All-Time Greatest Hits

Bobby Vinton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000DD57Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,696 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roses Are Red (My Love)

2. Rain, Rain Go Away

3. Over the Mountain, Across the Sea

4. Blue on Blue

5. Blue Velvet

6. There! I've Said It Again

7. My Heart Belongs to Only You

8. Tell Me Why

9. Mr. Lonely

10. Long Lonely Nights

11. L-O-N-E-L-Y

12. Satin Pillows

13. Coming Home Soldier

14. Please Love Me Forever

15. Just as Much as Ever

16. Take Good Care of My Baby

17. Halfway to Paradise

18. I Love How You Love Me

19. To Know You Is to Love You

20. The Days of Sand and Shovels

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

With 25 tracks on one CD, this is the most complete hits collection ever for Bobby Vinton-the greatest love-song singer of the rock 'n' roll era! His Top 10s Roses Are Red (My Love); Blue Velvet; Mr. Lonely; There! I've Said It Again; Blue on Blue; Please Love Me Forever; My Heart Belongs to Only You , and I Love How You Love Me join Rain, Rain Go Away; Tell Me Why; L-O-N-E-L-Y , and more!

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like the title says, these are Bobby Vinton's "All-Time Greatest Hits", April 1, 2006

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All-Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

"Blue Velvet singer" was a clue in the crossword puzzle today and it is good to see that the song is still remembered and not just David Lynch's movie of the same title. The same holds true for Bobby Vinton. On February 1, 1964 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became the #1 song in the U.S. and stayed there for seven weeks, at which point it was replaced by "She Loves You" for two weeks, and then "Can't Buy Me Love" for five weeks. I bring this all up because before that epic 14 week run, the artist who had been at the top of the charts for the entire month of January 1964 was Bobby Vinton, with his third #1 hit, "There! I've Send It Again!" The previous year Vinton had spent four weeks on top with "Roses Are Red (My Love" and another three with his signature song "Blue Velvet." Vinton had his last #1 near the end of 1963 with "Mr. Lonely," but by then the face of popular music had changed.

Going into 1963 Vinton was well on his way to being the crooner for the Sixties, but then came the Beatles and the British Invasion. Despite suddenly being out of vogue, Vinton had a pretty good career throughout the decade. You might be surprised to find out that in the first decade of his career Vinton had 28 songs make it to the Billboard Top 40. But this CD only has 25 songs, so obviously some of them got left off of this one. In addition to the above #1 hits this album has "Rain, Rain Go Away" (#12), "Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)" (#21), "Blue on Blue" (#3), "My Heart Belongs to Only You" (#9), "Tell Me Why" (313), "Long Lonely Nights" (#17), "L-O-N-E-L-Y" (#22), "Satin Pillows" (#23), "Coming Home Solider" (#11), "Please Love Me Forever" (#6), "Just as Much as Ever" (#24), "Take Good Care of My Baby" (#33), "Halfway to Paradise" (#23), "I Love How You Love Me" (#9), "To Know You Is to Love You" (#34), "The Days of Sand and Shovels" (#34), "Every Day of My Life" (#24), and "Sealed With a Kiss" (#19).

So it turns out there are three songs here there were not Top 40 hits, including "My Elusive Dreams" (#46). So there is no reason to complain about including that one, however, the same cannot be said for "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" (#93) or "I'll Make You My Baby" (never charted). For the record, what is missing would be Vinton's first Top 40 song from 1962, "I Love You the Way You Are" (#38), "Let's Kiss and Make Up" (#38), "Trouble Is My Middle Name" (#33), "Clinging Vine" (#17), "What Color (Is a Man" (#38), "Dum-De-Da" (#40), and a Top 10 entry, "Dearest Santa" (#8) to go along with another holiday entry "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" (#23). The cutoff date on this collection ends up being 1972, so "My Melody of Love" (#3) and "Beer Barrel Polka" (#33) from 1974 and 1975 get left off (Too bad: how many Top 10 this are partly sung in Polish?). So there are more Bobby Vinton hits out there. Still, this is a solid collection and the point of enumerating all of his Top 40 hits is to simply prove by the numbers that Bobby Vinton was the crooner of the 1960s.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars +1/2 -- Generous collection of heartbreak and romance, November 17, 2003

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All-Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Vinton's best known hits from the early `60s have become icons not only on Oldies Radio, but in films, commercials and elsewhere. "Roses Are Red (My Love)," "Blue On Blue," "Blue Velvet," "There! I've Said It Again" and "Mr. Lonely" are just a few of the great songs to which Vinton lent heartbreak and romance. Like a select few who came just before and after (e.g., Johnny Mathis, Bobby Rydell, Wayne Newton), Vinton thrived as a crooner in the rock `n' roll era. Especially impressive is that his success spanned across the Beatle-led British Invasion of the U.S. charts.

In addition to the chart-toppers, Vinton recorded a deep catalog of lesser-known hits and album tracks. He found both artistic and commercial success in reworking `60s hits like The Paris' Sisters' "I Love How You Love Me" and Brian Hyland's "Sealed With a Kiss," drawing out their tempos to magnify their emotion. His lush rendition of Goffin & King's "Halfway to Paradise" added a dash of Roy Orbison styled drama to Tony Orlando's original. It's surprising to note that several of the songs most closely associated with Vinton were actually covers: "Blue Velvet" was recorded by Tony Bennett in the early-50s, and "There! I've Said It Again" was a hit for Vaughn Monroe in the mid-40s.

The generously selected 25-song track songlist includes thirteen of Vinton's fourteen Top-20 singles, and a total of twenty-three Top-40s. Also included are a few lesser known, but equally interesting tracks, including a sweet cover of Johnny & Joe's "Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)," a Nashville Sound take of "My Elusive Dream," the Bobby Goldsboro-esque "The Days of Sand and Shovels," and Vinton's own "L-O-N-E-L-Y." Vinton's stint in the army not only resulted in "Mr. Lonely," but also the 1966 sequel, "Coming Home Soldier."

This is a superb collection of Vinton's most productive years at Epic, and the most complete such greatest hits disc on the market today. All of his major singles are here, except for 1964's "Clinging Vine," and his 1974 comeback on ABC, "My Melody of Love." The latter may be a casualty of inter-label licensing, but the omission of the former is mysterious. Sound quality is excellent, with finely produced true stereo throughout.

4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not the originals., December 10, 2007

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David D. Stansel (Aurora, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All-Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is a great collection of his hit songs, but they are not the original final cuts. They are likely rerecordings from a later date. Personally I'm going to go and look for the real "mcCoy." For those who have an "ear" for the exact sounds of those 50s & 60s hits we loved in our youth, you'll notice the difference. If you don't crave perfection, this CD will suffice. [e-mail]