Bobby Darin
August Timeline
Here are some significant events in the life and
career of Bobby Darin for the month of August:
- August 4, 1958: "Splish Splash" reaches #3 on the Billboard chart.
- August 23, 1958: Bobby appears on the television series, the Bob Crosby Show.
- August 7, 1959: Bobby debuts in Hollywood at The Cloisters; he is introduced
by
George Burns.
- August 22, 1959: Bobby appears on the Dick Clark Beechnut Show.
- August 9, 1961: The movie, Come September, opens.
- August 25, 1962: "Things" reaches number #3 on the Billboard chart.
- August 25, 1965: The movie,
That Funny Feeling, opens.
- August 12, 1966: Sandra Dee files for divorce.
- August 15, 1966: Bobby records "If I Were a
Carpenter" in Los Angeles.
- August 16, 1966: Darin appears with Richard Pryor (making his Vegas debut)
at
the Flamingo, Las Vegas.
- August 25, 1967: Bobby performs at Princess Grace's annual Red Cross Gala
in
Monte Carlo.
- August 1968: Commonwealth United Corporation buys Darin's T.M. Music.
- August 2, 1969: Tim Hardin's recording of "Simple Song of Freedom" enters
the
Billboard chart; it peaks at #50.
- August 11, 1969: Bobby appears on the syndicated television series, Della.
- August, 1972: Motown LP, Bobby Darin, is released.
- August 3, 1972: Bobby welcomes Debbie Reynolds and Charles Nelson Reilly
to
The Bobby Amusement Company.
- August 4, 1972: Bobby performs a concert in Central Park.
(Thanks, Joy Cash, for sharing
your souvenir
program.)
- August 10, 1972: Bobby welcomes Pat Paulsen, Joan Rivers and Dusty Springfield
to
The Bobby Amusement Company.
- August 17, 1972: Bobby welcomes Donald O'Connor, Dionne Warwick and
Phil
Ford & Mimi Hines to The Bobby Amusement Company.
- August 24, 1972: Bobby welcomes Carl Reiner and Claudine Longet
to
The Bobby Amusement Company.
- August 31, 1972: Bobby welcomes Florence Henderson and Pat Paulsen
to
The Bobby Amusement Company.
- August, 1973: Happy Mother's Day, Love George (AKA / Run
Stranger Run)
is released.
- August 26, 1973: Bobby's last concert is performed at the Hilton in Las Vegas.
|