Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures

Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 1963
GenreRock and roll
Length29:32
LabelLiberty (LRP 3289/LST 7289)
ProducerSnuff Garrett
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Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures is a 1963 cross-over rock and roll album that brings Bobby Vee, a singer, together with the Ventures, an instrumental quartet. Two tracks are instrumentals performed by the Ventures alone. Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures was promoted by touring along with the 1962 album Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart on June 1, 1963, and remained on the chart for eight weeks, peaking at number 91. On the Cashbox albums chart, it reached number 37 in a 12-week run.

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on September 16, 1998, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Vee's 9th studio album from February 1963, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on October 17, 2000, paired with Vee's 1967 album Come Back When You Grow Up.