The Best of Bobby Vinton
Greatest hits album by
Bobby Vinton
ReleasedJune 22, 2004
GenrePop
LabelEpic/Legacy
Bobby Vinton chronology
All-Time Greatest Hits
(2003)		 The Best of Bobby Vinton
(2004)		 The Great Bobby Vinton
(2005)

The Best of Bobby Vinton is a collection of 14 Top 40 hits that Bobby Vinton had for Epic Records. [1] It is the second compilation to be entitled The Best of Bobby Vinton, the previous collection being released in 1985.[2] The tracks are in chronological order and begin with his first hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" and end with "Sealed with a Kiss", his final hit for Epic.[3] Inside the album cover is a biographical essay about Vinton's life and career that was written by Didier C. Deutsch.[4][1]

Track listing

OrderTitleLengthTop Billboard Hot 100 rankOriginal albumWriter(s)Ref
1"Roses Are Red (My Love)"2:391 (4 weeks)Roses Are RedPaul Evans, Al Byron[5][3][6]
2"Rain, Rain Go Away"2:5612Bobby Vinton Sings the Big OnesNoël Regney, Gloria Shayne[5][3][7]
3"Blue on Blue"2:243Blue on BlueBurt Bacharach, Hal David[5][3][8]
4"Blue Velvet"2:481 (3 weeks)Blue on BlueBernie Wayne, Lee Morris[5][3][9]
5"There! I've Said It Again"2:201 (4 weeks)There! I've Said It AgainRedd Evans, David Mann[5][3][10]
6"My Heart Belongs to Only You"2:429There! I've Said It AgainDorothy Daniels, Frank Daniels[5][3][11]
7"Tell Me Why"2:3613Tell Me WhyAl Alberts, Marty Gold[5][3][12]
8"Mr. Lonely"2:411 (1 week)Roses Are RedBobby Vinton, Gene Allan[5][3][13]
9"Long Lonely Nights"2:2817Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely NightsLee Andrews, Larry Brown, Jocko Henderson, Mimi Uniman[5][3][14]
10"L-O-N-E-L-Y"2:2622Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely NightsVinton[5][3][15]
11"Please Love Me Forever"2:376Please Love Me ForeverJohn Malone, Ollie Blanchard[5][3][16]
12"Halfway to Paradise"2:4023I Love How You Love MeCarole King, Gerry Goffin[5][3][17]
13"I Love How You Love Me"2:289I Love How You Love MeBarry Mann, Larry Kolber[5][3][18]
14"Sealed with a Kiss"2:4819Sealed with a KissPeter Udell, Gary Geld[5][3][19]

Album credits

References

  1. 1 2 Vinton, Bobby (2004). Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits (liner). Epic Records.
  2. ↑ "Vinyl Album". 45Worlds. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Bobby Vinton: The Best of Bobby Vinton [Epic]". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  4. ↑ "Didier C. Deutsch". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Bobby Vinton Chart History". Billboard. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Song: Roses Are Red (My Love)". SecondhandSongs. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  7. ↑ "Song: Rain Rain Go Away". SecondhandSongs. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  8. ↑ "Bobby Vinton Blue on Blue". The Daily Doo-Wop. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet": The Song's Most Successful Version". Country Thang Daily. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  10. ↑ "Song: There, I've Said It Again". SecondhandSongs. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  11. ↑ "My Heart Belongs to Only You". Music VF. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  12. ↑ "Record Details". 45cat. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  13. ↑ ""Mr. Lonely": A Melancholic Bobby Vinton Song". Country Thang Daily. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  14. ↑ "Record Details". 45cat. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  15. ↑ "L-O-N-E-L-Y". Music VF. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  16. ↑ "Bobby Vinton, Please Love Me Forever". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  17. ↑ "Halfway to Paradise". Music VF. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  18. ↑ "I Love How You Love Me". Music VF. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  19. ↑ "Bobby Vinton, Sealed With a Kiss". Album Liner Notes. n.d. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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