Bobby Darin 1960 - Dream Lover | 60s Around Sounds Music

This week in 1960 Bobby Darin's “Mack the Knife” was in its 22nd week on the Billboard Hot 100 resting at #13. The song had entered the charts on August 24th, 1959, and as the decade of the 50’s came to a close, Mack the Knife sometimes called The Ballad of Mack the Knife, spent 9 weeks at #1. The song was a departure for Bobby Darin. His previous hits had been aimed more directly at a teen audience…songs like “Queen of the Hop”, “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover”. The Ballad of Mack the Knife wa