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Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile
Studio album LP by
Bobby Darin
ReleasedApril 1966
RecordedDecember 13, 1965 – March 23, 1966
GenrePop
Length27:25
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBobby Darin
Bobby Darin chronology
Venice Blue
(1965) 		Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile
(1966) 		In a Broadway Bag (Mame)
(1966)

Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile is an album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1966. It included all the Oscar nominated songs from 1966. It was his first album on the Atlantic label after leaving Capitol Records.

Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile was reissued on CD in 2007 along with In a Broadway Bag (Mame).

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

In his Allmusic review, critic JT Griffith wrote “Darin flexed his musical muscles and covered them all... While only making a small dent in the charts, The Shadow of Your Smile was a hit with the critics.”[1]

Billboard described the album as a "highly salable and programming LP"[3]

Track listing

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  1. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:15
  2. "The Sweetheart Tree" (Henry Mancini) – 2:07
  3. "I Will Wait for You" (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy) – 2:31
  4. "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" (Jerry Livingston, Mack David) – 2:30
  5. "What's New Pussycat?" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:10
  6. "Rainin'" (Bobby Darin) – 2:49
  7. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:22
  8. "Cute" (Neal Hefti) – 2:18
  9. "After You've Gone" (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) – 3:12
  10. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:23
  11. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 2:48

Personnel

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  • Bobby Darin – vocals
  • Richard Wess – arrangements
  • Shorty Rogers – arrangements

References

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  1. ^ a b Griffith, JT. "Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 394. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Pop Spotlight: Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 21. May 28, 1966. p. 68.
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