Bobby Vinton discography

Last updated
Bobby Vinton discography
Bobby Vinton 1969.JPG
Vinton performing in July 1969
Studio albums38
Live albums1
Compilation albums67
Video albums2
Singles88

The discography of American singer-songwriter Bobby Vinton consists of 38 studio albums, 67 compilation albums, two video albums, three live albums, and 88 singles.

Contents

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Special 12-inch singles

Singles

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Chart positionsAlbum
US [1] Cashbox US AC US Country US R&B UK [2] NZ NL VL [3]
1958"Twilight Time"
b/w "Hallelujah" (Bobby Vinton Orchestra)
---------Non-album tracks
1959"Harlem Nocturne"
b/w "Always In My Heart"
---------
"You'll Never Forget"
b/w "First Impression"
---------
1960"A Freshman and A Sophomore"
b/w "The Sheik"
---------
"Posin'"
b/w "Tornado"
---------Dancing At The Hop
1961"Corrine Corrina" (Bobby Vinton & His Orchestra)
b/w "Little Lonely One" (Non-album track)
---------Bobby Vinton Plays For His Li'l Darlins
"Well I Ask Ya"
b/w "Hip-Swinging, High Stepping Drum Majorette"
Both sides with Bill Ramal
---------Non-album tracks
1962"Roses Are Red (My Love)"
b/w "You and I" (Non-album track)
111-515135Roses Are Red
"I Love You the Way You Are"**
"You're My Girl" (by Chuck & Johnny)
3839-------Bobby Vinton Sings The Big Ones
"Rain Rain Go Away"
b/w "Over and Over" (Non-album track)
12184------
"Trouble Is My Middle Name" /33377------Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
"Let's Kiss and Make Up"383310------
1963"Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)"
b/w "Faded Pictures" (Non-album track)
21208------The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups
"Blue on Blue"
b/w "Those Little Things" (Non-album track)
332---5--Blue on Blue
"Blue Velvet"
b/w "Is There a Place (Where I Can Go)" (Non-album track)
111--(see
1990)
1--
"There! I've Said It Again"
b/w "The Girl With the Bow in Her Hair" (Non-album track)
111--341--There! I've Said It Again
1964"My Heart Belongs to Only You"
b/w "Warm and Tender"
982------
"Tell Me Why"
b/w "Remembering" (From Country Boy)
13113------Tell Me Why
"Clinging Vine" /17142------More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
"Imagination is a Magic Dream"-140-------Tell Me Why
"Mr. Lonely"
b/w "It's Better to Have Loved" (Alternate version)
123---2-(See 1973)Mr. Lonely
"Dearest Santa"
b/w "The Bell that Couldn't Jingle"
---------A Very Merry Christmas
1965"Long Lonely Nights"
b/w "Satin" (from Mr. Lonely)
17145------Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights
"L-O-N-E-L-Y"
b/w "Graduation Tears" (Non-album track)
22207------
"Theme from 'Harlow' (Lonely Girl)"
b/w "If I Should Lose Your Love" (Non-album track)
616916------Drive-In Movie Time
"What Color (Is a Man)?"
b/w "Love or Infatuation" (Non-album track)
3834-------More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
"Satin Pillows" /2321-------Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless
"Careless"11182-------
1966"Tears"
b/w "Go Away Pain" (Non-album track)
594327------More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
"Dum-De-Da"
b/w "Blue Clarinet" (Non-album track)
403224------
"Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue)"
b/w "All the King's Horses (and All the King's Men)"
8176-------Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless
"Coming Home Soldier"
b/w "Don't Let My Mary Go Around" (Non-album track)
118-------Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits
1967"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
b/w "Sweet Maria" (Non-album track)
6654-------
"Red Roses for Mom"
b/w "College Town"
9590-------Non-album tracks
"Please Love Me Forever"
b/w "Miss America" (Non-album track)
6539------Please Love Me Forever
"Just as Much as Ever"
b/w "Another Memory" (Non-album track)
241410------
1968"Take Good Care of My Baby"
b/w "Strange Sensations" (Non-album track)
332614------Take Good Care of My Baby
"Halfway to Paradise"
b/w "Kristie" (from Vinton Sings Vinton)
23178------I Love How You Love Me
"I Love How You Love Me"
b/w "Little Barefoot Boy" (from Take Good Care of My Baby)
