From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1967
Darin Darling of Detroit in Nightclub Bow
DETROIT — Bobby Darin opened at the Roostertail on Thursday, September 21, with an act that had the club audience shouting for more with a standing ovation.
Everything about Darin’s act is contemporary. Even when he does a standard like “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” it has a big beat band arrangement. He isn’t bogged down by nostalgia but knows exactly what’s happening today with the music scene.
Darin put his heart into “Drown In My Own Tears,” and also his version of “The Work Song,” which added tremendous emotional impact, while mesmerizing the Detroit audience by his presence on stage.
Darin’s act paced beautifully as he wrapped up the evening playing on the piano, electrifying the crowd with a swinging version of “What’d I Say.” END
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A MCRFB Note: Lorraine Alterman also was the teen-editor for the Detroit Free Press’ ‘Teen Beat’ column which appeared in print in the daily newspaper then, every Friday, in 1966.
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(Information and news source: Billboard; September 23, 1967)
FEB. 11, 2013 – ENJOYED READING THIS ARTICLE ALONG WITH THE OTHER WRITTEN PERTAINING TO BOBBY DARIN’S RETURN TO THE ROOOSTERTAIL 7-10-1968 OF WHICH I WAS THERE IN, AS I RECALL, ALMOST THE LEFT FRONT TABLE. WHAT A SHOWMAN & TRUE ENTERTAINER HE WAS AS I RECALL DURING THE BRIDGE OF MACK HE JUMPED FROM SLIDE TO THE STANDARD HORN, PIANO AND THEN THE DRUMS AND CAME BACK IN ON CUE TO TAG WITH “NOW THAT MAGGIES’ BACK IN TOWN” ! WOW I WAS 21 AND DROVE DOWN IN MY FIRST THUNDERBIRD, A SILVER 65′ I PURCHASED FROM FORD’S B PLAN w/ 14,000 MILES FOR A TOTAL PRICE OF $2,512.00. ANYWAY WANTED TO RESEARCH TODAY FOR BOBBY’S DATE OF DEATH AS THIS SATURDAY (2-16-2013) I’VE BEEN REQUESTED TO FILL FOR A NO-SHOW BOBBY DARIN TRIBUTE ARTIST @ THE FERN HILL COUNTRY CLUB. I ACTUALLY PERFORM AS BARRY MANILOW (PAST 28YRS.) BUT DURING THOSE YEARS HAVE FOUND A GREATER ENJOYMENT IN SINGING DARIN’S SONGS SUCH AS MACK, CLEMENTINE, DREAM LOVER, SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA, YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO. ANYWAY FOR MY 25 MIN. SET I WILL OPEN AS MANILOW AS I’M A DEAD-RINGER, HOWEVER AS THE AUDIENCE ATTENDING HAS, NOR PROBABLY WILL BE ADVISED OF MY REPLACING BOBBY DARIN’S SLOT AS BARRY, MY THOUGHT HAS BEEN TO PLAY IT UP AS BARRY SAYING, ” JUST FLEW IN FROM N.Y. WHERE MY CURRENT RUN ON BROADWAY IS TIL MARCH 7th @ THE ST. JAMES THEATER AND AFTER SINGING ITS’ A MIRACLE, COPA, WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND AND MANDY THAT I’M GOING TO STILL HONOR SUCH A GREAT AND EXPLAIN IN THE SINCERE ACTING TEXT OF BARRY THAT I ATTENDED BOBBY DARIN’S 7-10-1968 SHOW @ THE ROOSTERTAIL AND WOULD LIKE TO APPEASE THOSE FANS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO HEAR HIS MUSIC. START WITH SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA, CLEMENTINE THEN A BIG ENDING WITH MACK THE KNIFE WITH THE FLAIR, ZEST AND MOVING ACTIONS OF THE GREAT BOBBY DARIN !!! FRANK STERNETT