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Bobby, the pop singer of the 50s-60s of the world in the 20th century. The story of how Darling became famous.
Before sharing, let's introduce Bobby. Darling.
Bobby Darin (formerly known as Walden Robert Cassotto) is a famous American singer, songwriter and actor. His repertoire spans rock, jazz, pop, folk and country, recording more than 300 songs and composing more than 170 songs during his lifetime.
Born in New York in 1936 to a poor Italian family. Suffering from rheumatic fever in childhood, which caused heart damage, doctors once said that he lived to be fifteen or sixteen years old at most.
In 1956, it was first on television.
In 1958, he became famous for his song "Splish Splash". The song reached Number 3 on the Billboard Singles Chart.
In 1959, "Dream Lover" reached number Two on the Billboard Singles Chart. In the same year, "Mack the Knife" topped the Billboard singles charts and stayed for 9 weeks. In 1960, the song won a Grammy Award.
1960's Beyond The Sea was number 6 on the Billboard Singles Chart. In the same year, he participated in his first film "Come September". I met actress Sandra Dee during filming. Three months later, the two got married. In December 1961, his son, Dodd, was born. In 1962, he won the Golden Globe Award for Newcomer for this film.
In 1962, he participated in "Pressure Point" and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
In 1963, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Captain Newman, M.D., and won the French Film Critics Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, it was announced that he would temporarily leave the nightclub stage.
In 1966, celebrating the 10th anniversary of his career, he returned to the nightclub stage.
Divorced in 1967.
In 1968, he learned an unacceptable family secret, which dealt him a heavy blow. In the same year, he helped his friend and political icon Robert Kennedy. In June, Kennedy was assassinated, which struck him hard again. It was also in this year that he lost the rights to all his songs due to an investment error.
In 1969, he sold all his personal assets and self-exiled to Big Sur to live alone in a trailer.
In 1971, he underwent his first heart surgery.
From 1972 to April 1973, he hosted the variety show "The Bobby Darin Amusement Company" (later renamed "The Bobby Darin Show") on NBC. Since then, he has been in and out of the hospital several times.
On December 10, 1973, he was admitted to the hospital for heart failure. On the 20th, he died after a second heart operation.
In 1990, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 1999, he was inducted into the Creators Hall of Fame.
In 2004, his biopic Beyond the Sea was released.
In 2008, Billboard selected "Top 100 Songs of All Time" and Bobby's Mack the Knife ranked third.
In 2010, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In fact, at first, as a young singer in New York, for a long time, Darling could not successfully enter the music circle.
He went from one record company to another, persuading them to record a record for him, who sang old-fashioned pop songs.
He was rejected.
No one believes that the music industry will accept old-fashioned pop songs sung by an unknown young singer.
In addition, the popular music at that time was old-fashioned rock music by black artists, Motown Records.
Darling was so discouraged that he decided to do it himself.
Did he record his own album? No, he has no money.
So did he convince a record company to record for him? Yes, but not the songs he really wanted to record. Instead, he sat down and wrote a song that fit very well with the popular music of the time.
The song he wrote was called "Splashing Water," and the lyrics began like this: "Splashing, I'm going to take a shower, on a Saturday night." The song tells the story of what happened when he was in the shower, and the tune was old-fashioned Motown rock, and he easily sold the song to a record label. They recorded the song and Darling was the lead singer. On this record, he even sounds like an artist from Motown Records.
Darling realized what the market wanted and was popular at that time.
He created something that perfectly fit the market demand, though the song was a far cry from the music in his heart.
He made very practical choices, putting aside his desires, putting aside his ego and his goals, just recording a record that could be sold, winning the recognition he needed, and then recording the music he really wanted to record.
Although it was a hit record that ended up selling more than a million copies, he still couldn't get a record company to record a pop record for him.
So he put in all the money he had earned from the success of Splash splash to record himself. One of the records he recorded was kurt he sang. Weier's song, called "Blade", became a single that sold more than millions worldwide. Since then, Bobby. Darling is known not only for Splashing Water, but also for his favorite pop jazz song.
We can learn a lot from this example.
The first thing to realize is that usually you have to follow the path that has already taken shape in order to accomplish your goals.
You have to imitate things that fit the market, and once you have a built-up reputation, it's easier to try something different that you want to try.
After reading this story, how did you feel?
（THE END)
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