Bobby Vinton | ||||
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Released | 1978 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Pickwick [1] | |||
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Bobby Vinton is a nine-track collection of previously recorded songs by Bobby Vinton, released in 1978. [1] It contains two singles and seven album tracks, all randomly picked and recorded for ABC Records.[ citation needed ]
Order | Title | Length | Original album | Writer(s) | Ref |
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1 | "Feelings" | 3:38 | Heart of Hearts | Morris Albert | [2] [1] |
2 | "Beer Barrel Polka" | 2:32 | Heart of Hearts | Jaromír Vejvoda, Lew Brown, Wladimir Tim | [3] [1] |
3 | "Wooden Heart" | 2:23 | Heart of Hearts | Bert Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman | [4] [5] [6] [1] |
4 | "Polka Pose" | 2:36 | Heart of Hearts | [7] [1] | |
5 | "Killing Me Softly With His Song" | 4:01 | The Bobby Vinton Show | Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox | [8] [1] |
Order | Title | Length | Original album | Writer(s) | Ref |
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1 | "Save Your Kisses for Me" | 3:18 | Serenades of Love | Tony Hiller, Lee Sheridan, Martin Lee | [1] [4] [9] |
2 | "Waltz Medley": "Tales from the Vienna Woods," "Blue Skirt Waltz," and "You Are My One True Love" | 3:39 | Serenades of Love | Johann Strauss, Vaclav Blaha, Mitchell Parish, Bob Kames, R. Kaiser | [1] [10] |
3 | "Paloma Blanca" | 3:17 | Serenades of Love | Hans Bouwens | [1] [11] |
4 | "When Will I Be Loved" | 2:01 | The Bobby Vinton Show | Phil Everly | [1] [12] |
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Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton is an American former singer, who also hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, No. 1 in Canada, and number 2 in the UK in 1990.
"Beer Barrel Polka", also known as "The Barrel Polka", "Roll Out the Barrel", or "Rosamunde", is a 1927 polka composed by Czech musician Jaromír Vejvoda. Lyrics were added in 1934, subsequently gaining worldwide popularity during World War II as a drinking song.
Susan Maughan is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, "Bobby's Girl", reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962. It also reached number six in the Norwegian chart in that year according to VG-liste 1962 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VG-lista_1962.%5B%5D and number 23 in the Dutch singles chart.
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"Sealed with a Kiss" is a song written and composed by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. It first became a hit in 1962 for Brian Hyland. The original recording of "Sealed with a Kiss" was by the Four Voices which was released as a single in May 1960 without becoming a hit. Jason Donovan later had an international number one hit with the song.
"You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same title. The song was lip synced in the film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known cover version of the song is a cover by Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone. It held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977 and topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks.
Roses Are Red is Bobby Vinton's third studio album, released in 1962. After Vinton's hit "Roses Are Red " reached No. 1, the eponymous album was released and made its way up to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Shortly after the success of the song and album, Epic renewed Vinton's contract but changed his artist title from a bandleader to a solo artist.
"Feelings" is a song by the Brazilian singer Morris Albert, who also wrote the lyrics. Albert released "Feelings" in 1974 as a single and later included it as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their "whoa whoa whoa" chorus, concern the singer's inability to "forget my feelings of love". Albert's original recording of the song was very successful, performing well internationally.
Heart of Hearts is Bobby Vinton's twenty-sixth studio album and his second studio album for ABC Records. It was released in 1975. "Beer Barrel Polka" is the album's most successful single, peaking at # 5 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. A second single was "Wooden Heart" a #23 Adult Contemporary hit with partial Polish lyrics. Other notable tracks include Morris Albert's hit "Feelings" and Vinton's own composition "Adios Amigo" which was a big country hit for Marty Robbins.
The Bobby Vinton Show was Bobby Vinton's twenty-seventh studio album and his third studio album for ABC Records. It was released in 1975. It features 13 songs that were sung by Vinton on his half-hour variety show of the same name. The album begins with the show's theme song, an instrumental version of Vinton's huge hit "My Melody of Love"; otherwise the remainder of the tracks are cover versions of popular songs of the 1960s and early 1970s. The series was videotaped in Canada, which is where this album was also recorded. The album was produced by Alan Thicke.
Party Music – 20 Hits is Bobby Vinton's twenty-ninth studio album, released by the Canadian label Ahed. Bobby Vinton received a Platinum Album Award on his television show in 1977 signifying sales of one million copies. The album was sold in stores and promoted with an aggressive television advertising campaign. The album features a graphic reading "As Seen On TV" on its cover along with photos of Bobby performing on his television show. It consists of 20 danceable songs, older and newly recorded. Most of the songs are Polka songs.
The discography of American singer-songwriter Bobby Vinton consists of 38 studio albums, 67 compilation albums, two video albums, three live albums, and 88 singles.
The Name Is Love is American singer Bobby Vinton's thirtieth studio album and his final for ABC Records. Unlike most of his albums, the majority of the material on this album was written or co-written by Vinton himself. Cover versions include "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" and "Only Love Can Break a Heart". The song "You Are Love" did not become a hit until six years later.
The Best of Bobby Vinton is a collection of 14 Top 40 hits that Bobby Vinton had for Epic Records. It is the second compilation to be entitled The Best of Bobby Vinton, the previous collection being released in 1985. The tracks are in chronological order and begin with his first hit "Roses Are Red " and end with "Sealed With a Kiss", his final hit for Epic. Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Vinton's life and career that was written by Didier C. Deutsch.
Encore was Bobby Vinton's thirtieth studio album, released in 1980. "Make Believe It's Your First Time" and "Let Me Love You Goodbye" are two singles from the album. Covers include "He" and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before".
"I Love How You Love Me" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber. It was a 1961 Top Five hit for the pop girl group The Paris Sisters, which inaugurated a string of elaborately produced classic hits by Phil Spector. Bobby Vinton had a Top Ten hit in 1968 with a cover version. The song has been recorded by many other artists over the years.
Ballads of Love is a 10-track collection of previously recorded songs by Bobby Vinton; it was released in 1985 by Heartland Music, which had previously released The Best of Bobby Vinton that same year. This collection contains six songs that Vinton recorded for ABC Records one for Tapestry Records, and one for Ahed Records ("Medley"). The track of two covers of "You'll Never Know," and "Because of You"are re-recordings and first appeared on this LP.
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