Take Good Care of My Baby - wikipedia Take Good Care of My Baby For the Bobby Vinton album, see Take Good Care of My Baby ( album ). `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' Single by Bobby Vee from the album Take Good Care of My Baby B - side `` Bashful Bob '' Released July 20, 1961 Format Vinyl, 7 ``, 45 RPM Recorded 1961 Genre Rock and roll, pop Length 2 : 36 Label Liberty Songwriter ( s ) Carole King and Gerry Goffin Producer ( s ) Snuff Garrett Bobby Vee singles chronology `` How Many Tears '' / `` Baby Face '' ( 1961 ) `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' ( 1961 ) `` Run to Him '' / `` Walkin ' With My Angel '' ( 1961 ) `` How Many Tears '' / `` Baby Face '' ( 1961 ) `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' ( 1961 ) `` Run to Him '' / `` Walkin ' With My Angel '' ( 1961 ) `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' is a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The song was made famous by Bobby Vee, when it was released in 1961. Contents 1 Bobby Vee versions 1.1 Chart performance 2 Bobby Vinton version 2.1 Chart performance 3 Smokie version 4 Other versions 5 Answer songs 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Bobby Vee versions While searching for material for Bobby Vee to record, Vee 's producer Snuff Garrett heard a demo of Carole King singing `` Take Good Care of My Baby ''. Garrett told publisher Don Kirshner that he wanted the song for Vee, but he believed the song needed an introductory verse. Garrett met with Carole King, and the introductory verse of Vee 's version was written. Among the musicians on the record were Barney Kessel, Tommy Allsup, and Howard Roberts on guitar, Clifford Hills on bass, Robert Florence on piano, and Earl Palmer on drums, while Sid Sharp did the string arrangements. The Johnny Mann Singers sang backup. Bobby Vee released `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' as a single on July 20, 1961, and it was reviewed by Billboard in its issue dated July 31, 1961. Vee 's recording quickly became popular, spending 15 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 1 on September 21, 1961, and spending three weeks in that position. The song became a major hit internationally as well, reaching No. 1 in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The song was ranked No. 12 on Billboard 's `` Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year '' and No. 23 on Cash Box 's `` Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961 ''. The song was the lead track on Bobby Vee 's album, Take Good Care of My Baby, which was released in 1962. Vee re-recorded the song as a ballad in 1972. He released under his real name, Robert Thomas Velline, on his 1972 album Ai n't Nothing Like a Sunny Day, and as a single in 1973. However, it is his original version, along with Bobby Vinton 's, that remain as staples of oldies radio stations. Chart performance Chart ( 1961 ) Peak position Australia ( Music Maker ) 6 Canada ( CHUM Hit Parade ) Hong Kong Ireland ( Evening Herald ) New Zealand ( Lever Hit Parade ) United Kingdom ( Record Retailer ) United Kingdom ( NME ) United Kingdom ( Record Mirror ) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 U.S. Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most U.S. Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes Bobby Vinton version `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' Single by Bobby Vinton from the album Take Good Care of My Baby B - side `` Strange Sensations '' Released 1968 Format Vinyl, 7 ``, 45 RPM Genre Pop Length 2 : 45 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Carole King and Gerry Goffin Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill Bobby Vinton singles chronology `` Just as Much as Ever '' ( 1967 ) `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' ( 1968 ) `` Halfway to Paradise '' ( 1968 ) `` Just as Much as Ever '' ( 1967 ) `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' ( 1968 ) `` Halfway to Paradise '' ( 1968 ) In 1968, the song was released by Bobby Vinton as a single and on his album, Take Good Care of My Baby. Vinton 's version became a hit, spending 8 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 33, while reaching No. 14 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart, No. 19 on Record World 's `` 100 Top Pops '', No. 12 on Record World 's `` Top Non-Rock '' chart, No. 36 on Canada 's `` RPM 100 '', and No. 16 on Canada 's CHUM Hit Parade. Vinton 's version omitted the Introduction, plus the first two lines of the repeated refrain. Chart performance Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Canada ( RPM 100 ) 36 Canada ( CHUM Hit Parade ) 16 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 33 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 14 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 26 U.S. Record World 100 Top Pops 19 U.S. Record World Top Non-Rock 12 U.S. Record World Juke Box Top 25 Smokie version `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' Single by Smokie from the album Solid Ground B - side `` I Wanna Kiss Your Lips '' Released 1980 ( 1980 ) Format 7 '' ( 45 RPM ) Length 3 : 15 Label RAK Songwriter ( s ) Gerry Goffin, Carole King Producer ( s ) Smokie Smokie singles chronology `` San Francisco Bay '' ( 1979 ) `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' ( 1980 ) `` Run to Me '' ( 1980 ) In 1980, Smokie released a version of the song, which spent seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 34, while reaching No. 10 on Austria 's Ö3 Hit wähl mit