"Beyond the Sea" (1959 & 1973): Bobby Darin's great nostalgia trip

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May 14, 2020

"Beyond the Sea" (1959 & 1973): Bobby Darin's great nostalgia trip

No more sailin'. . . Happy birthday, Bobby (May 14, 1969 -- December 20, 1973). He gave an amazing nine-minute performance of "Beyond the Sea" in 1973, the year he died. (There's a full-length tape but we're denied access.) What a talent. He could play the trombone with his voice -- he does it here. In the fourth clip, you'll see what a tremendous gift he had for mimicry: he does Andy Williams's "Moon River" exactly as Andy did it. Finally, I couldn't resist putting up the episode of The Jack Benny Show with Bobby Darin as his guest (January 28, 1964). -- DL

Posted by The Best American Poetry on May 14, 2020 at 06:35 PM in Adventures of Lehman, Music | Permalink

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Radio

I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark

from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman