By Jerry Pearce

Bobby Darin wasn’t just a singer; he was a versatile artist. A man of considerable talent and vigor, few could say he ever shorted an audience, even as a debilitating heart condition began to strip away at his anatomy. Entering the music business as a burgeoning teen idol famous for a distinctive rock and roll sound, Darin changed gears several times over the course of his short but wild career, soon joining the fray of swingin’ lovers with several albums devoted to standards as well as flirting with a period of folk music even later in life. Dying in 1973 at the tender age of only thirty-seven, critics and fans alike have claimed that the man lived his life and operated his career at twice the pitch of a usual performer during his lifetime, due to his constant fear of a young death that always sat ominously at the back of his mind.