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- Early Years
- Music Career
- Acting Career
- Later Years
- Style and Influence
- Other Interests
- Personal Life
- Health
- Death
- Legacy
Darin was born as Walden Robert Cassotto on May 14, 1936, in the East Harlemneighborhood of New York City. His maternal grandfather, Saverio Antonio "Big Sam Curly" Cassotto (born January 26, 1882), was of Italian descent and died in prison from pneumonia a year before Darin's birth. He had been a made man and "soldier" in the Genovese Crime Family...
1950s
Darin's career took off with a songwriting partnership, formed in 1955 with Don Kirshner, whom he met at a candy store in Washington Heights. They wrote jingles and songs, beginning with "Bubblegum Pop". In 1956, Darin's agent negotiated a contract with Decca Records.The songs recorded at Decca had minimal commercial success. A member of the Brill Building gang of struggling songwriters, Darin was introduced to singer Connie Francis, for whom he helped write several songs. They developed a ro...
1960s
Darin's 1960 recording of "Artificial Flowers", a song by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock from the Broadway musical Tenderloin about the death of a child laborer, featured a jazzy, big bandarrangement by Richard Behrke, that was in sharp contrast to its tragic lyrics. In the 1960s, Darin owned and operated, with Doris Day's son Terry Melcher, a music publishing and production company (TM Music/Trio). Darin signed Wayne Newton and gave him the song "Danke Schoen", which became Newton's breakout...
In the fall of 1959, Darin played "Honeyboy Jones" in an early episode of Jackie Cooper's CBS military sitcom/drama Hennesey. In the same year, he became the only actor ever to have been signed to five major Hollywood film studios.[citation needed]Darin wrote music for several films in which he appeared. Darin's first major film, Come September (19...
Politics
Darin became more politically active as the 1960s progressed, and his musical output became more "folksy". In 1966, Darin had a hit with folksinger Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter", securing a return to the Top 10after a two-year absence. Darin traveled with Robert F. Kennedy and worked on the politician's 1968 presidential campaign. He was with Kennedy the day he traveled to Los Angeles on June 4, 1968, for the California primary, and was at the Ambassador Hotel later that night when Ken...
Direction Records
Returning to Los Angeles in 1969, Darin started his own record label which was titled Direction Records, putting out folk and protest music. Darin wrote "Simple Song of Freedom" in 1969, which, in an interesting turn of events, was first recorded by Tim Hardin and the song became Hardin's best-selling record. It reached #48 in Canada. Also in Canada, a version by Buckwheat reached #52.Darin himself sang the song "live" on several television variety shows. Of his first Direction album, Darin t...
1970s
In 1970, he proposed a self-directed and written film The Vendors (1970), about the life of a folk singer. However, the production left him broke and was not released, which led Darin to return to music. In spite of his declining health, Darin's last venture was spent performing live, while undergoing heart surgery and receiving post-treatment medication. He released his last album, self-titled (1972) on Motown.
Darin was on par with Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. He infamously told Life magazine in 1960, that he wanted to be established as a legend by the age of 25. Darin's off-the-cuff statements generated a rivalry and playful banter between Sinatra and himself. Sinatra released a cover version of "Mack the Knife" on the 1984 album L.A. Is My Lady,perha...
Darin was an enthusiastic chess player. His television show included an occasional segment in which he would explain a chess move. Darin arranged with the United States Chess Federation to sponsor a grandmaster tournament, which pitted him against the young Eastern Division champion Stephen Ryder, with the largest prize fund in history,but the even...
Relationship with Connie Francis
In 1956, Darin and Connie Francis met after their manager, George Scheck arranged for Francis to record a song Darin had written. They were soon in what Darin’s friends described as, "an intense romance". However, Francis’s parents didn’t approve of Darin and one night after returning from a date, Francis found her bags packed and waiting for her on the front step. Darin proposed almost immediately. When her father found out about the engagement, he stormed into the rehearsals of the Jackie G...
Marriages
Darin married actress Sandra Dee on December 1, 1960. They met in Rome, Italy, while filming Come September (which was released in 1961). It was Dee's mother, Mary Douvon, who convinced the actress to go on a date with Darin. Later commenting on their relationship, Dee: "Bobby loved me. He was a calculating guy, but I don't think he arrived in Rome with a plan to marry this new little Mary Pickford of Hollywood. Aside from the fact that he was rude, brash and always trying to get a reaction,...
Darin had poor health throughout his life. He was frail as an infant and, beginning at age eight, had recurring bouts of rheumatic fever that left him with a seriously weakened heart.He was well aware that he was in possession of a short life, and lived his life accordingly. During his first heart surgery in January 1971, he had two artificial valv...
In 1973, after failing to take antibiotics to protect his heart before a dental visit, Darin developed sepsis, an overwhelming systemic infection, which further weakened his body and affected one of his heart valves. On December 11 of that year, he checked himself into Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for another round of open-heart surger...
In 1990, Darin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with singer and close friend Paul Anka announcing the honor. In 1999, he was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Songwriter Alan O'Day alluded to Darin and his recording of "Mack the Knife" in the song "Rock and Roll Heaven" (made a hit by the Righteous Brothers), a tribute to de...
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