Bobby Darin

January Timeline

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

January 17, 1956: Bobby and Don Kirshner copyright their first song.

January 10, 1958: Bobby appears on the Dick Clark Beechnut Show.

January 3, 1960: Bobby and Connie Francis sing together ("You're the Top") on
the Ed Sullivan Show.

January 11, 1960: Darin is profiled by Shana Alexander in Life Magazine.

January 31, 1961: The special "Bobby Darin and Friends" airs on NBC.

January 6, 1963: Bobby appears on the game show, Password.

January 29, 1963: Bobby appears on the Steve Allen Show.

January 28, 1964: Bobby appears on the Jack Benny Show.

January 11, 1965: Bobby appears on the Andy Williams Show with Vic Damone.

January 18, 1965: Bobby performs at an LBJ Inaugural Gala, singing an unknown
   song that he writes while traveling by train to the Washington D.C. event.
   Here are pictures (courtesy of Joy Cash) of the front cover and inside pages of the
   President Johnson Inaugural Gala Program.

January 31, 1965: Bobby appears on the game show, What's My Line?

January 1966: Bobby returns to nightclub performing after a two and a half year
hiatus. He appears at the Flamingo in Las Vegas.

January 10, 1966: Bobby appears on the Andy Williams Show with Eddie Fisher.
Bobby, Andy and Eddie sing a rousing rendition of "Do Re Mi."

January 19, 1967: Bobby appears on "And Debbie Makes Six," a Debbie Reynolds TV special.

January 15, 1968: Bobby guest stars on the Danny Thomas Show in an episode
entitled "The Cage."

January 10, 1968: Bobby hosts a Kraft Music Hall special: "A Grand Night for Swinging."

January 2, 1969: Darin returns to the Copa with a four piece band & performs
"Long Line Rider."

January 22, 1969: Bobby hosts a Kraft Music Hall special: "Sounds of the Sixties."

January 31, 1969: Darin is prohibited from singing "Long Line Rider" on the
Jackie Gleason Show. He walks off the set.

January 21, 1971: Bobby sings "Lazy River" and "If I Were a Carpenter" on the
Flip Wilson Show.

January 13, 1972: Bobby sings "Mack" and "Simple Song of Freedom" on the
Flip Wilson Show.

January 16, 1973: Plans for the "Bobby Darin International Chess Classic" are
announced in New York. It's to be "the richest chess tournament ever!"

January 19, 1973: The Bobby Darin Show debuts on NBC.

January 26, 1973: Bobby welcomes guests Helen Reddy and David Steinberg to
The Bobby Darin Show.

January 29, 1973: Bobby is a guest on The Tonight Show.

January 17, 1990: Bobby Darin is inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.