chart, No. 15 on the Irish Singles Chart, and No. 18 in Germany. It was later released on their 1981 album Solid Ground. Other versions Dion recorded a version of the song, which was released on his November 1961 album Runaround Sue. Although Dion 's version was released after Bobby Vee 's version, Dion 's was the first version to be recorded. The song was covered by The Beatles during their audition at Decca Records on January 1, 1962 with George Harrison on lead vocals. Gary Lewis & The Playboys recorded a cover version, which was released on their 1966 album, She 's Just My Style. Donny Osmond released a version of the song on his 1972 album Too Young. As Dick Brave and the Backbeats, German pop star Sasha released a version in 2003, which reached No. 21 in Germany and No. 52 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40. Answer songs An answer song, titled `` I 'll Take Good Care of Your Baby '', was recorded by Ralph Emery. It was released as a single on Liberty F - 55383, in 1961. Another answer song, titled `` You Should Know I 'm Still Your Baby '', was recorded by Sammi Lynn. It was released as a single on Sue Records 45 - 752, in 1961. Notes Jump up ^ Bobby Vee 's `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' and Frankie Vaughan 's `` Tower of Strength '' were classified jointly as NME 's number - one single on 2 December 1961. References ^ Jump up to : Bronson, Fred ( 2003 ). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard Books. p. 97. Retrieved October 11, 2016. Jump up ^ Bobby Vee interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ September 18, 2016 at 7 : 57am post, The Wrecking Crew verified page, Facebook.com. September 18, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ Vee, Bobby. `` Take Good Care of My Baby. '' Liberty, F - 55354, 1961. Jump up ^ `` Spotlight Singles of the Week '', Billboard, July 31, 1961. p. 27. Retrieved February 17, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Hot 100 - Bobby Vee Take Good Care of My Baby Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 11, 2018. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1987 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 315. ^ Jump up to : `` CHUM Chart Archives - Chart No. 234 - Monday, October 02, 1961 ''. CHUM. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Lever Hit Parade '' 02 - Nov - 1961, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed October 12, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Billboard Music Week Hits of the World '', Billboard, December 4, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Chart Toppers '', Billboard, January 6, 1962. p. 33. Retrieved April 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961 '', Cash Box, December 30, 1961. p. 11. Retrieved April 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee ''. AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2018. Jump up ^ Robert Thomas Velline - Take Good Care of My Baby, norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Billboard Music Week Hits of the World '', Billboard, October 30, 1961. p. 46. Accessed October 10, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Music Week Hits of the World '', Billboard, December 25, 1961. p. 14. Accessed October 10, 2016. Jump up ^ Kelly, Eddie ( 2009 ). Complete Guide to Ireland 's Top Ten Hits 1954 - 79 : The Definitive Listing of Ireland 's Top Ten Hits 1954 - 1979 Jump up ^ Evening Herald, December 7, 1961. Jump up ^ `` Artist Chart History Details : Bobby Vee ''. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2010. ^ Jump up to : Smith, Alan. `` Every No. 1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts ! ''. Dave McAleer 's website. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 '', Cash Box, September 30, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Records Disc Jockeys Played Most '', Cash Box, September 30, 1961. p. 25. Retrieved April 4, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Top Ten Juke Box Tunes '', Cash Box, September 30, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved April 4, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vinton ''. AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Hot 100 - Bobby Vinton Take Good Care of My Baby Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018. Jump up ^ Adult Contemporary - Bobby Vinton Take Good Care of My Baby Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening '', Billboard, May 4, 1968. p. 49. Accessed October 9, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` 100 Top Pops '', Record World, May 4, 1968. Retrieved March 10, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Record World 's Top Non-Rock '', Record World, May 11, 1968. p. 30. Retrieved March 10, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` RPM 100 '', RPM Weekly, Volume 9, No. 11, May 11, 1968. Accessed October 10, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` CHUM Hit Parade -- Week of April 22, 1968 ''. CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2018. Chart No. 585. