Bobby Darin

May Timeline

Here are some significant events in the life and
career of Bobby Darin for the month of May:

May 14, 1936: Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto) is born.

May 1957: Bobby records first two Atco singles in Nashville.

May 2, 1959: Bobby appears on the Dick Clark Beechnut Show.

May 7-17, 1959: Bobby opens for George Burns at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe.

May 31, 1959: Darin appears on the Ed Sullivan Show.

May 12, 1960: Darin is featured in a cover story in the jazz magazine, Down Beat,
("Bobby Darin and the Turn from Junk Music").

May 1962: While at the Copa, Bobby introduces a "folk" segment into his act;
he accompanies himself with a guitar on the tune "Cottonfields."

May 6, 1962: Bobby makes an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

May 1967: Darin appears on the television special, "Bobby Darin in London."

May 1968: Bobby campaigns for Robert Kennedy.

May 30, 1968: Bobby is the first performer at the new San Francisco supper club,
Mr. D's. Here, he receives news that Robert Kennedy has been shot on June 4.

May 13-18, 1969: Darin plays the Troubadour in L.A. with four piece band, sings songs
from "Direction" LPs and debuts "Simple Song of Freedom."

May 1970: Bobby takes out newspaper ads denouncing the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.

May 12, 1970: At an anti-war demonstration, Bobby addresses a crowd
(of mostly USC students) at City Hall in Los Angeles. He announces "Phone for Peace"
and urges the crowd to phone the White House.

May 21, 1970: "Bobby" (instead of "Bob") is back at the Landmark in Las Vegas.
He returns "Mack the Knife" to his show.