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| released = October 1966
| released = October 1966
| genre = [[Pop Music|Pop]]
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Revision as of 20:39, 11 April 2024

Look at Me Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1966
GenrePop
Length29:52
LabelLiberty
ProducerSnuff Garrett
Bobby Vee And The Strangers chronology
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
(1966)
Look at Me Girl
(1966)
Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2
(1966)
Singles from Look at Me Girl
  1. "Look at Me Girl/Save A Love"
    Released: May 27, 1966
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror[2]

Look at Me Girl is The 15th studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in October 1966 by Liberty Records. The album featured the debut of The Strangers, The only single from the album was "Look at Me Girl".

it contains The New and Orginal material is fresh and current and the covers, such as "Sunny" and "Turn-Down Day", are in touch with the mid 60's[3]

Singles

"Look at Me Girl" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 8, 1966, eventually spending one week at number fifty-two during its 8-week stay,[4] number sixty-seven on the Cash Box singles chart,[5]

Reception

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that "It showed him belatedly abandoning his early-'60s teen pop sound and suddenly working within what sounded like a group context, with guitar-bass-drums accompaniment and doing songs that not only had a beat but also a modern edge, including "Sunny," "Summer in the City," "Look at Me Girl," with just a couple of songs that recalled his earlier work.[6]

Billboard described it as "The rhythm holds, but his old familiar style becomes more distinctive throughout each of the other selections."[7]

Record Mirror stated that "Apart from his ever pleasant in offensice voice, there not much else to recommend this LP."[8]

Cashbox described the album as "He goes off into such different sounds as "Lil' Red Riding Hood," "Sweet Pea", and "Sunny" for a host of easily recognizable sounds rendered with smooth individuality."[9]

Ottawa Journal proves "his collection of past gassers, should do well. Backed by his group The Strangers. Bobby proves be hasn't lost any of his vocal punch"[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look At Me Girl"James Lewis Williams2:28
2."Sunny"Bobby Hebb2:45
3."Growing Pains"Bob Stone2:39
4."Like You've Never Known Before"Robert Thomas Velline2:00
5."Summer in the City"John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone2:38
6."Turn-Down Day"Jerry Keller, David Blume2:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fly Away"Al Kooper2:55
2."Sweet Pea"Tommy Roe2:15
3."That's All In The Past"Robert Thomas Velline1:43
4."He's Not Your Friend"Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee2:32
5."Back In Town"Robert Thomas Velline2:20
6."Li'l Red Riding Hood"Ron Blackwell2:30


Singles[11][12]
Year Single Chart Peak
1961 "Look at Me Girl" US Billboard Hot 100 52
US Cash Box 67


References

  1. ^ ""Look at Me Girl" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (4 February 1967). "Bobby Vee: Look at Me Girl" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 111. p. 08. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
  5. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 6, 1966".
  6. ^ "Bobby Vee – Look at Me Girl: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  7. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1966-10-15. p. 80.
  8. ^ Bobby Vee - Look at Me Girl Review (PDF). Record Mirror. 1967-02-04. p. 8.
  9. ^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1966-10-08. p. 32.
  10. ^ "Nov 11, 1966, page 23 - The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  11. ^ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  12. ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.