942------
"For All We Know" (single version)
b/w "Where is Love " (from Vinton Sings Vinton)
---------Greatest Hits of Love
1969"To Know You Is to Love You"
b/w "The Beat of My Heart" (from Vinton Sings Vinton)
34228------Vinton
"The Days of Sand and Shovels"
b/w "So Many Lonely Girls"on Sax (Vocal version from Bobby Vinton Sings For Lonely Nights)
342411------
1970"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" (remix version)
b/w "I've Got That Love' Feelin' (Back Again)" (Non-album track)
93588------
"Why Don't They Understand"
b/w "Where is Love?" (from Vinton Sings Vinton)
1099023------Non-album tracks
"Christmas Eve in My Home Town"
b/w "Christmas Angel" (from A Very Merry Christmas)
---------
"My Elusive Dreams"
b/w "Over and Over" Alternate version (from Vinton Sings Vinton)
4634727-----My Elusive Dreams
1971"I'll Make You My Baby"
b/w "She Loves Me"
101-30------Ev'ry Day of My Life
"And I Love You So"
b/w "She Loves Me"
---------With Love
"A Little Bit of You"
b/w "God Bless America"
---------Non Albums Track
1972"Ev'ry Day of My Life"
b/w "You Can Do it to Me Anytime"
24182------Ev'ry Day of My Life
"Sealed With a Kiss"
b/w "All My Life" (Non-album track)
19142----34Sealed With a Kiss
"But I Do"
b/w "When You Love" (from With Love)
827127------Non-album track
1973"Hurt"
b/w "I Love You the Way You Are"
10611740----31With Love
"I Can't Believe That It's All Over"
b/w "Clinging Vine"
---------
"Mr. Lonely"
b/w "There! I've Said It Again" (from There! I've Said It Again)
--------24Mr. Lonely
1974"If That's All I Can"
b/w "I'll Make You My Baby"
--------29If That's All I Can
"My Melody of Love"
b/w "I'll Be Loving You"
321-----18Melodies of Love
1975"Beer Barrel Polka" /33455------Heart of Hearts
"Dick and Jane"flip87-------Melodies of Love
"Wooden Heart"
b/w "Polka Pose"
587023------Heart of Hearts
"Midnight Show"
b/w "My Gypsy Love" (from Melodies of Love)
-7823------Non-album track
1976"Save Your Kisses For Me"
b/w "Love Shine" (Non-album track)
75105-------Serenades of Love
"Moonlight Serenade"
b/w "Why Can't I Get Over You?" (from Heart of Hearts)
9711315------
"Nobody But Me"
b/w "Love is the Reason"
--34------Non-album tracks
1977"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
b/w "Once More With Feeling"
9910544------The Name Is Love
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" Alternate version
b/w "Her Name Is Love"
--43------
"All My Todays"
b/w "Strike Up the Band for Love" (from Party Music)
---------
1978"Summerlove, Sensation"
b/w "My First, My Only Love"
--44------Non-album tracks
1979"Disco Polka (Pennsylvania Polka)"
b/w "I Could Have Danced All Night"
--47------
"He"
b/w "My First and Only Love"
---------Encore
1980"Make Believe It's Your First Time"
b/w "I Remember Loving You" (Non-album track)
78781786-----
1981"It Was Nice to Know You John"
b/w "Ain't That Lovin' You"
---------Non-album tracks
"Let Me Love You Goodbye"
b/w "You Are Love" (Non-album track)
1089645------Encore
1982"Forever and Ever"
b/w "Ain't That Lovin' You"
---------Non-album tracks
"She Will Survive (Poland)"
b/w "Love is the Reason"
-93-------
1983"You Are Love"
b/w "Ghost of Another Man"
---87-----
1984"Bed of Roses"
b/w "I Know a Goodbye"
---91-----
1985"It Hurts to Be in Love"
b/w "Love Makes Everything Better"
---------
1986"Sweet Lady of Liberty"
b/w "Sweet Lady of Liberty"
---------
1987"Santa Must Be Polish"
b/w "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
---------Santa Must Be Polish
"Polka Radio"
b/w "Birthday Polka"
---------Non album tracks
1989"The Last Rose"
b/w "Sealed With a Kiss"
---63-----Bobby Vinton
"Please Tell Her That I Said Hello"
b/w "Getting Used to Being Loved Again"
---70-----Timeless
"It's Been One of Those Days"
b/w "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I"
---64-----
"What Did You Do With Your Old 45s?"
b/w "The Only Fire That Burns"
---------
1990"Blue Velvet"
b/w "Blue on Blue"
-----2--38Blue On Blue
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" (re-issue)"
b/w "Ramblin' Rose"
-----71---Roses Are Red
"Mr. Lonely (Letter to a Soldier)" [4] ---------Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today

