Bobby Darin

December Timeline

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

December 16, 1957: Bobby makes his debut on American Bandstand singing
"Don't Call My Name." He also chats with Dick Clark.

December 19-24, 1958: Darin records tracks for his That's All album, including
"Mack the Knife."

December 2, 1959: Bobby Darin appears on This Is Your Life on NBC.

December 3, 1959: Bobby is a guest on a TV series called The Big Party,
hosted by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

December 4, 1959: Darin is questioned about payola scandal & his radio appearances
on Alan Freed's show by the New York District attorney. He denies paying Freed.

December 26, 1959: TV Guide profiles Darin ("Hottest Singer Since Elvis").

December 1, 1960: Bobby Darin marries Sandra Dee!

December 16, 1961: Dodd Mitchell Darin is born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
in Hollywood, California.

December 9, 1962: Bobby is the mystery guest on What's My Line?

December 29, 1963: BD is a guest on the Judy Garland Show; Bob Newhart
also appears.

December 7, 1964: Bobby appears on the Andy Williams Show along with Robert Goulet.

December 2, 1969: "Bob" Darin plays the Sahara in Las Vegas & turns down requests
for "Mack the Knife."

December 17, 1970: Bobby Darin, Sid Caesar and B.B. King appear on the
Flip Wilson Show.

December 1972: Bobby hosts the NBC teenage talk show special, "A Matter of Time."

December 11, 1973: Bobby enters Cedars of Lebanon hospital in L.A. to repair two
artificial heart valves that he received in a previous operation.

December 20, 1973: After eight hours on the operating table, Bobby Darin dies at the
age of thirty-seven.