Bobby Darin

Spacey the Knife  |  Vandross Doing Well  |  Def Jammed With Lawsuits  |  Songwriters' Ball  |  Weekend NotesKevin Spacey Ready for 'Mack the Knife ' Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey has always wanted to play crooner Bobby Darin on screen. Never mind that Spacey is now 45 years old — eight years older than Darin was when he died.Spacey’s biggest obstacle with the Darin project was not age, but singing. Spacey considers himself a crooner, and wanted to sing Darin’s songs himself in the film.Unfortunately, Dodd Darin — the son of Bobby and Sandra Dee — didn’t see it that way. He wanted a biopic of his dad with the original tracks. An impasse occurred and all looked bleak.But then the announcement of the Darin/Spacey movie came a couple of months ago and folks wondered: Who gave in? The answer is: Dodd Darin.It turns out that Spacey, who’s no fool, brought in famed record producer Phil Ramone . Together the pair cut a few of Darin’s tracks, I’m told, such as "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea....

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