Recordings in other languages

German

Italian

Spanish


Singles released in foreign countries

UK

Japan

France

Holland

Video releases

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bert Kaempfert</span> German composer (1923–1980)

Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including "Strangers in the Night", “Danke Schoen” and "Moon Over Naples".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bobby Vinton</span> American singer (born 1935)

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.

<i>The Temptin Temptations</i> 1965 studio album by The Temptations

The Temptin' Temptations is the third studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1965. The album includes several of the group's hits from 1965, and also includes a handful of singles that were not included on the Temptations' first 1965 album, The Temptations Sing Smokey. Among these are the 1964 singles "Girl " and "I'll Be in Trouble"; and the 1965 singles "Since I Lost My Baby", and "My Baby". Seven of the album's 12 tracks had previously been released as singles and their B-sides, though "My Baby" preceded the album only by a month.

"P.S. I Love You" is a popular song with music by Gordon Jenkins and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. published in 1934.

<i>Roses Are Red</i> (album) 1962 studio album by Bobby Vinton

Roses Are Red is Bobby Vinton's third studio album, released in 1962. After Vinton's hit "Roses Are Red " reached No. 1, the eponymous album was released and made its way up to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Shortly after the success of the song and album, Epic renewed Vinton's contract but changed his artist title from a bandleader to a solo artist.

<i>Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits</i> 1967 studio album by Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits is Bobby Vinton's fifteenth studio album, released in 1967.

<i>Bobby Vintons Greatest Hits</i> (1964 album) 1964 greatest hits album by Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits is a 12-track compilation by Bobby Vinton. It was released in September 1964, two months after his album Tell Me Why.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mr. Lonely (Bobby Vinton song)</span> 1964 single by Bobby Vinton

"Mr. Lonely" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Bobby Vinton, backed by Robert Mersey and his Orchestra. The song was first released on Vinton's 1962 album, Roses Are Red.

<i>Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones</i> 1962 studio album by Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones is Vinton's fourth studio album, released in 1962. There were two singles from this album: "Rain Rain Go Away" and "I Love You the Way You Are". Cover versions include "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", "Ramblin' Rose", "The Twelfth of Never", "Because of You", "Be My Love", "My Heart Cries for You", "I Remember You", "He'll Have to Go" and "Autumn Leaves".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roses Are Red (My Love)</span> 1962 single by Bobby Vinton

"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.

<i>With Love</i> (Bobby Vinton album) 1974 studio album by Bobby Vinton

With Love is Bobby Vinton's twenty-fourth and final studio album for Epic Records and his twenty-fifth album overall. It was released in 1974, two years after Epic released Vinton from his contract with them and immediately after the release of Melodies of Love. The purpose of this release was to take advantage of the success of the aforementioned Melodies of Love and his biggest hit at the time "My Melody of Love". Two of the ten songs had previously been released on other albums, including "And I Love You So", a new version of the song originally recorded for Ev'ry Day of Life, this time produced by Billy Sherrill and arranged by Cam Mullins.

