Bobby Darin
March Timeline
Here are some significant events in the life and
career of Bobby Darin for the month of March:
- March 10, 1956: BD makes his TV debut on the Stage Show (hosted by the
Dorsey
Brothers) singing "Rock Island Line."
- March 5, 1959: Bobby records "Dream Lover" in New York.
- March 1960: BD plays Britain with Duane Eddy, Clyde McPhatter; some audience
members boo Darin's non-rock-n-roll material.
- March 7, 1960: This Is Darin enters the LP charts, will eventually reach number 6.
- March 19, 1960: Bobby appears on the Dick Clark Beechnut Show.
- March 17, 1961: Bobby appears on the Jackie Gleason Show.
- March 23, 1963: "You're the Reason I'm Living" hits number 3.
- March 24, 1965: Bobby participates in a demonstration (with Dick Gregory, Harry
Belafonte, Peter Paul and Mary) protesting voting discrimination in
Montgomery,
Alabama.
- March 7, 1966: Bobby appears in the Run for Your Life (projected series) TV
pilot;
the episode is called "It's a Sweet Life" (with Eve Arden).
- March 2, 1967: Rodgers and Hart Today airs on ABC TV with Bobby, Petula
Clark,
The Supremes, the Mamas & Papas and Count Basie.
- March 7, 1967: Sandra Dee is awarded a default divorce from Bobby.
- March 27, 1968: Bobby appears on the The Merv Griffin Show.
- March 12, 1970: Bobby appears on NBC's Burlesque Is Alive and Living in Beautiful Downtown Burbank.
- March 6, 1972: Bobby is a guest on The Tonight Show.
- March 9, 1972: Bobby is a guest on the David Frost Show.
- March 14, 1972: Bobby is a presenter with Aretha Franklin on the "14th
Annual
GRAMMY® Awards."
- March 2, 1973: Bobby welcomes Elke Sommer, Donald O'Connor and PDQ
Bach to
The Bobby Darin Show.
- March 16, 1973: Bobby is a guest on the television show, The Midnight Special.
- March 23, 1973: Bobby welcomes Sid Caesar, Dusty Springfield and Jackie
Joseph to
The Bobby Darin Show.
- March 30, 1973: Bobby welcomes Andy Griffith, Connie Stevens and Eric Weissberg &
Steve
Mandel to The Bobby Darin Show.
- March 15, 2013: Bobby is inducted into the America's Pop Music
Hall of Fame.
(Thanks to Cathy Merra for this information.)
|