Bobby Darin Net Worth

Bobby Darin's Quotes

• Conceit is thinking you're great; egotism is knowing it.
• I want to be a legend by the time I'm 25.
• Now my attitude is very simple; I must do what artistically pleases me.
• I went out and had these special shoes made. It's nothing new, I don't know if you know, John Wayne is 6' 4" and wears 3-4 inch lifts in his shoes. I don't know who he wants to be bigger than, but he does and it an old, old custom, I certainly did not invent it. In my case, it was more necessary than it was for Duke Wayne. I had these shoes made and two to three inch lifts inside and the heel was another two and half inches or so and I walked around that way, wherever I could without falling over.

Interesting Facts about Bobby Darin

1. Had one son with Sandra Dee: Dodd Mitchell Cassotto (aka Dodd Darin).
2. Rather than internment, his body was donated to the UCLA Medical Center.
3. Did not find out until the age of 32 that the woman he thought to be his sister was in fact his mother and and the woman he thought was his deceased mother was in fact his grandmother. This was listed in VH1's The Greatest: 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll History (2001).
4. When he was still a struggling songwriter at the now famous Brill Building, he met then up-and-coming singer Connie Francis. After a rocky beginning, the two develop an amicable relationship and were soon madly in love. He had wanted to marry Connie but her overprotective father would not let her date, let alone marry, anyone. When Darin suggested the two elope, he was chased from one of her shows by her gun-toting father. Darin and Connie only saw one another twice after that incident, once during a television appearance in which they sang together and once during the filming of This Is Your Life (1950) of which Connie was the subject, in which the announcer had congratulated Bobby on his recent marriage to actress Sandra Dee. Connie has stated several times that not marrying Bobby was one of the biggest mistakes she ever made in her life.
5. His maternal grandfather was of Italian ancestry, and his maternal grandmother had Danish and English ancestry.
6. He lost his hair in his early 20s and wore a toupee thereafter.
7. Attended and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science (1953).
8. Recorded with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland.
9. His #1 hit song, "Mack the Knife", had a strange connection with the number "59": it was the 59th #1 single of the rock era, it entered the Billboard charts at #59, and was the second biggest-selling record of 1959.
10. He signed Wayne Newton to his record producing company (TM Music) and had him record "Danke Schoen", which was originally supposed to be recorded by Darin himself.
11. He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1735 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on May 26, 1982.
12. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 14, 2007 (what would have been his 71st birthday).
13. In 1964, he was "The Heart Ambassador" for The Heart Fund charity.
14. Posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1990) and the American Songwriters Hall of Fame (1999).
15. Seriously campaigned for the role of "Tony" in West Side Story (1961). Ironically, he would wind up winning his only Golden Globe Award in 1962 for "Most Promising Newcomer" in a virtual tie with with Richard Beymer, who got the role as "Tony", and Warren Beatty, who had also seriously campaigned for the same role.
16. Early in his career, while performing "Rock Island Line" on The Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show (1954), he had the lyrics written on the palms of his hands, as he had to learn the song on short notice.
17. He made his television debut on March 10, 1956, on The Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show (1954), performing "Rock Island Line". He had the lyrics written on the palms of his hands, as he had to learn the song on short notice.
18. On April 24, 1958, just weeks prior to release of his breakthrough hit "Splish Splash" for Atco Records, he recorded "Early in the Morning" and "Now We're One", for Decca Records. At that time, he had a few days left on his contract with Atco and was expecting to be released, but as it turned out, he was retained. Following the release of "Splish Splash" on Atco, Decca--through its subsidiary Brunswick Records, released "Early in the Morning"/"Now We're One" as a single, under the name of "The Rinky Dinks", Darin's back-up girl group for his Decca sessions. After it was revealed that Darin's voice was on the Brunswick recordings and as he was under contract to Atco, his Brunswick recordings were withdrawn from the market and secured by Atco. Atco then, released "Early in the Morning"/ "Now We're One", by "Bobby Darin and The Rinky Dinks". In a subsequent move, Decca Records had Buddy Holly cover the both songs on a single for its subsidiary Coral Records, where Holly was already established with such hits as "Peggy Sue" and "Rave On". Decca was hoping to recover the loss from the earlier withdrawn single. Darin's version of "Early in the Morning" entered Billboard's Pop 100 first and peaked at #24; Holly's version reached #32.
19. Half-brother of Gary Walden.
20. In the 2016 Australian version of "Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical" stage show, Darin was portrayed by David Campbell; and on a rotating basis Kyle Banfield, Nocholas Cradock and Brendan Godwin portraying both the young Bobby Darin and Dodd Mitchell Cassotto.