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Bobby Darin
A classic entertainer in the mould of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin always had an
edgier, more diverse side than your average pop crooner. Raised in a tough area
of The Bronx by his mother (his gangster father died before his birth), he was
born Walden Robert Cassotto, but chose the stage name Darin by flicking through
a telephone directory. Starting out as a songwriter for Decca and Atlantic
Records, he had his first big hit with the million-selling Splish Splash in 1958
before scoring a US and UK Number 1 with a classic, Grammy-winning version of
Mack The Knife. Darin headlined th...