Billboard Top Pop Hits is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1994 and 1995, each featuring ten recordings from the easy listening charts from a specific year in the 1960s. Ten albums in the series were released, one each for the years from 1960 to 1969.

<i>16 Most Requested Songs</i> (Bobby Vinton album) 1991 compilation album by Bobby Vinton

16 Most Requested Songs is a compilation album of 16 Top 40 hits that Bobby Vinton had for Epic Records. It is the last of 29 collections in the 16 Most Requested Songs series that was released by Epic. Unlike most collections of Vinton's music, the song "Roses Are Red " is the last track on this album, rather than the first. Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Vinton's life and career that was written by Will Friedwald. Although this album was released in 1991, it did not enter the charts until five years later. It was the first compilation of Vinton's music in the charts since the release of Bobby Vinton Sings the Golden Decade of Love 21 years before.

<i>The Best of Bobby Vinton</i> (2004 album) Compilation album by Bobby Vinton

The Best of Bobby Vinton is a collection of 14 Top 40 hits that Bobby Vinton had for Epic Records. It is the second compilation to be entitled The Best of Bobby Vinton, the previous collection being released in 1985. The tracks are in chronological order and begin with his first hit "Roses Are Red " and end with "Sealed with a Kiss", his final hit for Epic. Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Vinton's life and career that was written by Didier C. Deutsch.

<i>The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups</i> 1963 studio album by Bobby Vinton

The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups: Bobby Vinton Sings the Goodies! is Bobby Vinton's fifth studio album, released in 1963. This album contains cover songs that were hits during the 1950s for the following artists: the Rays, the Penguins, the Platters, the Five Satins, Bobby Helms, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Moonglows, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, the Heartbeats and Jesse Belvin. All of the tracks on this album were recorded in Nashville. "Over the Mountain " is the album's only single. All of the songs on this album were later include in the collection Bobby Vinton Sings the Golden Decade of Love.

<i>Mr. Lonely</i> (album) 1964 studio album by Bobby Vinton

Mr. Lonely is Bobby Vinton's tenth studio album, released in 1964. It was released right after the success of his fourth and final #1 US hit "Mr. Lonely," a 1962 song that was released as a single after its appearance on Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits. Cover versions on this album include "Laughing on the Outside " and "I'll Never Smile Again". After the success of the single, Vinton released Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights, an album of songs devoted to the subject of loneliness.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Love How You Love Me</span>

"I Love How You Love Me" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber. It was a 1961 Top Five hit for the pop girl group The Paris Sisters, which inaugurated a string of elaborately produced classic hits by Phil Spector. Bobby Vinton had a Top Ten hit in 1968 with a cover version. The song has been recorded by many other artists over the years.

<i>Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today</i> 1991 compilation album by Bobby Vinton

Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today is a collection of previously recorded songs by Bobby Vinton for Curb Records. The first five tracks might be misleading to people of the baby boomer generation, as they are not the singles that Vinton had during the 1960s and the year of 1974 but re-recordings that Vinton made for Curb. For this collection, five songs were taken from Vinton's self-explanatory album and four from his album Timeless. Re-recorded versions of "Mr. Lonely" and "Roses Are Red" make their first album appearance on this collection.

<i>The Best of Bobby Vinton</i> (1985 album) 1985 compilation album by Bobby Vinton

The Best of Bobby Vinton is a 12-track collection of previously recorded songs by Bobby Vinton; it was released in 1985. This collection contains two songs that Vinton recorded for ABC Records ("Killing Me Softly With Her Song",and "My Melody of Love", and six for Epic Records, and one for the Canadian label of Ahed Records. The last two songs, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Don't You Know", make their first album appearances on this collection. "My Special Angel"is re-recording and first appearance on this LP.

"Lonely Street" is a 1956 song written by Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, and W.S. Stevenson, originally performed by Belew, and later by Dave Rich.

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 945. ISBN   0-89820-188-8.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 587. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love), Ultratop. Accessed October 23, 2015
  4. Curb Cassette Single 4JM-76848 in 1990[ full citation needed ]