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Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits (1964 album)

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Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 1964
GenrePop
LabelEpic
ProducerBob Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology
Tell Me Why
(1964)
Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
(1964)
A Very Merry Christmas
(1964)

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.

By the end of summer 1964, Vinton had had eleven Billboard Top 40 hits (including three No. 1's), prompting Epic Records to compile his first greatest hits album. With one gap left to fill on the package and his then-current single "Clinging Vine" working its way up the charts, Vinton requested that Epic round out the compilation with "Mr. Lonely" (previously featured on his debut vocal album Roses Are Red) and issue it as his next single in conjunction with the album. This rare gambit of reissuing and promoting an older album track paid off as "Mr. Lonely" gave Vinton his fourth, albeit last, No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Ten of the twelve tracks were featured on Vinton's first six vocal albums. Both charted sides of the 1963 single "Let's Kiss and Make Up"/"Trouble Is My Middle Name" make their album debut here.

The song "I Love You The Way You Are" was originally recorded in the late 50s as a demo and left unreleased. After Vinton had a hit with "Roses are Red (My Love)", Diamond Records purchased the demo and issued it as a single, reaching #38. They didn't even have another Vinton song to use as the B-side, so they put a song by Chuck and Johnny as the flip. Diamond refused to lease the single to Epic for the LP, so Epic had Vinton rerecord the song. The original hit version has never been issued on LP.[1]

Track listing

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Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Blue Velvet"Bernie Wayne, Lee MorrisBlue on Blue2:49
2."Roses Are Red (My Love)"Paul Evans, Al ByronRoses Are Red2:38
3."Blue on Blue"Hal David, Burt BacharachBlue on Blue2:24
4."Mr. Lonely"Bobby Vinton, Gene AllenRoses Are Red2:40
5."Let's Kiss and Make Up"Van McCoy, Norman MeadeEpic single 95612:28
6."My Heart Belongs to Only You"Frank Daniels, Dorothy DanielsThere! I've Said It Again2:42
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."There! I've Said It Again"Redd Evans, David MannThere! I've Said It Again2:22
2."Rain Rain Go Away"Gloria Shayne, Noël RegneyBobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones2:55
3."I Love You the Way You Are"Bobby VintonBobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones2:55
4."Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)"Rex GarvinThe Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups2:23
5."Trouble Is My Middle Name"Neval Nader, John Gluck Jr.Epic single 95612:28
6."Tell Me Why"Al Alberts, Marty GoldTell Me Why2:36

Album credits

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  • Produced by Bob Morgan
  • Cover photo by Cardell Photo of Pittsburgh

Charts

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Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1964 The Billboard 200 12

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1963 "Trouble Is My Middle Name" The Billboard Hot 100 33
1963 "Trouble Is My Middle Name" Billboard Adult Contemporary 7
1963 "Let's Kiss and Make Up" The Billboard Hot 100 38
1964 "Tell Me Why" The Billboard Hot 100 13
1964 "Tell Me Why" Billboard Adult Contemporary 3

References

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  1. ^ "Diamond Album Discography". www.bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.