Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights

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Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1965
Genre Pop
Length31:02
Label Epic
Producer Bob Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology
Mr. Lonely
(1964)
Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights
(1965)
Drive-In Movie Time
(1965)

Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights is Bobby Vinton's eleventh studio album, released in 1965. This album was released to capitalize on the success of Vinton's big hit "Mr. Lonely" and his album of the same name by containing only songs that refer to loneliness. There were two singles from this album: "Long Lonely Nights" (previously a minor hit for Lee Andrews & the Hearts then for Clyde McPhatter in 1957 and then for The Four Seasons in 1964) and Vinton's self-penned "L-O-N-E-L-Y". Cover versions include "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)", "All Alone Am I", "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight", "In the Still of the Night", "I'll Walk Alone" and "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue?)".

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 2:31
2."All Alone Am I" Arthur Altman, Joann Ioannidis, Manos Hadjidakis 2:45
3."Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" Benny Davis, Joe Burke, Mark Fisher 2:31
4."In the Still of the Night" Cole Porter 2:40
5."Hello Loneliness" Robert Allen 2:48
6."So Many Lonely Girls"Lee Morris, Bobby Vinton 2:24
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."L-O-N-E-L-Y" Bobby Vinton 2:23
2."I'll Walk Alone" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne 2:26
3."Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue?)" George "Funky" Brown, Peter de Rose 2:08
4."Long Lonely Nights" Lee Andrews, Bernice Davis, D.T. Henderson, Mimi Uniman2:25
5."Night Life" Willie Nelson, Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland 2:53
6."Lonely Street" Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson, Kenny Sowder3:08

Personnel

Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

YearChartPosition
1965The Billboard 200116

SinglesBillboard (North America)

YearSingleChartPosition
1965"Long Lonely Nights"The Billboard Hot 10017
1965"Long Lonely Nights"Billboard Adult Contemporary5
1965"L-O-N-E-L-Y"The Billboard Hot 10022
1965"L-O-N-E-L-Y"Billboard Adult Contemporary7

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