Bobbi Martin
Barbara Ann "Bobbi" Martin (November 29, 1939 – May 2, 2000) was an American country and pop music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She grew up in Oslo, Minnesota and began her singing career in Baltimore, working her way up from local venues onto the national nightclub circuit. Martin was born to Virginia Chaney (1919-1971) and an unknown father. Her mother refused to tell her the name of her birth father, something that haunted Bobbi her entire life. When Martin was 5, her mother married Allen C. Paulson (1920-1983) in Temple, Texas, whom she met while they were both in the military, and the family lived in his hometown of Oslo, Minnesota, on the North Dakota border. Bobbi had a half-brother, Terry Paulson, born in 1946. Martin was in the habit of representing herself as being four years younger. Hence, she was 60 when she died. Martin recorded for Coral Records for several years before releasing her debut album, Don't Forget I Still Love You. The title track was a hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 2 on the Easy Listening (adult contemporary) chart and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. A follow-up single "I Can't Stop Thinking of You", first introduced on the nationally televised Dean Martin Show won her the Cashbox Disc Jockey Poll as Most Promising Female Vocalist of 1965. While popular at nightclubs in Miami Beach, New York, Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, and on TV appearances with the Jackie Gleason, Ronnie Dove, Tonight, and Dean Martin Shows, it would be 5 years before she scored another hit with "For the Love of Him", from the album of the same name. This song went to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 13 on the Hot 100. The singer charted many smaller regional, Bubbling Under Hot 100 and Easy Listening chart records up to 1972. Martin died of cancer on May 2, 2000 at the Brighton Wood Knoll medical facility in Baltimore. Martin had one daughter, Shane Clements. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 56 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 13202 | 12/14/1964 | Dear heart | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13203 | 12/15/1964 | I can't stop loving you | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13204 | 12/15/1964 | Someday (you'll want me to want you) | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13205 | 12/15/1964 | Kiss me goodnight | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13206 | 12/15/1964 | We'll sing in the sunshine | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13207 | 12/16/1964 | A million thanks to you | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13208 | 12/16/1964 | Loving you | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13209 | 12/16/1964 | I can't stop thinking of you | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13210 | 12/16/1964 | Holding back the tears | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13398 | 4/19/1965 | Have you ever been lonely | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13399 | 4/19/1965 | Because of you | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13400 | 4/19/1965 | The race is on | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13401 | 4/19/1965 | (I love you) For sentimental reasons | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13406 | 4/20/1965 | Who can I turn to? | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13407 | 4/20/1965 | I'm telling you now | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13408 | 4/20/1965 | One for my baby | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13409 | 4/20/1965 | There are such things | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13414 | 4/21/1965 | Just one time | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13415 | 4/21/1965 | It's not unusual | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13416 | 4/21/1965 | Auf wiedersehen, goodbye | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13417 | 4/21/1965 | I love you so | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13422 | 4/22/1965 | There are no rules | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13423 | 4/22/1965 | Tryin' to get you offa' my mind | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13424 | 4/22/1965 | When will the torch go out | Bobbi Martin | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13425 | 4/22/1965 | I don't want to live (without you) | Bobbi Martin | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Bobbi," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/329941.
Martin, Bobbi. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/329941.
"Martin, Bobbi." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Martin, Bobbi - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95104643
Wikidata: Bobbi Martin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4934612
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/12490231
MusicBrainz: Bobbi Martin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c14c7b0e-4c9c-4e28-8279-fb5b56a83e08
ISNI: 0000 0000 7364 2187 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000073642187
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