Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 â€" December
20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
impressionist, and actor in film and television. He performed jazz,
pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.He started his
career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first
million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. That was followed by
"Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought
him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first
film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra
Dee.During the 1960s, he became more politically active and worked on
Robert F. Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present
on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
at the time of Kennedy's assassination. During the same year, he
discovered he had been raised by his grandmother, not his mother, and
that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother.
Those events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of
seclusion.
20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
impressionist, and actor in film and television. He performed jazz,
pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music.He started his
career as a songwriter for Connie Francis. He recorded his first
million-selling single, "Splish Splash", in 1958. That was followed by
"Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", and "Beyond the Sea", which brought
him worldwide fame. In 1962 he won a Golden Globe Award for his first
film, Come September, co-starring his first wife, actress Sandra
Dee.During the 1960s, he became more politically active and worked on
Robert F. Kennedy's Democratic presidential campaign. He was present
on the night of June 4/5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
at the time of Kennedy's assassination. During the same year, he
discovered he had been raised by his grandmother, not his mother, and
that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother.
Those events deeply affected Darin and sent him into a long period of
seclusion.
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