Live at the Desert Inn

Live album by Bobby Darin

Released

1987

Recorded

February 6, 1971

Genre

Pop, Folk rock

Length

01:08:38

Label

Motown

Producer

Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larsen

Bobby Darin chronology

Commitment
(1969)

Live at the Desert Inn
(1987)

Live at the Desert Inn is a live album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in 1987.

The album was intended to be Darin's first album release for Motown but did not appear until 1987. It was also released as Finally. It was reissued in 2005 on the Concord label with several bonus tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
All About Jazz	^[2]

Music critic John Bush wrote in his Allmusic review "Darin most certainly did his best to entertain and enlighten his regular concert attendees—musically, socially, and even politically—without worrying about the blowback from his largely conservative base."^[1] Looking back from 2005, All About Jazz described the album as "With backup singers, a powerful rhythm section and a large jazz orchestra, the popular singer gave us some of his best material... He was the consummate entertainer, and always gave his audience his all".^[2]

Track listing

"Intro/Monologue 0:37
"Save the Country" (Laura Nyro) – 3:22
"Moritat (Mack the Knife)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein) – 3:33
"Fire and Rain" (James Taylor) – 6:08
"Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 5:52
"Monologue 2:12
"Beatles' Medley: Hey Jude/Eleanor Rigby/Blackbird/A Day in the Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:58
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (Carl Smith, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner) – 4:07
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Bob Dylan) – 3:44
"Monologue" – 1:14
"If I Were A Carpenter" (Tim Hardin) – 3:44
"Simple Song Of Freedom" (Bobby Darin) – 4:23
"Finale/Band Introduction" – 6:03
"Encore: Chain of Fools/Respect/Splish Splash/Johnny B. Goode" (Darin, Chuck Berry, Don Covay, Jean Murray, Otis Redding) – 8:30
"Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 3:33
"Beyond The Sea" (Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence, Albert Lasry) – 4:20

Personnel

Bobby Darin – vocals
Bill Aikens – piano
Tommy Amato – drums
Dennis Quitman – bass
Terry Kellman – guitar
The Jeannie Thomas Singers – background vocals
Carleton Hayes Orchestra

References

1 2 Bush, John. "Live at the Desert Inn > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
1 2 Santella, Jim (April 2, 2005). "Live at the Desert Inn". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2015.

Bobby Darin

Discography

Studio albums	Bobby Darin (1958) That's All (1960) This is Darin (1960) For Teenagers Only (1960) The 25th Day of December (1960) Two of a Kind (1961) Love Swings (1961) Twist with Bobby Darin (1961) Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles (1962) Things and Other Things (1962) Oh! Look at Me Now (1962) You're the Reason I'm Living (1963) It's You or No One (1963) 18 Yellow Roses (1963) Earthy! (1963) Golden Folk Hits (1963) Winners (1964) From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie (1964) Venice Blue (1965) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (1966) In a Broadway Bag (Mame) (1966) If I Were a Carpenter (1966) Inside Out (1967) Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle (1967) Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto (1968) Commitment (1969)

Live albums	Darin at the Copa (1960) Live at the Desert Inn (1987)

Compilation albums	The Bobby Darin Story (1961) Aces Back to Back (2004)

Singles	"Splish Splash" "Early in the Morning" "Dream Lover" "Mack the Knife" "Beyond the Sea" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "Things" "You're the Reason I'm Living" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Darlin' Be Home Soon"

Related articles	Beyond the Sea (film)

Book:Bobby Darin

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