The best No 1 records: Dream Lover – Bobby Darin | Richard Williams

1959: A perfect example of the rock ballad, this is a slice of pure pop music with a lilting Latin beatBobby Darin – born Walden Robert Cassotto in the Bronx – may have looked like a junior-league Frank Sinatra. But when you heard Dream Lover you knew that you were not hearing a product of the old Tin Pan Alley, the source of material for the previous generation of crooners. Written by Darin himself, a schooled musician who played piano, guitar and drums, it was a perfect example of the genr...

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