~
Side 2:
Medley: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) / It's The Same Old Song - (2:45)
B1a - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland*
B1b - It's The Same Old Song, written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland*
B2 - I Like It Like That, written by Marvin Tarplin, William Robinson* - 2:35
B3 - Run Like The Devil, written by Irwin Schuster, Paul Leka - 2:35
B4 - Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone), written by Jackie Avery, John Farris - 2:45
B5 - That's What Love Is Made Of, written by Robert Rogers, Warren Moore, William Robinson* - 2:48
Companies, etc.
Copyright © – Liberty Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Audio Matrix, Inc.
Pressed By – Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging
Record Company – Liberty Records, Inc.
Published By – Johnny Rivers Music
Published By – Mirwood Music
Published By – Saima Music Co.
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – T. M. Music, Inc.
Published By – Avery-Farris Music
Credits:
Arranged By – Lincoln Mayorga
Art Direction – Woody Woodward
Design – Kittyhawk Graphics
Engineer – Dino Lappas
Liner Notes – James Ashton*
Photography By [Cover] – Peter Whorf
Producer – Dallas Smith
Notes:
Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc. pressing denoted by "AB" etch in runouts.
AudioMatrix stamp in runouts is partial on Side A and extremely faint on Side B.
UNIPAK gatefold jacket.
Writing credits differ between gatefold and labels; gatefold information used.
Label incorrectly lists miscredits "Stevie Hunter" for Stevie Wonder on track A6.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; AudioMatrix stamp): LST-7592-1 AB 9,68 AudioMatrix
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; AudioMatrix stamp): LST-7592-2 AB 9,68 AudioMatrix
Rights Society: BMI
Styrous® ~ Friday, April 30, 2021
Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do
vinyl LP front cover detail
Design: Kittyhawk Graphics
detail photo of album cover by Styrous®
Today is the birthday of cute as a button, 1960's teen idol, Bobby Vee, born on April 30, 1943, in Fargo, North Dakota. His father was a chef, pianist and fiddle player of Norwegian descent and his mother was of Finnish descent.
Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do
vinyl LP front cover
cover photo by Peter Whorf
Design: Kittyhawk Graphics
photo of album cover by Styrous®
The career of Bobby Vee was born when he had to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson were killed in the crash of a V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane on February 3, 1959.
V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane
photo by Bill Larkins
His single, Rubber Ball (1961, U.S. number six, Australia number one), made him an international star. The song was covered by Gary Lewis and the Playboys in 1966.
The album is a gatefold format designed by Kittyhawk Graphics, so there is plenty of room for graphics as well as information.
The songs are classic Motown, such as his cover of Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr., and produced by Whitfield. It had been a big hit on the Pop and R&B charts by The Temptations two years earlier. Stubborn Kind of Fellow, written by Marvin Gaye, also fits in this category. It was Gaye's first big reaching the top 10 of the R&B chart and the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1962.
Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do
vinyl LP back cover detail
Design: Kittyhawk Graphics
detail photo by Styrous®
Can You Love A Poor Boy, written by Ivy Hunter and Stevie Wonder, is a gentle ballad; Wonder never recorded the song.
The Medley, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) and It's The Same Old Song, both written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland
team, had the same feeling of the originals with a great female chorus
backup; it was a pretty good cover of the songs.
Run Like the Devil, written by Paul Leka and Irwin Schuster, has the typical 60's sound. Leka also wrote Green Tambourine, recorded by the Lemon Pipers, and the classic, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (one of my all-time favorite songs) recorded by him, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer under the name Steam.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
A1 - Do What You Gotta Do, written by Jim Webb* - 2:48
A2 - If My World Falls Through, written by Kenny Gist, Jr. - 2:50
A3 - Thank You, written by R. Velline* - 2:30
A4 - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, written by Eddie Holland*, Norman Whitfield - 2:35
A5 - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow, written by George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson - 2:10
A6 - Can You Love A Poor Boy, written by Ivy Hunter*, Stevie Wonder - 2:55
A2 - If My World Falls Through, written by Kenny Gist, Jr. - 2:50
A3 - Thank You, written by R. Velline* - 2:30
A4 - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, written by Eddie Holland*, Norman Whitfield - 2:35
A5 - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow, written by George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson - 2:10
A6 - Can You Love A Poor Boy, written by Ivy Hunter*, Stevie Wonder - 2:55
Side 2:
Medley: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) / It's The Same Old Song - (2:45)
B1a - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland*
B1b - It's The Same Old Song, written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland*
B2 - I Like It Like That, written by Marvin Tarplin, William Robinson* - 2:35
B3 - Run Like The Devil, written by Irwin Schuster, Paul Leka - 2:35
B4 - Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone), written by Jackie Avery, John Farris - 2:45
B5 - That's What Love Is Made Of, written by Robert Rogers, Warren Moore, William Robinson* - 2:48
Companies, etc.
Copyright © – Liberty Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Audio Matrix, Inc.
Pressed By – Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging
Record Company – Liberty Records, Inc.
Published By – Johnny Rivers Music
Published By – Mirwood Music
Published By – Saima Music Co.
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – T. M. Music, Inc.
Published By – Avery-Farris Music
Credits:
Arranged By – Lincoln Mayorga
Art Direction – Woody Woodward
Design – Kittyhawk Graphics
Engineer – Dino Lappas
Liner Notes – James Ashton*
Photography By [Cover] – Peter Whorf
Producer – Dallas Smith
Notes:
Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc. pressing denoted by "AB" etch in runouts.
AudioMatrix stamp in runouts is partial on Side A and extremely faint on Side B.
UNIPAK gatefold jacket.
Writing credits differ between gatefold and labels; gatefold information used.
Label incorrectly lists miscredits "Stevie Hunter" for Stevie Wonder on track A6.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; AudioMatrix stamp): LST-7592-1 AB 9,68 AudioMatrix
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; AudioMatrix stamp): LST-7592-2 AB 9,68 AudioMatrix
Rights Society: BMI
Bobby Vee – Do What You Gotta Do
Label: Liberty – LST-7592
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Abbey Press
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock
Label: Liberty – LST-7592
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Abbey Press
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock
Viewfinder links:
The Lemon Pipers ~ Through With You
Net links:
CBC ~ Bobby Vee, 1960s teen idol, dead at 73 obit
YouTube links:
Bobby Vee ~
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
