Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits

Bobby Vinton

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024VM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #101,107 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best From The Polish Prince!, July 26, 2002

By	Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Bobby Vinton made quite a career out of a very limited vocabulary of song titles, a worked within a fairly narrow prism of subjects and styles. Yet in so doing he was immensely successful, and this Polish Adonis ripped up the charts with a number of hits including his first smash "Blue Velvet", "Tell Me Why", and "There! I've Said It Again". He was on the top ten charts almost continually throughout the early 1960s, and I remember hearing "Mr. Lonely" (about a soldier far away from home) when I myself was in fact a soldier a long, long way from home in 1965. It was eons and eons ago.

I also remember hearing "Coming Home Soldier" about the same time frame, and being impressed with his awareness of how many of us were in fact coming and going. And he had quite a run of hits, also including "Please Love Me Forever", "Blue On Blue", and "I Love How You Love Me". He also hit the charts with "Roses Are Red (My Love", one of his biggest hits, and with a cover of Johnny Tillotson's smash hit "Take Good Care Of my Baby". I understand he still tours, although he must be a little long in the tooth for such stuff nowadays. This is all good music, and it is always a pleasure to listen to. Enjoy

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bobby Vinton's hits from the very early years (1962-1964), May 25, 2003

By	Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

In 1964 the Beatles started a remarkable run at the top of the Billboard pop charts. 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 "Blue Velvet." Vinton had his last #1 near the end of 1963 with "Mr. Lonley," 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. The problem with this collection of his "Greatest Hits" is that it is a reissue of a 1964 collection, so while it has all of his #1 hits it is missing everything else he did for the next eight years or so. Even the 1966 follow-up to this album, "More of Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits" misses the best of the rest as well. Interesting notes: It was not really until David Lynch's film "Blue Velvet" that the title song became the singer's signature tune and Vinton co-wrote "Mr. Lonely."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Not Complete, June 27, 1998

By A Customer

Contains all original recordings between 1962 - 64, each one making the top 40. Obviously, Vinton's career was not the same after the British Invasion, but he did chart more hits well into the early 80s, and this CD does not include them. So as far as early hits go, this is a great CD, but for a more complete picture of Vinton, you'll need more.