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Tell Me Why | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 1964 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Robert Morgan | |||
Bobby Vinton chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Record Mirror | [1] |
Tell Me Why is Bobby Vinton's eighth studio album, released in July 1964. The title track is the album's only single. Cover versions include "Somewhere Along the Way", "When I Lost You", "Some of These Days", "Maybe You'll Be There", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" and "I Wanna Be Loved".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Somewhere Along the Way" | Sammy Gallop, Kurt Adams | 2:22 |
2. | "When I Lost You" | Irving Berlin | 2:14 |
3. | "There Goes My Heart" | Benny Davis, Abner Silver | 2:59 |
4. | "Some of These Days" | Shelton Brooks | 3:20 |
5. | "Maybe You'll Be There" | Sammy Gallop, Rube Bloom | 2:27 |
6. | "Tell Me Why" | Al Alberts, Marty Gold | 2:36 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Imagination Is a Magic Dream" | Bob Hilliard, B.T. Green | 3:10 |
2. | "If You Love Me, Really Love Me" | Geoff Parsons, Marguerite Monnot | 3:25 |
3. | "There Goes That Song Again" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:07 |
4. | "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" | Irving Berlin | 2:36 |
5. | "I Love You Much Too Much" | Don Raye, Alexander Olshey, Chaim Towber | 2:54 |
6. | "I Wanna Be Loved" | Billy Rose, Edward Heyman, Johnny Green | 2:30 |
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Top LPs | 31 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1964 | "Tell Me Why" | Billboard Hot 100 | 13 |
1964 | "Tell Me Why" | Easy Listening | 3 |
Stanley Robert Vinton is an American singer, celebrity, and actor, who 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.
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