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    • May 14, 1936
    Pop star Bobby Darin is born in The Bronx. Straddling the line between rock & roll and traditional pop during the 1950s and '60s, he earns his lone country hit as an artist with 1958's "Splish Splash." He also writes "Dream Lover," a pop song remade for country music by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1971
    Apr 10, 1958
    Bobby Darin records "Splish Splash" at the ATCO Studio in New York. It becomes his breakthrough pop single and his lone country hit
    May 19, 1958
    Atco Records releases Bobby Darin's pop single "Splish Splash." It becomes the singer's lone country hit
    May 31, 1958
    Bobby Darin sings "Splish Splash" and Sheb Wooley does "The Purple People Eater" as ABC telecasts "The Dick Clark Show"
    Jul 19, 1958
    Bobby Darin performs "Splish Splash" on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show." Other musical guests include Duane Eddy, Jack Scott and George Hamilton IV
    Aug 23, 1958
    "Splish Splash" singer Bobby Darin appears on the NBC summer replacement series "The Bob Crosby Show"
    May 31, 1959
    Pop singer Bobby Darin performs "Dream Lover" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song becomes a country hit a dozen years later for Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Aug 13, 1959
    Singer/songwriter Bobby Darin signs a million-dollar contract with Paramount Pictures. "Dream Lover," a song Darin wrote, will eventually become a country hit in 1971 for Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Oct 5, 1959
    "Splish Splash" singer Bobby Darin takes a guest role opposite Jackie Cooper on the CBS-TV drama "Hennesey"
    Oct 9, 1959
    At age 22, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline the Copa Room at Las Vegas' Sands Hotel. The date comes six months after he earned a hit with "Dream Lover," destined to become a country success for Billy "Crash" Craddock
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