 | Bobby Vee | Liberty LRP-3181/LST-7181 | 18 | 46 | — | — |
| Bobby Vee with Strings and Things | Liberty LRP-3186/LST-7186 | — | 47 | — | — | |
| Bobby Vee Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's | Liberty LRP-3205/LST-7205 | 85 | — | — | 20 | |
| Take Good Care of My Baby | Liberty LRP-3211/LST-7211 | 91 | 29 | 29 | 7 | |
| 1962 | A Bobby Vee Recording Session | Liberty LRP-3232/LST-7232 | 121 | — | — | 10 |
| Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets | Liberty LRP-3228/LST-7228 | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 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 | — | 15 |
| Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures | Liberty LRP-3289/LST-7289 | 91 | 37 | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | |
| Look at Me Girl | Liberty LRP-3480/LST-7480 | — | 102 | — | ||
| 1967 | Come Back When You Grow Up | Liberty LRP-3534/LST-7534 | 66 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | Just Today | Liberty LRP-3554/LST-7554 | 187 | — | — | |
| Do What You Gotta Do | Liberty LST-7592 | — | — | — | ||
| 1969 | Gates, Grills & 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 | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | The Ultimate Christmas | RHP Rockhouse Productions | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | Last Of The Great Rhythm Guitar Players | RG Pegasus Productions PEG CD 556 | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | The Adobe Sessions | RHP Rockhouse Productions | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
| Release date | Album | Label | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard [7] |
Cashbox Mono [8] |
Cashbox Stereo [8] | |||
| 1962 | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats | Liberty LRP-3245/LST-7245 | 24 | 22 | — |
| 1966 | Bobby Vee 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 | — | — | |
Soundtracks
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1967 | C'mon, Let's Live a Little
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Notes
- The B-sides listed are for the US releases of the singles except where not applicable. Various other songs were released as B-sides to the main A-sides in other countries.