"Look at Me Girl/Save A Love" Released: May 27, 1966
Look at Me Girl is the fifthteenth studio album American singer Bobby Vee,[1] and was released in October 1966 by Liberty Records.[1] The album featured the debut of Vee's backup band, The Strangers. The only single from the album was "Look at Me Girl".
The album peaked at No. 102 on the Cashbox albums chart.[2]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Vee's 16th album from October 1967, Come Back When You Grow Up.[3]
Singles
"Look at Me Girl" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 8, 1966, eventually spending one week at number 52 during its 8-week stay,[4] and number 67 on the Cashbox singles chart.[5] The single was Vee's best showing since "I'll Make You Mine" in 1964, which also reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2][6]
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Vee] belatedly abandoning his early-'60s teen pop sound and suddenly working within what sounded like a group context, with guitar-bass-drums accompaniment and doing songs that not only had a beat but also a modern edge, including "Sunny," "Summer in the City," "Look at Me Girl," with just a couple of songs that recalled his earlier work."[1]
Billboard mentioned that Vee's "old familiar style" became more distinct as the album progressed."[10]
Record Mirror stated that there was little to recommend from the album apart from Vee's "ever pleasant inoffensive voice".[11]
Cashbox gave a positive review, saying that Vee "goes off into such different sounds as "Lil' Red Riding Hood", "Sweet Pea", and "Sunny" for a host of easily recognizable sounds rendered with smooth individuality."[12]
Ottawa Journal praised The Strangers along with Vee's singing, mentioning that Vee had not "lost his vocal punch".[13]
