Special Guest Star: Bobby Darin

"And now, the greatest young rhythm singer in the business -- Bobby Darin!" is the introduction Ed Sullivan gave to the young performer when Bobby appeared for the first time on his show in May of 1959. It is quite apparent that the public agrees with Mr. Sullivan.

Bobby has proved himself not only one of the biggest disc hit-makers the industry has known, with such smash hits as "Mack the Knife," "Dream Lover" and "Splish Splash," but equally has displayed amazing polish as a performer before the television cameras, on club floors and in theaters.

At the age of 22, Bobby possesses a degree of stage presence and a flair for showmanship that some performers never achieve in a lifetime. He works a little like a young, zestful Sinatra and a little like a budding Dean Martin, yet he does not imitate either. He has a style of his own combined with a mature authority, particularly appealing to the teen-age buying market, as well as to adults.

Bobby is unique in another respect. He is not only a polished performer on records, but he is one of the most accomplished young songwriters on the current scene. He wrote his own hits, "Dream Lover" and "Splish Splash," as well as tunes recorded by other artists such as Eddy Arnold, LaVern Baker and Gene Vincent ...

In addition to his songwriting and performing talents, Bobby also is an arranger with a distinctive, bright and commercial touch. He himself arranged "Dream Lover" and "Splish Splash," as well as the successful "Early in the Morning," another of his own songs.

Bobby's first public appearance of consequence occurred in March, 1956, when he did a television show with the late, great Tommy Dorsey. From that point on, both the music tradesters and the general public have taken him to their hearts.

Bobby graduated from the High School of Science in New York and spent one year at Hunter College, but long before that he was training himself for a career as an entertainer-writer. He learned to play piano, drums, guitar, vibes and bass. Bobby's mother, a lady who once graced show business herself, has been a big help to him all through his early days as a performer.

Nor is Bobby letting up on his stringent and continuing efforts to improve himself as a performer. At the present time he is taking dramatic and dancing lessons in preparation for more work in television and films. Physically, Bobby is ideal for either medium. He is 5' 9 1/2" tall, and a slender, virile 155 pounds. He has handsome, yet interesting and distinctive facial features.

While Bobby is a big favorite with the teenagers, substantially in the rock and roll idiom, he has equal appeal to adults who prefer to hear knowing treatments of standard ballads and swing items, and he has amply demonstrated this overall appeal.

He records exclusively for ATCO Records. In television, Bobby has played many major network show, including those of Perry Como, Ed Sullivan and Dick Clark. Personal apprearance-wise, Bobby has captivated patrons in such showplaces as the Sands and Sahara in Las Vegas, the Casino Royal in Washington, D. C., the Cloister in Hollywood, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, and a host of others.

GREEK THEATRE PROGRAM: August 10-15, 1960
ACT 11 --- OVERTURE by Jeff Alexander
GEORGE BURNS --- BOBBY DARIN

1. Medley: "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" / "Lonesome Road"
2. "Some of These Days"
3. "Mack the Knife"
4. "Love For Sale"
5. "Clementine"
6. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
7. "Dream Lover"
8. "Bill Bailey"
9. "I Have Dreamed"
10. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
11. "All Right, O.K., You Win"
12. Medley: "By Myself" / "When Your Lover Has Gone"
13. "I've Got A Woman"
14. "That's All