On its surface, Bobby Darin's is one of the strangest, saddest
stories in popular music. Restless and driven, the man born Walden
Robert Cassotto in the Bronx hit the upper reaches of the pop
charts in 1958 with the novelty ditty "Splish Splash" and stayed on
the charts steadily through 1967. His only #1 came in 1959, and
stayed at the top for nine weeks straight, with a swinging
interpretation of...