April 30, 2021

20,000 vinyl LPs 288: Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do

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Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP front cover detail
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 
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.     


Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP back cover
photo by Styrous®
 
The album is a gatefold format designed by Kittyhawk Graphics, so there is plenty of room for graphics as well as information.            
 

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold front cover 
cover photo by Peter Whorf 
photo of gatefold  cover by Styrous®


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
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.       


Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Peter Whorf
photo of gatefold interior by Styrous®


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.                


Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
Design: Kittyhawk Graphics
photo of gatefold interior by Styrous®


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.          
 

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Peter Whorf
photo of gatefold interior by Styrous®


Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Styrous®




Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Styrous®









Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Styrous®








Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Styrous®



Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP gatefold interior
photo by Styrous®








Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP, side 1
photo by Styrous®





Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 
vinyl LP, side 2
photo by Styrous®








   
Tracklist:

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

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

         
Viewfinder links:        
         
Lamont Dozier            
Marvin Gaye         
Brian Holland          
Eddie Holland        
Holland–Dozier–Holland         
Buddy Holly         
The Lemon Pipers ~ Through With You          
Steam       
Ritchie Valens           
Bobby Vee      
Norman Whitfield         
        
Net links:        
        
CBC ~ Bobby Vee, 1960s teen idol, dead at 73 obit       
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
         
Bobby Vee ~              
      Beauty Is Only Skin Deep         
      Can You Love A Poor Boy         
      Do What You Gotta Do         
      Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone)         
      Run Like The Devil         
      That's What Love Is Made Of         
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye        
         
        
        
        
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