Bobbi Martin
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Bobbi Martin was an American country
and pop music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She grew up and began her singing career in Baltimore, working her way up from local venues onto the national nightclub circuit. She died at the age of 56 at the Brighton Wood Knoll medical facility in Baltimore. Martin's only daughter, Shane Clements, is last known to have lived in Dallas.
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 #2 on the Easy Listening (adult contemporary) chart and #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, Tonight, and Dean Martin Shows, it would be 4 years before she scored another hit with "For the Love of Him
", from the album of the same name. This song went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #13 on the Hot 100.
Martin died of cancer
on May 2, 2000. The singer charted many smaller regional, Bubbling Under Hot 100 and Easy Listening chart records up to 1972. A Times Herald Record article by Mike Levine cursorily outlines her bio at http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070114/NEWS/70114102/-1/NEWS271989.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and pop music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She grew up and began her singing career in Baltimore, working her way up from local venues onto the national nightclub circuit. She died at the age of 56 at the Brighton Wood Knoll medical facility in Baltimore. Martin's only daughter, Shane Clements, is last known to have lived in Dallas.
Martin recorded for Coral Records
Coral Records
Coral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary formed in 1949. It recorded pop artists McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer, as well as rock and roller Buddy Holly....
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 #2 on the Easy Listening (adult contemporary) chart and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. 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, Tonight, and Dean Martin Shows, it would be 4 years before she scored another hit with "For the Love of Him
For the Love of Him
"For the Love of Him" is the title track from the 1970 album by Bobbi Martin. The single was her most successful release on both the pop and easy listening charts in the United States...
", from the album of the same name. This song went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #13 on the Hot 100.
Martin died of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
on May 2, 2000. The singer charted many smaller regional, Bubbling Under Hot 100 and Easy Listening chart records up to 1972. A Times Herald Record article by Mike Levine cursorily outlines her bio at http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070114/NEWS/70114102/-1/NEWS271989.
Discography
- Don't Forget I Still Love You (Coral RecordsCoral RecordsCoral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary formed in 1949. It recorded pop artists McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer, as well as rock and roller Buddy Holly....
, 1964) U.S. #127 - Harper Valley P.T.A. (United ArtistsUnited ArtistsUnited Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
UAS 6668, 1968) - For the Love of Him (United Artists UAS 6700, 1969) #45 Country
- With Love (United Artists UAS 6755, 1970) U.S. #176
- Have You Ever Been Lonely (Vocalion VL 73906, Compilation, 1970)
- Tomorrow (Buddah RecordsBuddah RecordsBuddah Records was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding...
, 1971) - Thinking of You (SunsetSunset RecordsSunset Records was a record label started in 1966 as the budget album subsidiary of Liberty Records to reissue the Liberty, Imperial, and Minit material.The label stopped operating around 1974....
, SUS-5319, 1971)
hit singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US AC |
US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 1964 | "Don't Forget I Still Love You" | 19 | 2 | — | |
| 1965 | "I Can't Stop Thinking Of You" | 46 | 9 | — | |
| "I Love You So" | 70 | 16 | — | ||
| "I Don't Want To Live (Without Your Love)" | 115 | 21 | — | ||
| "There Are No Rules" | - | 29 | — | ||
| 1966 | "Don't Take It Out On Me" | 119 | — | — | |
| "Oh, Lonesome Me" | 134 | — | 64 | ||
| 1968 | "Harper Valley PTA" | 114 | — | — | |
| 1970 | "For the Love of Him For the Love of Him "For the Love of Him" is the title track from the 1970 album by Bobbi Martin. The single was her most successful release on both the pop and easy listening charts in the United States... " |
13 | 1 | — | |
| "Give a Woman Love" | 97 | 17 | — | ||
| 1971 | "No Love at All" | 123 | — | — | |
| "Tomorrow" | - | 32 | — | ||
| 1972 | "Something Tells Me" | - | 16 | — | |