Look at Me Girl is the fifthteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee,[1] and was released in October 1966 by Liberty Records.[1] The album featured the debut of Vee's backup band, The Strangers. The only single from the album was "Look at Me Girl".
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| Released | October 1966 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 29:52 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Snuff Garrett | |||
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| Singles from Look at Me Girl | ||||
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The album contains original songs as well as the covers such as "Sunny", "Sweet Pea" and "Turn-Down Day".[2]
The album peaked at No. 102 on the Cashbox albums chart.[2]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Vee's 16th album from October 1967, Come Back When You Grow Up.[3]
Singles
edit"Look at Me Girl" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 8, 1966, eventually spending one week at number 52 during its 8-week stay,[4] and number 67 on the Cashbox singles chart.[5] The single was Vee's best showing since "I'll Make You Mine" in 1964, which also reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2][6]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| New Record Mirror | [8] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Vee] belatedly abandoning his early-'60s teen pop sound and suddenly working within what sounded like a group context, with guitar-bass-drums accompaniment and doing songs that not only had a beat but also a modern edge, including "Sunny," "Summer in the City," "Look at Me Girl," with just a couple of songs that recalled his earlier work."[1]
Billboard mentioned that Vee's "old familiar style" became more distinct as the album progressed."[10]
Record Mirror stated that there was little to recommend from the album apart from Vee's "ever pleasant inoffensive voice".[11]
Cashbox gave a positive review, saying that Vee "goes off into such different sounds as "Lil' Red Riding Hood", "Sweet Pea", and "Sunny" for a host of easily recognizable sounds rendered with smooth individuality."[12]
Ottawa Journal praised The Strangers along with Vee's singing, mentioning that Vee had not "lost his vocal punch".[13]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Look At Me Girl" | James Lewis Williams | 2:28 |
| 2. | "Sunny" | Bobby Hebb | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Growing Pains" | Bob Stone | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Like You've Never Known Before" | Robert Thomas Velline | 2:00 |
| 5. | "Summer in the City" | John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone | 2:38 |
| 6. | "Turn-Down Day" | Jerry Keller, David Blume | 2:25 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fly Away" | Al Kooper | 2:55 |
| 2. | "Sweet Pea" | Tommy Roe | 2:15 |
| 3. | "That's All In The Past" | Robert Thomas Velline | 1:43 |
| 4. | "He's Not Your Friend" | Allen Reynolds, Dickey Lee | 2:32 |
| 5. | "Back In Town" | Robert Thomas Velline | 2:20 |
| 6. | "Li'l Red Riding Hood" | Ron Blackwell | 2:30 |
Charts
edit| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "Look at Me Girl" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 52 |
| US Cash Box | 67 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Bobby Vee – Look at Me Girl: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ a b c Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
- ^ "Look at Me Girl/Come Back When You Grow Up". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
- ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100™". Billboard. 1964-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ ""Look at Me Girl" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (4 February 1967). "Bobby Vee: Look at Me Girl" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 111. p. 08. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Pop Spotlight: Look at Me Girl". Billboard. October 15, 1966. p. 80.
- ^ Bobby Vee - Look at Me Girl Review (PDF). Record Mirror. 1967-02-04. p. 8.
- ^ Cash Box Pop Picks: Look at Me Girl. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1966-10-08. p. 32.
- ^ "Nov 11, 1966, page 23 - The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Bobby Vee Single Releases. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ Bobby Vee Charting Singles. Retrieved April 22, 2023.