This article appeared in the April 15, 1973 issue of TV Channels
magazine and was written by Jack Ryan.
Too Much Talent?
Bobby Darin is so loaded with talent that
this in itself might have hampered his
career development in some area.
Nevertheless, Walden Robert Cassotto
has come a long way from his New York
birthplace.
He is now a regular on NBC and for
Bobby Darin, as he is now known, that will
do for the time being. Research indicates
that Darin's vast talent will not languish
on the TV tube alone. Since security is no
longer a problem, he can swing his career
into any channel.
He already has a modest string of movie credits to his name, although he says
that one of those films was a mistake.
Darin had a feature role in an excellent
film with Sidney Poitier entitled "Pressure Point." Bobby played an anti-Negro
soldier being treated by a black psychia-
trist. It was a fine film, but Darin says, "It
hurt my image. It took several romantic
comedies plus a great role in 'Captain
Newman, M.D.' to erase the impression I
made with 'Pressure Point'. "
He also maintains one of the most rugged schedules of any top entertainer in the
country. Among the night clubs around
the country where he has headlined are
the Sands in Las Vegas; Deaubille in Miami; Royal Casino in Washington; Copaca-
bana in New York and the New Arena in
Pittsburgh.
These appearances grind on the slender singer, but Darin apparently thrives
on hard work.
His style is a little like a zesty Sinatra
and a little like a budding Dean Martin,
yet he does not imitate either of these two
fine singers. He has a style all his own.
He has Sinatra and Martin touches to
his act, too, but he also has an appeal all
his own — and he has not yet outgrown
that awesome sub-20 set with its mammoth capacity for buying records.
Most of Darin's work is his own. He is
an accomplished and published song writer and knows how to play piano, drums,
guitar, vibes and harmonica.
In one area, he set a standard that has
yet to be matched. When he was first
breaking onto the national scene in the
early 1950s, he established himself as a
singular person — not one of the bevy of
busts who skittered across the national
limelight on the basis of one hit song and
then disappeared from public view.
One reason for this success is that
Bobby Darin is an accomplished performer — and he is all his own man.
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