| Take Good Care of My Baby | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Bobby Vee |
| Cover: | Take Good Care of My Baby (Bobby Vee album).jpg |
| Released: | 1962 |
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| Length: | 27:37 |
| Label: | Liberty |
| Producer: | Snuff Garrett |
| Prev Title: | Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | A Bobby Vee Recording Session |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
Take Good Care of My Baby is the fifth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in 1962 by Liberty Records.
It contains Vee's best-known hits "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Run to Him", and "Walkin' with My Angel".
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated February 3, 1962, remaining on the chart for 14 weeks and peaking at No. 91.[1] It entered the UK album chart in February 1962 and spent one week at number seven over the course of 8 weeks"[2] No. 29 on the Cashbox albums chart.[3]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on March 10, 1999 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1962 album, A Bobby Vee Recording Session.[4]
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.[5]
Billboard described the album as "His Biggest LP Ever"[6]
Cashbox praised Vee for his "delivers other favorites with exceptional poise and artistry.[7]
The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "Youthful, personable Bobby Vee includes some of the numbers that have been smash singles".[8]
Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee called it "his strongest album".[9]
"Take Good Care of My Baby" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 7, 1961, eventually spending three weeks at number one during its 15-week stay,[10] number one on the Cash Box singles chart,[11] and number 3 in the UK Singles.[12] "Run to Him" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 13, 1961, eventually spending one week at number two during its 15-week stay, number one on the Cash Box singles chart, and number 4 in the UK Singles. "Walkin' with My Angel" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 27, 1961, eventually spending one week at number fifty-three during its 9-week stay and number eighty-nine on the Cash Box singles chart.
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs | 91 |
| US Cash Box | 29 |
| UK Albums Chart | 7 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Take Good Care of My Baby" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 | ||
| US Cash Box | 1 | ||
| Canada CHUM | 1 | ||
| "Run to Him" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 2 | |
| US Cash Box | 6 | ||
| Canada CHUM | 6 | ||
| UK Singles Chart | 4 | ||
| "Walkin' with My Angel" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 53 | |
| US Cash Box | 89 | ||
| Canada CHUM | 5 |