James Darren
Even more than the typical teen idol, James Darren's roots in authentic rock & roll were tenuous. Darren began recording for Colpix in the late '50s at the beginning of a screen career that saw him star in numerous films, most notably Gidget. More at home with standard MOR, show tune-like material than rock, and not much of a singer in any case, Darren was nonetheless marketed as a pop/rock performer to his predominantly young female constituency. He ran off quite a few novelty-tinged hit singles in the early '60s, of which "Goodbye Cruel World," which made number three, was the biggest and best. Top Brill Building pop songwriters -- including the Goffin-King, Mann-Weil, and Pomus-Shuman teams, as well as Bob Crewe, Gloria Shayne, and Howard Greenfield -- gave Darren material, albeit material that was well below their usual standards. He recorded quite a bit after his early-'60s heyday, reaching the Top 40 in 1967 with "All" and charting as late as 1977 with "You Take My Heart Away." During the '90s, Darren co-starred on the Star Trek spin-off Deep Space Nine as hologram crooner Vic Fontaine, reprising songs from the series on the 1999 album This One's From the Heart.
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You Take My Heart Away
Pop - Released by Silver Blue Records on 13 Mar 2018
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The Greatest Hits Collection
Vocal Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 7 May 2015
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Goodbye Cruel World
Rock - Released by TNA records on 16 Sep 1961
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Teenage Triangle Revisited
James Darren, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen
Pop - Released by Jasmine Records on 17 Aug 2014
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Sleepin In A Bed Of Lies / One Has My Name The Other Has My Heart
Rock - Released by Private Stock Records on 29 Feb 1976
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El Silencio (Atlantis Soundtrack)
Soundtracks - Released by 3659507 Records DK on 6 Apr 2022
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Sleepin In A Bed Of Lies / One Has My Name The Other Has My Heart
Rock - Released by Private Stock on 29 Feb 1976
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
James Darren At His Best
Pop - Released by StreamWorld Entertainment Classics on 6 Feb 1970
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Hail to the Conquering Hero (Billboard Hot 100 - No 97)
Pop - Released by Music Manager on 5 Nov 2020
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Don’t Talk
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Darren James on 14 Jun 2018
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