Jack Wagner: My special in-person guest happens to be one of the leading actors and entertainers in the business. His relatives and some of his close friends may still think of him as Walden Robert Cassotto, but the world knows him as Bobby Darin.
Bobby Darin: How are you, Jack?
JW:
Well, at the moment I'm gassed by this album of yours.
BD: Well, that's awfully nice of you to say that.
JW: You know, before I went on the air, I was listening to some of the other things you've done and at the risk of embarrasing you with compliments, it really amazes me, as it must millions of other people, how you've been able to conquer such a wide scope of popular music, and to quote the liner here "in the most convincing fashion".
BD: Well, it's kinda hard to say except that I enjoy so many forms of music and I try to capture a little of the essence of what particular type I'm performing at the moment. Now whether it comes off or not, of course is a question for the listener.
( Bobby's record "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" starts to play...)
JW: Look at this, here's a song that goes back to 1916.
BD: Oh, you're talking about Roses of Picardy
JW: Yes
BD: Yeah, that's kind of an old song, believe it or not about two or three weeks before we did the album, my sister sent me a note in which she mentioned several of the tunes that were favorites of hers, you know as a younger person....
JW: That's Nina, right?
BD: Nina, right. And also favorites of my moms, who's unfortunately no longer with us and so this is one of the tunes. This and Always was another one. My Buddy was a third, so I got a whole slew of tunes from 20 years, 25 years ago.
JW: And here's Roses of Picardy in the style of the 1960's as only Bobby Darin and Billy Mays can do it.
( Bobby's record "Roses of Picardy" starts to play...)
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