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. Take Good Care of My Baby was ranked much higher on the Cashbox albums chart, peaking at No. 29. It entered the UK album chart in February 1962 and spent one week at number seven over the course of 8 weeks.

The album was released on compact disc 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. Reel To Reel labels included the album in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019.

Reception

Billboard described the album as "His Biggest LP ever."

Cashbox praised Vee for his "deliver[ing] of other favorites with exceptional poise and artistry."

The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "Youthful, personable Bobby Vee includes some of the numbers that have been smash singles".

Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee called it "his strongest album."

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Singles "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, number one on the Cash Box singles chart, and number 3 in the UK Singles. "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.

Charts Chart (1962)PeakpositionUS Billboard Top LPs91US Cash Box29UK Albums Chart7

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak1961"Take Good Care of My Baby" US Billboard Hot 1001 UK Singles Chart3 US Cash Box1 Canada CHUM1"Run to Him" US Billboard Hot 1002 US Cash Box6 Canada CHUM6 UK Singles Chart4"Walkin' with My Angel" US Billboard Hot 10053 US Cash Box89 Canada CHUM5

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