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Behrke, who had only
conducted the high school band,
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and my brother-in-law Charlie,
a garbage man, as my valet.
:15:17
Not in the school band now, huh, Bobby?
:15:20
Let me tell you, when you come from nothing,
like us - like him -
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then you're destined to make a name
for yourself.
:15:25
And we will, Richie, we will.
:15:27
Drive over there.
Drive over to those friggin' girls. Go on.
:15:31
Go on! Hey, girls,
do you wanna see a real star?
:15:33
While Sinatra was playing at the Copa,
:15:36
Walden Robert Cassotto would play
any place they would book him -
:15:39
barmitzvahs, weddings,
and a few dives on Long Island.
:15:43
# Jump Down, Spin Around
:15:47
# I saw a skeeter on my head
:15:49
# Slipped and fell and killed him dead...
:15:51
- Hey, kid, you ain't no Sinatra.
- Stop. Stop.
:15:56
They're lazy. They don't like to rehearse.
:15:58
They don't get better. They're wasting my time.
:16:00
- It's only the Safari Club.
- I don't care!
:16:02
We know three songs, they can't
keep pace with two of them.
:16:05
Bobby, you didn't know what F sharp
was, now you're an expert?
:16:08
Bobby, you called the Safari Club a disease.
:16:11
- You guys sounded great.
- No, we sounded like shit.
:16:13
The audience deserves better.
:16:15
I had a hot head, a weak heart
and an even worse stage name.
:16:18
Walden Robert Cassotto isn't a name
you could see on a marquee.
:16:22
Well, maybe for one night only.
:16:24
One thing most performers were doing back
then was to find a great stage name.
:16:28
And then one day, I saw it.
:16:29
The perfect name.
:16:32
Just blinking. Darin.
:16:34
Darin. Bobby Darin.
:16:38
And no sooner did I change my name
that I got my first gig on television.
:16:44
# The Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
:16:46
# Rock Island Line is the road to ride
:16:48
# Rock Island Line...
:16:50
Unfortunately, I didn't know the lyrics
to the song,
:16:52
so I had to devise my own method
to get through it on live television.
:16:56
# Ooh-ee
:16:58
# Well, it's ABC WXYZ