Bobby Vee Sings Your Favorites is the debut album by American Singer Bobby Vee, released in September 1960 by Liberty Records.
It features his 1st big hit Devil or Angel, and a mirror hit "Since I Met You Baby", They peaked at Nos. 6, and 81, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States.[4]
It contiains a dozen balleds, consisting of old standards and "newer" love songs.[5] it provides a good look at popular ballads during that period and what fans could expect from him on future recordings[5]
The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On in 1999 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 12 through 24 consisting of Vee's 1961 album, Bobby Vee.[6]
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.[7]
At the time of the album's release, and Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", Billboard notes "Vee has a good. sincere ballad style and he shows it off in good form here"[2]Cashbox praised Vee for his "performs here in his initial LP are the proven hits from the recent past, and The arrangements and vocal stylings are replicas of the tunes’ original hit sounds.[8]Valley Times called it, an oscillating voice which grows upon the listener.[9]Valley News noted that, "These might not be your all-time favorites, but teen listeners ougl't to enjoy his stylings of such tunes."[10]
Ken Graham of Disc mentions "at times Bobby Vee has an Eartha Kitt "shake" in his voice"[3]
