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{{Infobox album
| name         = Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Bobby Vee]]
| cover        = Bobby Vee with Strings and Things.JPG
| released     = June 1961
| genre        = [[Rock and roll]]
| length       = 25:26
| label        = [[Liberty Records|Liberty]]
| producer     = [[Snuff Garrett]]
| prev_title   = [[Bobby Vee (album)|Bobby Vee]]
| prev_year    = 1961
| year         = 1961
| next_title   = [[Bobby Vee Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's]]
| next_year    = 1961
| chronology   = [[Bobby Vee]]
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Bobby Vee with Strings and Things
| type        = studio
| single1     = How Many Tears/[[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]
| single1date = April 17, 1961
}}
}}
'''''Bobby Vee with Strings and Things''''' is the third studio album American singer [[Bobby Vee]], and was released in June 1961 by [[Liberty Records]].<ref name="AMG" /> The album peaked at no. 47 on the failed to chart on the [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] albums chart.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ko6LDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bobby+Vee+with+Strings+and+Things%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA46 |title=The Music Of Bobby Vee |date=2016-04-13 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]] |isbn=9781365054129}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/388/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=388}}</ref>
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by [[BGO Records|Beat Goes On]] on March 10, 1999 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1961 album, [[Sings Hits of the Rockin' 50's]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Vee with Strings and Things/Sings Hits of the Rockin' '50's |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bobby-vee-with-strings-and-things-sings-hits-of-the-rockin-50s-mw0000049462 |access-date=16 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled ''Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles'' and was released on October 4, 2019.<ref name=":04">{{cite web |title=Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eight-classic-albums-mw0003311518 |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000856262|first=Bruce|last=Eder|title=''Bobby Vee with Strings and Things'': Review|accessdate=December 16, 2023}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="NRM">{{Cite magazine |last= Watson |first= Jimmy |date=October 7, 1961 |title=Bobby Vee: ''Bobby Vee with Strings and Things'' |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/61/Record-Mirror-1961-10-07-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |issue=110 |page=10|access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1446 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1446/mode/2up |accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
}}
Bruce Eder of [[AllMusic]] praises Vee's covers of tracks such as Buddy Holly's "Love's Made a Fool of You" and Paul Anka's "Each Night", but believes "the overall album is decidedly uneven in approach and results, but what does work here as rock & roll and decent teen pop is enough to make it worth hearing".<ref name="AMG" />
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, stating that it featured "good classy string backings".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 8, 1961 |title=Billboard Spotlight: Bobby Vee with Strings and Things |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Bobby+Vee+with+Strings+and+Things&pg=PA16 |page=16 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |editor=}}</ref>
''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' described the album as "Powerful" and noted "a variety of moods with various accompaniments"<ref name=":13">{{Cite magazine |date=May 20, 1961 |title=Album Reviews |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox22unse_34/page/22/mode/2up |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |pages=22 |volume=22 |issue=34}}</ref>
''[[Record Mirror|New Record Mirror]]'' said Vee proves "himself to be a much better vocalist than some of his pop singles would have led you to believe" and "provides a most entertaining session on this LP."<ref name="NRM" />
== Track listing ==
=== Side one ===
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = [[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]
| length1 = 2:03
| writer1 = [[Harry Akst]], [[Benny Davis]]
| title2 = [[Pledging My Love]]
| length2 = 2:46
| writer2 = Ferdinand Washington, [[Don Robey]]
| title3 = [[Love's Made a Fool of You]]
| length3 = 1:52
| writer3 = [[Buddy Holly]]
| title4 = Light Infatuation
| length4 = 1:50
| writer4 = [[DeWayne Blackwell]]
| title5 = [[Susie Q (song)|Suzie-Q]]
| length5 = 1:41
| writer5 = Eleanor Broadwater, [[Dale Hawkins]], [[Stan Lewis (record label owner)|Stan Lewis]]
| title6 = [[Tears on My Pillow]]
| length6 = 2:03
| writer6 = Sylvester Bradford, [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
}}
=== Side two ===
{{Track listing
| title1 = [[How Many Tears]]
| length1 = 2:03
| writer1 = [[Carole King]], [[Gerry Goffin]]
| title2 = [[That's All (1952 song)|That's All]]
| length2 = 2:19
| writer2 = [[Bob Haymes]], Alan Brandt
| title3 = [[Diana (Paul Anka song)|Diana]]
| length3 = 1:57
| writer3 = [[Paul Anka]]
| title4 = Laurie
| length4 = 2:05
| title5 = Each Night
| length5 = 2:15
| writer5 = [[Paul Anka]]
| title6 = Bashful Bob
| length6 = 2:12
| writer6 = [[Snuff Garrett]], [[Dick Glasser]]
}}
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1961)
!Peak{{break}}position
|-
|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]''
|align="center"|47
|}
; Singles
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Peak position
|-
| rowspan="5" |1961
| rowspan="3" |"[[How Many Tears]]"
| [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/742/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898-2-0155-1 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=742}}</ref>
| align="center"|63
|-
| ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/362/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=362-363}}</ref>''
| align="center"|43
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=1961-01-25 |title=BOBBY VEE |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9455/bobby-vee/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref>
| align="center"|10
|-
| rowspan="2" |"[[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face"]]
| ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnsbub0000whit/page/174/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981 |publisher=Record Research |year=1982 |isbn=978-0-8982-0047-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=174}}</ref>
| align="center"|119
|-
| ''Cashbox''<ref name=":02" />
| align="center"|97
|}
== References ==
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[[Category:Albums produced by Snuff Garrett]]
[[Category:Liberty Records albums]]