| Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Bobby Vee |
| Cover: | Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's.JPG |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | October 1961 |
| Genre: |
|
| Length: | 28:17 |
| Label: | Liberty |
| Producer: | Snuff Garrett |
| Prev Title: | Bobby Vee with Strings and Things |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Take Good Care of My Baby |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
| Chronology: | Bobby Vee |
Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's is the fourth studio album by American singer Bobby Vee and released in October 1961 by Liberty Records. Vee covers hits from the 1950s with this album including "Summertime Blues", "School Days", "Do You Want to Dance", "Lollipop", and "16 Candles".
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 30, 1961, remaining on the album chart for eight weeks and peaking at No. 85.[1] it debuted in the UK shortly thereafter, on March 31, 1962 and spent its only week on the album chart there at number 20."[2]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on March 10, 1999 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Vee's Other 1961 album, Bobby Vee with Strings and Things.[3]
Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019.[4]
At the time of the album's release, and Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential",Billboard noted Vee "selected a flock of the biggest hits of the past decade and does them in his pleasant style",[5] while Cash Box thought "Youngsters will appreciate [Vee's] strict adherence to the original sounds" of past rock and roll hits.[6]
Retrospectively, Bruce Eder of AllMusic believes that "the album wears thin after a few spins" and "even though Vee's performances are good, the album is too calculated and workmanlike to transcend its humble origins."