''That's All'' is an album by American singer Bobby Darin released in 1959 and arranged by Richard Wess. It was on the ''

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'' LP charts for 52 weeks and peaked at number seven. It also includes Darin's US No. 1 hit " Mack the Knife", which spent nine weeks at the top spot, and " Beyond the Sea", which was a Top 10 hit. At the second

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(and the first to be televised), Darin won Record of the Year and Best New Singer.

Recording

The first of several successful collaborations between Bobby Darin and arranger/conductor Richard Wess, ''That's All'' launched the young singer from the realm of teen pop into the adult market, and comparisons with

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. Publicist Harriet “Hesh” Wasser persuaded Wess to work with the twenty-two-year-old. Darin recorded "Mack the Knife" on December 19, 1958, and

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, founder of Atlantic Records, knew they had caught lightning in a bottle, later recalling: Darin and Wess would team up again for ''

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'' (1960), ''

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'' (1964), and ''Bobby Darin Sings the Shadow of Your Smile'' (1966).

Reception

Music critic JT Griffith called ''That's All'' Darin's "most important record" in his Allmusic review, also writing it "broadened his appeal and secured his imortality ic.. tmight not be a new fan's first Darin purchase. However, it is an important release in the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's career. This LP proves that not every rocker suffers the 'sophomore slump'." In an exploration of the evolution of "Mack the Knife", '' The Financial Times'' says:

Track listing

Side one

#" Mack the Knife" (

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) – 3:10 #" Beyond the Sea" (

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, Charles Trenet) – 2:58 #"Through a Long and Sleepless Night" ( Mack Gordon,

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) – 2:40 #" Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (

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, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:36 #"She Needs Me" ( Arthur Hamilton) – 3:32 #"

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" ( George Gershwin,

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) – 3:26

Side two

#" I'll Remember April" ( Gene DePaul,

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, Patricia Johnston) – 2:24 #"That's the Way Love Is" ( Bobby Darin) – 3:04 #"Was There a Call for Me" (

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, Marty Holmes) – 3:11 #" Some of These Days" ( Shelton Brooks) – 2:44 #"Where Is the One" (Eddie Finckel,

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) – 3:30 #" That's All" ( Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes,

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, Kelly Owens) – 2:02

Personnel

Musicians

*Richard Wess - arranger, conductor (of The Richard Wess Orchestra) *

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- piano * Barry Galbraith - guitar *

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- bass * Osie Johnson - drums (Mack the Knife) * Don Lamond - drums *

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- trumpet *

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- trumpet *Al DeRisi - trumpet * Frank Rehak - trombone *Chauncey Welsch - trombone *Jerry Sanfino - tuba *Romeo Penque - flute, clarinet *Joe Soldo - flute

Technical

*Recording Engineers: Tom Dowd, Carl Lustig, Herb Kaplan, Heinz Kubicka *Cover photo: Tom Palumbo *Cover design: Marvin Israel *Supervision:

, Nesuhi Ertegun,

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References

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