The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 30, 1961, remaining on the album chart for eight weeks and peaking at No. 85.[2] it debuted in the UK shortly thereafter, on March 31, 1962 and spent its only week on the album chart there at number 20."[3]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on March 10, 1999 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of the other album being Vee's Other Album from June 1961, Bobby Vee with Strings and Things.[4]
Reel To Reel labels included this CD in a box set entitled Eight Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and was released on October 4, 2019.[5]
At the time of the album's release, Billboard noted Vee "selected a flock of the biggest hits of the past decade and does them in his pleasant style",[7] while Cash Box thought "Youngsters will appreciate [Vee's] strict adherence to the original sounds" of past rock and roll hits.[8]
Retrospectively, Bruce Eder of AllMusic believes that "the album wears thin after a few spins" and "even though Vee's performances are good, the album is too calculated and workmanlike to transcend its humble origins."[1]
