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Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer Two Of A Kind (1960)
Originally Released April 1961\nCD Edition Released September 1990\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Give a pair of medals and hefty raises to the two fellows \nat Atlantic who thought of pairing Bobby Darin -- then 24 -- and Johnny \nMercer -- then 51 -- and backing them with the charts of Billy May. These \ntwo singer/songwriters, occupying opposite poles of a yawning generation\ngap, take some often hoary old Tin Pan Alley tunes and kid and swing the \nhell out of them, with May providing the same kind of hard-swinging, sly-witted \nbig band backings that he gave to Sinatra. Listen to the way they play \nwith the syncopation on "Bob White," dancing all over the May beat and \nad-libbing wisecracks all the while -- and no one can resist the charm \nof the two composing a song together (the title track) and then interrupting \nit withsome horseplayand switching to "Indiana." Mercer has never sounded \nlooser or more swingingon records - he thrives on the Billy May beat \n- and Darin just about keeps up with him, throwing in several brash impersonations \nof Dean Martin, Elvis, Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and other icons. Interestingly, \nMercer's "Lonesome Polecat" comes closest to the rock 'n' roll rhythms \nthat propelled Darin to fame and sent Mercer into seeming eclipse. The \nmusic world hadn't heard this brand of impeccably timed,back-and-forth \njoshing since the heyday of Hope and Crosby (or perhaps Mercer and Crosby) \n- or the inspired Nashville rivalry of Red Foley and Ernest Tubb. Don't \nmiss it. -- Richard S. Ginell YEAR: 1960
This jazz cd contains 13 tracks and runs 35min 30sec.
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1. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Two Of A Kind (00:49)
2. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Indiana (02:40)
3. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Bob White (03:37)
4. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Ace In The Hole (03:09)
5. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - East Of The Rockies (02:49)
6. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - If I Had My Druthers (03:58)
7. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jellyroll (01:48)
8. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Lonesome Polecat (03:28)
9. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - My Cutey's Due At Two-To-Two Today (02:23)
10. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Medley: (A) Paddlin' Madelin' Home (B) Row, Row, Row (01:55)
11. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Who Takes Care Of The Carpenter's Daughter (03:10)
12. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Mississippi Mud (01:56)
13. Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Two Of A Kind (03:40)