Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 45 minutes ago
This is the last of the Irish Rovers in studio half hour shows we have available and the special guest was Bobby Darin. In 1972 singer, songwriter and actor Bobby Darin sang his hits Beyond the Sea and Simple Song of Freedom, backed by Vancouver's Doug Parker Orchestra. Beyond the Sea, the English language version of Charles Trenet's French hit song La Mer (the Sea), was Darin's follow up to Mack the Knife, the Grammy winning Record of the Year in 1960 which was #1 for 9 weeks. Beyond the Sea was also the title of a 2004 film on the Bobby Darin story starring Kevin Spacey. Song of Freedom was written by Darin in '69 and recorded by Tim Hardin. Darin died in 1973 aged 37 following heart surgery.
This is the last of the Irish Rovers in studio half hour shows we have available and the special guest was Bobby Darin. In 1972 singer, songwriter and actor Bobby Darin sang his hits Beyond the Sea and Simple Song of Freedom, backed by Vancouver's Doug Parker Orchestra. Beyond the Sea, the English language version of Charles Trenet's French hit song La Mer (the Sea), was Darin's follow up to Mack the Knife, the Grammy winning Record of the Year in 1960 which was #1 for 9 weeks. Beyond the Sea was also the title of a 2004 film on the Bobby Darin story starring Kevin Spacey. Song of Freedom was written by Darin in '69 and recorded by Tim Hardin. Darin died in 1973 aged 37 following heart surgery.
