Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans

Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans (Los Angeles)

Personnel :

Bobby Sheen

Darlene Love

Fanita James

Discography

Singles :

1962 - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah / Flip & Nitty  (Philles 107)
1963 - Why Do Lovers Break Each Others' Hearts? / Dr. Kaplan's Office (Philles 110)
1963 - Not Too Young to Get Married / Annette (Philles 113)

Eps :

1963 - Christmas EP (Philles EP 4005)
The Bells of St. Mary's

Lps :

1963 - Zip-A-De-Doo-Dah (Philles LP 4002)
Zip-A-De-Doo-Dah / Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart / Let The Good Times Roll / My Heart Beat A Little Bit Faster / Jimmy Baby / Baby (I Love You) / The White Cliffs Of Dover / This Land Is Your Land / Dear (Here Comes My Baby) / I Shook The World / Everything's Gonna Be All Right / Dr. Kaplan's Office

1963 - A Christmas Gift for You from (Philles LP 4005)
Here Comes Santa Claus / The Bells of St. Mary's

Biography :

Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans was an early 1960s vocal group produced by Phil Spector, and was initially conceived as a vehicle for the lead vocals of Bobby Sheen, who took the stage name Bob B. Soxx. The Blue Jeans were backing vocalists, Darlene Love and Fanita James, both of whom were also members of the then girl group The Blossoms.

The Blossoms

Despite Sheen's status as group leader, by the time the trio entered the recording studio, Spector was often using Love as the group's primary vocalist. Sheen sang lead on the group's first hit, 1962's "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (originally from the 1946 Disney movie, Song of the South).

Love, meanwhile, handled the lead vocals on Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans' two follow-up singles, 1963's "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?" and "Not Too Young to Get Married". Sheen and Love shared vocal duties on the only album the group ever recorded, Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1963).

Sheen can be heard as lead vocalist on the group's final recordings, "The Bells of St. Mary's" and "Here Comes Santa Claus," two tracks on the Spector-produced album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector (1963), on which Love also appears as a solo artist. On the cover of this album, a group portrait shows Sheen with two Blue Jeans vocalists, who have been identified as James and yet another Blossoms member, Gloria Jones.

 
Bobby Sheen & Phil Spector                                         Phil Spector & Darlene Love

After 1963 the group was dropped by Philles Records and effectively ceased to exist. Sheen went back to using his real name, recorded some tracks for Capitol Records in the mid 1960s, and later joined a later touring version of The Coasters. Sheen had previously been a member of The Robins, joining in 1957.

Carolyn Willis, Bobby Sheen, Lillian Washington

Love recorded a few solo hits, but, more memorably, was the lead vocalist on at least two hit records by The Crystals. It is also established that Sheen, Love and Wright were the voices on The Crystals' hit, "He's a Rebel".

Songs : 
 (Update By Hans-Joachim)

     
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah                  Flip & Nitty             Why Do Lovers Break Each Others' Hearts?

     
 Dr. Kaplan's Office              Not Too Young to Get Married            My Heart Beat A Little Bit Faster

     
Baby (I Love You)                Here Comes Santa Claus                 The Bells of St. Mary's

     
This Land Is Your Land                            The White Cliffs Of Dover                    Jimmy Baby

      
 I Shook The World                                    Dear (Here Comes My Baby)                                    Annette

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