Country Boy (Bobby Vinton album)

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Country Boy
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Studio album by Bobby Vinton
Released 1966
Genre Pop, country
Label Epic
Producer Bob Morgan and Billy Sherrill
Bobby Vinton chronology
More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
(1966)
Country Boy
(1966)
Live at the Copa
(1966)

Country Boy is Bobby Vinton's fourteenth studio album, released in 1966. [1] This album contains country songs, most of which were hits for different country music artists. All of the songs were recorded in Nashville. Cover versions include "Detour", "Riders in the Sky", "Crazy" and "Once a Day". There were no singles released from this album.

Bobby Vinton American singer

Stanley Robert Vinton, Jr., known professionally as Bobby Vinton, is an American singer and songwriter who also briefly appeared in films. In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music pays tribute to his Polish heritage. His most popular song was "Blue Velvet", a cover of Tony Bennett's 1951 song, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 and number two in the UK in 1990. It also served as inspiration for the film of the same name.

List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1966.

Nashville, Tennessee State capital and consolidated city-county in Tennessee, United States

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 691,243. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 667,560 in 2017.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Just a Country Boy" Fred Brooks, Marshall Barer 2:40
2."Livin' in a House Full of Love" Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton 2:09
3."Gone" Smokey Rogers 2:09
4."Remembering"Bobby Vinton2:02
5."Detour" Paul Westmoreland 2:09
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Riders in the Sky" Stan Jones 2:46
2."Alabam" Lloyd Copas 2:09
3."Crazy" Willie Nelson 2:23
4."Once a Day" Bill Anderson 2:32
5."Y'all Come"Arlie Duff2:12

Personnel

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References

  1. "Country Boy – Bobby Vinton | User Reviews | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 November 2016.