Draft:30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2

30 Big Hits of the 60's, Volume 2 is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in April 1966 by Liberty Records. Vee covers hits from the 1960s with this album for the 2nd Album of it, this time, it including "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", "For Your Love", "Houston", "You're Sixteen", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Tower of Strength", "The 'In' Crowd", "Save Your Heart for Me", "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", "Love Is All We Need", "Make It Easy on Yourself" and others .Like 1964's Vol. 1, these are snippets of past hits of the era, Each song is a medley combining two songs into one.

Although Volume 1 made it to the Cashbox album charts in 1964, where it peaked at #95, Volume 2, failed to reach the charts.

Reception
At the time of the album's release, Billboard praised Bobby Vee for "presenting and he does it in golden voice."

St. Petersburg Times raves "you'll enjoy the way he sangs number.

Robert Reynolds called it a "Nice Album" and praised that "It showcases [Bobby's] ability to sing almost any style of song.

The Post-Crescent mentions that "[Bobby] takes on an enormous task and both singer and songs come through unscathed"

Song information
"A Hundred Pounds of Clay" had its best chart performance as a number Three hit recording for Gene McDaniels, he also took "Tower of Strength" to number Five in Billboard Hot 100, Bob Lind became successful with "Elusive Butterfly" which went to number 5 on both the Billboard Hot 100 , & adult contemporary chart , "A Taste of Honey" was first heard in the Broadway musical A Taste of Honey which was also made into the film of the same name in 1961, which was most successful when Herb Alpert took the song to number one on the easy listening chart, reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, and earned him with four awards including Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1966, Jack Jones 1964's recording of "Wives and Lovers" earned the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male, In the US, it peaked at number fourteen on the Hot 100 , and number nine on the Easy Listening chart.

Nancy Sinatra got as high as Number 1 on The Pop & The UK, with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", Manfred Mann went to #3 on the UK Singles Chart and #12 on both the U.S. pop chart and the Canadian chart. , with "Sha La La", Gene Pitney "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4, and No. 4 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade". , Barbara Lewis got it high as #11 on the Hot 100, & #5 on The USA R&B, with "Baby I'm Yours", Jerry Butler went to No. 20 , No. 18 on The US R&B with "Make It Easy on Yourself"

"When You Walk in the Room" was orginally recorded by Jackie DeShannon as a single, it was most successful chart run for the song belongs to The Searchers, whose went to number thrity-five in Billboard Hot 100, "Dobie Gray" "The 'In' Crowd" made it to number eleven in The US R&B, number 13 on the Hot 100,  "Chubby Checker "Pony Time" enjoyed three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Roy Hamilton got as high as No. 12,  No. 6 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart. with "You Can Have Her", The Knickerbockers took the charts in 1965 with "Lies" to #20 on the U.S. pop chart, Gary Lewis & the Playboys went to No. 2 on Billboard,  with "Count Me In". They also had a success with "Save Your Heart for Me" which was originally recorded Brian Hyland in 1963 but the most successful chart run for the song which went to number two in 1965, and No. 1 in The adult contemporary chart , Tommy Edwards took "Love Is All We Need" to No. 15 , "Call Me Irresponsible" became more successful when it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1963 after it was used for film Papa's Delicate Condition. Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas had the most successful recording of "Bad to Me", peaking at number nine in The US,, and No. 9 in The adult contemporary chart

"I'm a Fool" was was orginally recorded by Rick Nelson as an album track of his Spotlight on Rick album in 1964, it was most successful by Dino, Desi & Billy where it reached No. 17, "In the Misty Moonlight" was orginally recorded By Jim Reeves, it was most successful chart run for the song belongs to Jerry Wallace, who went to number nineteeth in in Billboard Hot 100 ,and No. 2 in adult contemporary chart in 1964, "The Story of My Life" first appeared on the charts when Marty Robbins took the song at No. 15 No, 1 on Billboard's country chart, Ricky Nelson Became best known for "Travelin' Man" which peaked at #1 in 5 Countries inculding Billboard Hot 100, and No, 2 in The UK, "Mr. Blue became most success for The Fleetwoods, number one on Both the Billboard Hot 100 Marianne Faithfull reached #26 in The USA, with "Come and Stay with Me" in 1965, Larry Hall reached #15 on the U.S. pop chart in 1960 with Sandy. , "For Your Love" first appeared on the charts & most succesful in 1965 when The Yardbirds took the song to Number 7,, Dean Martin took "Houston" to No. 21 while reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, and Johnny Burnette Became Successful with His Big Hit "You're Sixteen" which peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960