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Carl Dobkins Jr. - The Complete Releases 1958-62 - this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen. Carl Dobkins, from Cincinnati, was a typical aspiring teenage pop artist who formed a band at school in the 1950s and got noticed when they started being promoted by a local radio station. Once signed by the Fraternity label, his first record, featuring his own songs, got some attention, leading to his next records coming out on Decca, and they included his million-selling No. 3 hit "My Heart Is An Open Book". He was never able to repeat that success but became a fixture on the scene through into the 1960s. This 28-track collection comprises all the A & B sides from his singles on the Fraternity and Decca labels, plus all the tracks from his Decca album "Carl Dobkins Jr." not otherwise released on singles. It natural features his No. 3 US hit "My Heart Is An Open Book", plus his other chart entries with "Lucky Devil", "If You Don't Want My Lovin'" and "Exclusively Yours". He did not record prolifically, so this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen idol as could be achieved.
Carl Dobkins Jr. - The Complete Releases 1958-62 - this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen. Carl Dobkins, from Cincinnati, was a typical aspiring teenage pop artist who formed a band at school in the 1950s and got noticed when they started being promoted by a local radio station. Once signed by the Fraternity label, his first record, featuring his own songs, got some attention, leading to his next records coming out on Decca, and they included his million-selling No. 3 hit "My Heart Is An Open Book". He was never able to repeat that success but became a fixture on the scene through into the 1960s. This 28-track collection comprises all the A & B sides from his singles on the Fraternity and Decca labels, plus all the tracks from his Decca album "Carl Dobkins Jr." not otherwise released on singles. It natural features his No. 3 US hit "My Heart Is An Open Book", plus his other chart entries with "Lucky Devil", "If You Don't Want My Lovin'" and "Exclusively Yours". He did not record prolifically, so this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen idol as could be achieved.
824046440725

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Format: CD
Label: ACROBAT
Rel. Date: 06/09/2023
UPC: 824046440725

Complete Releases 1958-62
Artist: Carl Dobkins Jr.
Format: CD
New: Available to Order 2- 3 days $16.99
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1. That's Why I'm Asking
2. Take Hold of My Hand
3. If You Don't Want My Lovin'
4. Love Is Everything
5. My Heart Is An Open Book
6. My Pledge to You
7. Lucky Devil
8. (There's a Little Song A-Singing) in My Heart
9. One Little Girl
10. Exclusively Yours
11. A Different Kind of Love
12. Genie
13. Take Time Out
14. Lovelight
15. That's What I Call True Love
16. Pretty Little Girl in the Yellow Dress
17. Sawdust Dolly
18. A Chance to Belong
19. Ask Me No Questions
20. Promise Me
21. True Love
22. Three Little Peggies
23. Raining in My Heart
24. Class Ring
25. For Your Love
26. Open Up Your Arms
27. I'm Sorry
28. (Now and Then There's) a Fool Such As I

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Carl Dobkins Jr. - The Complete Releases 1958-62 - this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen. Carl Dobkins, from Cincinnati, was a typical aspiring teenage pop artist who formed a band at school in the 1950s and got noticed when they started being promoted by a local radio station. Once signed by the Fraternity label, his first record, featuring his own songs, got some attention, leading to his next records coming out on Decca, and they included his million-selling No. 3 hit "My Heart Is An Open Book". He was never able to repeat that success but became a fixture on the scene through into the 1960s. This 28-track collection comprises all the A & B sides from his singles on the Fraternity and Decca labels, plus all the tracks from his Decca album "Carl Dobkins Jr." not otherwise released on singles. It natural features his No. 3 US hit "My Heart Is An Open Book", plus his other chart entries with "Lucky Devil", "If You Don't Want My Lovin'" and "Exclusively Yours". He did not record prolifically, so this entertaining album offers about as thorough and comprehensive of his primary career as a teen idol as could be achieved.
        
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