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box, May 4, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Juke Box Top 25 '', Record World, May 4, 1968. p. 35. Retrieved March 10, 2018. Jump up ^ Smokie - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 10, 2016. Jump up ^ Smokie - Take Good Care of My Baby, austriancharts.at. Accessed October 10, 2016. Jump up ^ Song Title Search Results for `` Take Good Care of My Baby '', The Irish Charts. Accessed October 10, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Smokie - Take Good Care of My Baby, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed October 10, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Runaround Sue - Dion ''. AllMusic. Retrieved March 21, 2018. Jump up ^ Womack, Kenneth ( June 30, 2014 ). The Beatles Encyclopedia : Everything Fab Four, ABC - CLIO. p. 885. Retrieved October 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` She 's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys ''. AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Too Young -- Donny Osmond ''. AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2018. Jump up ^ Dick Brave and the Backbeats - Take Good Care of My Baby, norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ Dick Brave and the Backbeats - Take Good Care of My Baby, austriancharts.at. Accessed October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Reviews of New Singles '', Billboard, October 23, 1961. p. 41. Retrieved October 12, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Cooper, B. Lee ; Haney, Wayne S. ( 1990 ). Response Recordings : An Answer Song Discography, 1950 - 1990, Scarecrow Press. p. 151. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Michael '' by The Highwaymen Billboard Hot 100 number one single ( Bobby Vee version ) September 18, 1961 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Hit the Road Jack '' by Ray Charles Bobby Vee Singles `` Devil or Angel '' `` Rubber Ball '' `` More Than I Can Say '' `` How Many Tears '' `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' `` Run to Him '' `` Please Do n't Ask About Barbara '' `` Sharing You '' `` Punish Her '' `` A Forever Kind of Love '' `` The Night Has a Thousand Eyes '' `` Charms '' `` Come Back When You Grow Up '' `` Medley : My Girl / Hey Girl '' B - sides `` Everyday '' Bobby Vinton Studio albums Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There ! I 've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive - In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed With a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music -- 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By Live albums Live at the Copa Compilations Bobby Vinton 's Greatest Hits More of Bobby 's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton 's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album ' Bobby Vinton 's All - Time Greatest Hits The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton Bobby Vinton Autumn Memories Polka Album His Heart - Touching Magic The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Bobby Vinton 's Greatest Hits Mr. Lonely : His Greatest Songs Today 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Bobby Vinton Singles `` Roses Are Red ( My Love ) '' `` Rain Rain Go Away '' `` Trouble Is My Middle Name '' `` Over the Mountain ( Across the Sea ) '' `` Blue on Blue '' `` Blue Velvet '' `` There ! I 've Said It Again '' `` My Heart Belongs to Only You '' `` Tell Me Why '' `` Clinging Vine '' `` Mr. Lonely '' `` Long Lonely Nights '' `` L-O-N-E-L-Y '' `` Satin Pillows '' `` Tears '' `` Dum - De-Da '' `` Coming Home Soldier '' `` Please Love Me Forever '' `` Just as Much as Ever '' `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' `` Halfway to Paradise '' `` I Love How You Love Me '' `` To Know You Is to Love You '' `` The Days of Sand and Shovels '' `` Ev'ry Day of My Life '' `` Sealed With a Kiss '' `` Hurt '' `` My Melody of Love '' `` Beer Barrel Polka '' `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' `` Moonlight Serenade '' `` Only Love Can Break a Heart '' `` Make Believe It 's Your First Time '' Related articles Discography Book : Bobby Vinton Smokie Terry Uttley Martin Bullard Steve Pinnell Mike Craft Mick McConnell Alan Silson Chris Norman Clarence Dawson Ron Kelly Arthur Higgins Pete Spencer Alan Barton Studio albums Pass It Around Changing All the Time Midnight Café Bright Lights & Back Alleys The Montreux Album The Other Side of the Road Solid Ground Boulevard of Broken Dreams Wild Horses -- The Nashville Album Take a Minute Compilation albums Greatest Hits Singles `` Pass It Around '' `` If You Think You Know How to Love Me '' `` Do n't Play Your Rock ' n ' Roll to Me '' `` Something 's Been Making Me Blue '' `` Wild Wild Angels '' `` I 'll Meet You at Midnight '' `` Living Next Door to Alice '' `` Lay Back in the Arms of Someone '' `` It 's Your Life '' `` Needles and Pins '' `` For a Few Dollars More '' `` Oh Carol '' `` Mexican Girl '' `` Do to Me '' `` Babe It 's Up to You '' `` San Francisco Bay '' `` Take Good Care of My Baby '' `` Run to Me '' `` Little Town Flirt '' `` Boulevard of Broken Dreams '' Related articles Smokie discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Take_Good_Care_of_My_Baby&oldid=845487671 '' Categories : 1961 singles 1968 singles 1973 singles 1980 singles 1961 songs Bobby Vee songs Dion DiMucci songs Bobby Vinton songs The Beatles songs Smokie ( band ) songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Number - one singles in New Zealand Songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin Songs written by Carole King Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Liberty Records singles Epic Records singles United Artists Records singles RAK Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español ქართული Nederlands Norsk Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 12 June 2018, at 03 : 24. 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Question: who sang take good care of my baby in 1961
Answer: Bobby Vee