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Bobby Vee - With Strings and Things & Hits of the Rockin' 50's (1961)

Track listing:
  1. Do You Wanna Dance 2:41
  2. Lolli-Pop 1:56
  3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 2:51
  4. Earth Angel 2:45
  5. Sixteen Candles 2:51
  6. Angels In The Sky 2:07
  7. Foolish Tears 2:00
  8. Love, Love, Love 1:56
  9. School Day 2:27
  10. Little Star 2:28
  11. Mister Sandman 1:59
  12. Tenderly Yours 2:03
  13. Come Go with Me 1:54
  14. Poetry In Motion 1:49
  15. Summertime Blues 1:59
  16. Talk To Me 2:40
  17. Go On 2:24
  18. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby 2:21
  19. Hark, Is That A Cannon I Hear 1:59
  20. Lavender Blue 2:19
  21. Donna 2:31
  22. He Will Break Your Heart 2:38
  23. Little Flame 2:00
  24. Remember Me, Huh 2:17
  25. The Wisdom of a Fool 2:04
  26. So You´re In Love 2:15
  27. Who Am I 2:01
  28. A Forever Kind Of Love 2:27
  29. Gues Who 2:43
  30. In My Baby´s Eyes 2:09
  31. My Golden Chance 1:55
  32. Teardrops Fall Like Rain 1:43

Notes

This is a pretty cool combination of two Bobby Vee albums from 1960/1961 that are stronger together than they were separately. With Strings and Things is the softer of the two, though it has its cool rock & roll moments, while Sings Hits of the Rockin' '50's generally focuses better on rock & roll, even if it veers decidedly toward pop. The overall result is to reduce the presence of the true pop dross from the earlier album, while providing a bumper crop of rock & roll ("Do You Want to Dance," "Love's Made a Fool of You," "Diana," "School Day," "Summertime Blues," etc.) and pop/rock ("Little Star," "Come Go with Me," etc.). That, coupled with the excellent sound and informative liner notes (albeit from a U.K. perspective), make this an appealing CD and a must-own item for Vee's fans.