Bobby Vee (album)

Bobby Vee is the second album by Bobby Vee and was released in 1961 by Liberty Records. it contains with a genorous mix of orgininal hits and contemporary covers, including "Rubber Ball", "More Than I Can Say", "Mr. Sandman", "Poetry in Motion", & "One Last Kiss" "Rubber Ball" "More Than I Can Say" and "Stayin' In" peaked at numbers 6, 33, & 61 respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, and "Rubber Ball" & "More Than I Can Say both peaked numbers 4, respectively, in the United Kingdom

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 20, 1961, remaining on the album chart for fiftteeth weeks and peaking at No. 18, the highest position Vee achieved on the chart

Reception
Joe Viglione of AllMusic said that "the hits have a timeless charm that puts them in a class above much of the close-to filler material here -- covers of Johnny Tillotson's "Poetry in Motion," the Chordettes/the Four Aces '50s hit "Mr. Sandman," the Fireballs/the Crickets "More Than I Can Say" (an eventual hit for Leo Sayer), and Little Willie John's "Talk to Me, Talk to Me". Of course with the hit songs to carry it, the "teen idol" look of the album and familiar material from other sources made for good marketing"

Cashbox mentioned that album "has the teeners solidly in mind."

Side A

 * 1) "Rubber Ball" (A. Orlowski, Aaron Schroeder)
 * 2) "Talk to Me, Talk to Me" (Joe Seneca)
 * 3) "One Last Kiss" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
 * 4) "Angels in the Sky" (Dick Glasser)
 * 5) "Stayin' In" (John D. Loudermilk)
 * 6) "Long Lonely Nights" (Lee Andrews)

Side B

 * 1) "Devil or Angel" (Blanche Carter)
 * 2) "Poetry in Motion" (Mike Anthony, Paul Kaufman)
 * 3) "More Than I Can Say" (Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis)
 * 4) "Mister Sandman" (Pat Ballard)
 * 5) "Foolish Tears" (Ann Hall, Bob Glasser, Dick Glasser)
 * 6) "Love, Love, Love" (Sid Wyche, Sunny David, Teddy McRae)

Chart positions

 * Singles