The Best of Bobby Vinton (2004 album)

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The Best of Bobby Vinton
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJune 22, 2004
Genre Pop
Label Epic/Legacy
Bobby Vinton chronology
All-Time Greatest Hits
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The Best of Bobby Vinton
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The Great Bobby Vinton
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The Best of Bobby Vinton is a collection of 14 Top 40 hits that Bobby Vinton had for Epic Records. [1] It is the second compilation to be entitled The Best of Bobby Vinton, the previous collection being released in 1985. [2] The tracks are in chronological order and begin with his first hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" and end with "Sealed with a Kiss", his final hit for Epic. [3] Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Vinton's life and career that was written by Didier C. Deutsch. [4] [1]

Contents

Track listing

OrderTitleLengthTop Billboard Hot 100 rankOriginal albumWriter(s)Ref
1"Roses Are Red (My Love)"2:391 (4 weeks) Roses Are Red Paul Evans, Al Byron [5] [3] [6]
2"Rain, Rain Go Away"2:5612 Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne [5] [3] [7]
3"Blue on Blue"2:243 Blue on Blue Burt Bacharach, Hal David [5] [3] [8]
4"Blue Velvet"2:481 (3 weeks) Blue on Blue Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris [5] [3] [9]
5"There! I've Said It Again"2:201 (4 weeks) There! I've Said It Again Redd Evans, David Mann [5] [3] [10]
6"My Heart Belongs to Only You"2:429 There! I've Said It Again Dorothy Daniels, Frank Daniels [5] [3] [11]
7"Tell Me Why"2:3613 Tell Me Why Al Alberts, Marty Gold [5] [3] [12]
8"Mr. Lonely"2:411 (1 week) Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan [5] [3] [13]
9"Long Lonely Nights"2:2817 Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Lee Andrews, Larry Brown, Jocko Henderson, Mimi Uniman [5] [3] [14]
10"L-O-N-E-L-Y"2:2622 Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Vinton [5] [3] [15]
11"Please Love Me Forever"2:376 Please Love Me Forever John Malone, Ollie Blanchard [5] [3] [16]
12"Halfway to Paradise"2:4023 I Love How You Love Me Carole King, Gerry Goffin [5] [3] [17]
13"I Love How You Love Me"2:289 I Love How You Love Me Barry Mann, Larry Kolber [5] [3] [18]
14"Sealed with a Kiss"2:4819 Sealed with a Kiss Peter Udell, Gary Geld [5] [3] [19]

Album credits

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