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Bobby Darin: "And This Is Me"

Kieron Tyler, MOJO, March 2005

FROM '50S TEEN idol to '60s folk singer, Bobby Darin never stopped packing a handful of startling singing careers into 15 short, debauched years. Not bad for a balding, illegitimate bongo player who wasn't meant to live beyond the age of 16.

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