You're the Reason I'm Living (album)

You're the Reason I'm Living
Studio album by Bobby Darin
Released	February, 1963
Recorded	1962 - 1963
Genre	Country
Length	31:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	Nick Venet
Bobby Darin chronology
Oh! Look at Me Now (1963) You're the Reason I'm Living (1963) It's You or No One (1963)

You're the Reason I'm Living is a 1963 album by Bobby Darin. It contains Country and Western music and features arrangements by Jimmie Haskell, Shorty Rogers and Gerald Wilson. The title track was a number three hit single. The album reached number 43 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Reception

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Allmusic	[1]

Music critic Richie Unterberger called the release "a merely fair album that reflected a trend of the day. As on numerous Ray Charles country-pop cuts, the orchestration and backup vocals got a little overbearingly sappy sometimes. Swing jazz-like arrangements were applied to country material sometimes as well..."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" (Harlan Howard) – 2:35
2. "Be Honest With Me" (Gene Autry, Fred Rose) – 2:25
3. "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 3:04
4. "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle"(Hank Williams, Jimmie Davis) – 2:43
5. "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'" – 2:19
6. "You're the Reason I'm Living" (Bobby Darin) – 2:28

Side two

1. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (Don Robertson, Hal Blair) – 2:46
2. "Under Your Spell Again" (Buck Owens, Dusty Rhodes) – 2:51
3. "Here I Am" (Glen Campbell, Marc Douglas) – 2:32
4. "Who Can I Count On?" (Sammy Masters) (Duet with Merry Clayton) – 2:34
5. "Now You're Gone" (Darin) – 2:14
6. "Release Me (And Let Me Love You Again)" (Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, James Pebworth) – 2:51

References

Bobby Darin
Discography
Studio albums	Bobby Darin (1958) That's All (1960) This is Darin (1960) For Teenagers Only (1960) The 25th Day of December (1960) Two of a Kind (1961) Love Swings (1961) Twist with Bobby Darin (1961) Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles (1962) Things and Other Things (1962) Oh! Look at Me Now (1962) You're the Reason I'm Living (1963) It's You or No One (1963) 18 Yellow Roses (1963) Earthy! (1963) Golden Folk Hits (1963) Winners (1964) From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie (1964) Venice Blue (1965) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (1966) In a Broadway Bag (Mame) (1966) If I Were a Carpenter (1966) Inside Out (1967) Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle (1967) Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto (1968) Commitment (1969)
Live albums	Darin at the Copa (1960) Live at the Desert Inn (1987)
Compilation albums	The Bobby Darin Story (1961) Aces Back to Back (2004)
Singles	"Splish Splash" "Early in the Morning" "Dream Lover" "Mack the Knife" "Beyond the Sea" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "Things" "You're the Reason I'm Living" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Darlin' Be Home Soon"
Related articles	Beyond the Sea (film)
Book:Bobby Darin