Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto, May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Darin performed widely in a range of music genres, including pop, jazz, folk and country. Although unknown to his public, his health was dangerously fragile and strongly motivated him to succeed within the limited lifetime he feared he had, and ultimately did.
He was also an actor, singer/songwriter and music business entrepreneur. His wish for a legacy was "to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer."[1] Among his many other contributions, he became a goodwill ambassador for the American Heart Association. Things was a song written by Bobby Darin in 1962. It reached #3 in the U.S.
In 1962, Darin also began to write and sing country music, with hit songs including Things (U.S. #3) (1962). The song was sung by Dean Martin and Nancy Sinatra in the 1967 TV special: Movin' With Nancy, starring Nancy Sinatra, which was released to home video in 2000[1].
Other songs from that period: "You're the Reason I'm Living" (U.S. #3), and "18.