Roses Are Red (My Love)

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"Roses Are Red (My Love)"
Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton.jpg
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Roses Are Red
B-side "You and I"
ReleasedApril 6, 1962 [1]
RecordedFebruary 16, 1962 [1]
Genre Pop
Length2:38
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Paul Evans, Al Byron
Producer(s) Robert Morgan
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"Roses Are Red (My Love)"
(1962)		"I Love You the Way You Are"
(1962)

"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is a popular song composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. It was recorded by Bobby Vinton, backed by Robert Mersey and his Orchestra, in New York City in February 1962, and released in April 1962, and the song was his first hit. [2] [1]

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Bobby Vinton version

Bobby Vinton found the song in a reject pile at Epic Records. [3] He first recorded it as an R&B number, but was allowed to re-record it in a slower more dramatic arrangement, with strings and a vocal choir (from Robert Mersey and his Orchestra) added. [4] [3] [1]

The song was released in April 1962. [4] It reached No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, and the United States, and was a major hit in many other countries as well. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on July 14, 1962, and remained there for four weeks. [2] [5] The single was also the first number-one hit for Epic Records. [3]

Billboard ranked the record No. 4 in their year end ranking "Top 100 Singles of 1962" [6] and No. 36 in their year end ranking of the top Rhythm and Blues records of 1962. [7] The song was also ranked No. 17 on Cash Box 's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1962". [8]

Chart performance

Ronnie Carroll version

In the UK, a cover version by Northern Irish singer Ronnie Carroll reached No. 3 on the Record Retailer chart on August 8, 1962, the same week that the Bobby Vinton record peaked at No. 15. [29] [21] It peaked at No. 7 in the very first Irish Singles Chart published in September 1962.

Chart performance

Charts (1962)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [30] 7
UK (New Musical Express) [31] 2
UK (Record Retailer) [29] 3

Other versions

In July 1962, David MacBeth released his version of the song as a single on Piccadilly Records. [32]

The song was recorded by Jim Reeves in 1963 and released on the album Gentleman Jim , one of the last albums released while he was still alive. [33]

The song was covered by Singaporean female artist Zhuang Xue Fang (莊雪芳), in edited Standard Chinese lyrics written by Suyin (舒雲/雨牛) under title name of "玫瑰花香", with Ruby Records in 1967.

In 1962, an answer song, entitled "Long as the Rose Is Red", was recorded by Florraine Darlin. [34] The song spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 62, [35] while reaching No. 15 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart. [36] [37] It was released by Epic Records (single #9529) [38] and was produced by Robert Morgan.

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