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| Do What You Gotta Do | ||||
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| Released | October 1968 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 29:52 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Dallas Smith | |||
| Bobby Vee chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Do What You Gotta Do | ||||
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Do What You Gotta Do is the eighteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in October 1968 by Liberty Records[1]. The only single from the album was "Do What You Gotta Do". Dallas Smith arranged and produced the album.
it contain several Motown covers including "I Can't Help Myself","That's What Love Songs Often Do", "Do What You Gotta Do". inculding the differnent mix of "Run Like The Devil", which he recorded as a single in 1965[2]
According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, Liberty Used photos from the same photo-shoot (from Just Today) for the cover, upon close inspection of two covers, Liberty appeared to be just going through the motions with these two LPs.[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Billboard | Spotlight Pick[5] |
Singles
edit"Run Like a Devil" bubbled under" Billboard's Hot 100, reaching number 124,[6] number 106 on the Cashbox singles chart,
"Do What You Gotta Do" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 31, 1968, eventually spending one week at number 83 during its 4-weeks stay;[7] number 92 on the Cashbox singles chart[8], and number 84 in Canada.[9]
Reception
editBruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album showed "Vee proceeds with a surprisingly Motown-heavy (and surprisingly good) album of white pop-soul -- is he going to reach the soon-to-be-designated "Woodstock generation" with any of this, or make anyone forget the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, and so on?, but Vee was able to do -- even his original.[10]
Billboard called it "a appealing gentle rocker".[11]
Cashbox gave the album a positive review, saying that it "showcases him in a performance of a honest strong ballads and rhythmic numbers"[12]
Anaheim Bulletin notes that "is only just beginning to realize the enormity of his pop tentlal Motown Sound"[13]
Robert Reynolds called it a "Good Album".[14]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Do What You Gotta Do" | Jimmy Webb | 2:48 |
| 2. | "If My World Falls Through" | Kenny Gist, Jr. | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Thank You" | Robert Thomas Velline | 2:31 |
| 4. | "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" | Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr. | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" | Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, George Gordy | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Can You Love a Poor Boy" | Ivy Hunter, Stevie Wonder | 3:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Medley: "I Can't Help Myself"/"It's the Same Old Song" | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland | 2:56 |
| 2. | " I Like It Like That" | William Robinson, Marv Tarplin | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Run Like the Devil" | Paul Leka, Irwin Shuster | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone)" | Jackie Avery, John Farris | 2:59 |
| 5. | "That's What Love Is Made Of" | William Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Warren Moore | 2:48 |
Charts
edit| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Run Like a Devil" | Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[6] | 124 |
| Cashbox | 106 | ||
| 1968 | "Do What You Gotta Do" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 98 |
| US Cash Box | 92 | ||
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 84 |
References
edit- ^ Bobby Vee, Do What You Gotta Do. Discogs.com, Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 83. ISBN 9781365060328.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
- ^ ""Do What You Gotta Do" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1968-10-26. p. 84.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 12/28/68". tropicalglen.com.
- ^ a b "Top Singles - Volume 10, No. 21 January 20, 1969". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Bobby Vee – Do What You Gotta Do: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1968-10-26. p. 84.
- ^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1968-10-19. p. 55.
- ^ "Anaheim Bulletin from Anaheim, California". Newspapers.com. 1969-01-14. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
- ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.