Bobby Vee's Golden Greats is a compilation album by American singer Bobby Vee that was released in November 1962 by Liberty Records. It was Vee's first greatest hits compilation on the Liberty label. He had as the major influences in his career his personal manager Arnold Mills and record producer, Snuff Garrett.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 3, 1962, and remained on the chart for 44 weeks, peaking at No. 24. It climbed to No. 22 on the Cashbox Best-Selling Monaural Albums chart during its 19-week run on it. It was more successful in The UK, where it spent for 14 weeks on the album chart there peaking at No. 10. The single, "Punish Her", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated September 1, 1962, peaking at number 20 during its eight-week stay. On the Cashbox Top 100 Singles, it reached number 32 during its eight-week stay.
Compact disc The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on October 28, 2003, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1966 Compilation album, Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2.
Reception
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said that "it captures him thoroughly in his Buddy Holly mode, and the effect is extremely haunting. Otherwise, every track here earned its place on the album, it helps to make a significant part of this album a tribute to Holly. As a hits compilation, this is an above-average release."
Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, stating that it featured "A potent line-up of hit tunes by the hit-maker that spells sales in all sort of location."
New Record Mirror raved, "Bobby is right back at the top of the pop tree and looks set for a long time to come."
Hunter Nigel of Disc wrote in his review that "Take Good Care of My Baby and Someday, which he does with the Crickets come off best". The Honolulu Advertiser called it "another par-favorite."
Track listing
Side one
Side two
Charts +Chart performance for Bobby Vee's Golden GreatsChart (1962)PeakpositionUS Billboard Top LPs24US Cashbox Best-Selling Monaural Albums22UK Record Retailer Top Albums10
Singles SingleYearChartPeakposition"Punish Her"1962US Billboard Hot 10020US Cashbox Top 100 Singles32
Billboard & UK singles chart positions for previously Singles Song US chart debut Hot100 U.S.Cashbox UK chartdebut UK singleschart"Suzie Baby"August 29, 195977–––"One Last Kiss"May 23, 196011291––"Devil or Angel"August 1, 1960134––"Rubber Ball"November 28, 196066January 25, 19614"Stayin' In"February 27, 19613332April 19, 19614"More Than I Can Say"February 27, 1961611April 19, 19614"How Many Tears"May 29, 19616343August 9, 196110"Take Good Care of My Baby"August 7, 196111November 1, 19613"Run to Him"November 13, 196124December 27, 19616"Walking with My Angel"November 27, 19615389––"Please Don't Ask About Barbara"February 24, 19621518March 24, 196229"Sharing You"May 19, 19621520June 10, 196210
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