Bobby Vinton discography

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Bobby Vinton discography
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.

Studio albums

Live albums

  • 1966: Live at the Copa

Compilations

  • 1964: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits (US #12)
  • 1966: More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
  • 1970: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love (US #138)
  • 1970: Vinton Sings Vinton
  • 1971: The Love Album (US #204)
  • 1971: To Each His Own
  • 1972: Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits (US #119)
  • 1973: The Bobby Vinton Treasury (Columbia House 6LP set)
  • 1973: Bobby Vinton Gold Disk (Epic Japan)
  • 1973: Bobby Vinton: Grandes Exitos
  • 1974: The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton (Columbia House 2LP set)
  • 1974: The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton: Bobby Vinton...in Love (Columbia House)
  • 1974: Hurt: Best of Bobby Vinton (Holland)
  • 1975: Best of Bobby Vinton, 2 (Holland)
  • 1975: Bobby Vinton Sings the Golden Decade of Love (US #154)
  • 1976: Best of Bobby Vinton
  • 1976: K-Tel Presents Bobby Vinton - 20 Greatest Hits
  • 1976: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits/Greatest Hits of Love
  • 1978: Bobby Vinton
  • 1978: Autumn Memories
  • 1979: Spring Sensations
  • 1979: Summer Serenades
  • 1979: The Million Selling Records of Bobby Vinton (Candlelites)
  • 1980: My Song
  • 1981: Polka Album (Tapestry Records)
  • 1981: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
  • 1982: Bobby Vinton Songbook(Holland)
  • 1982: The Very Best of Bobby Vinton (Holland)
  • 1983: His Heart-Touching Magic (Suffolk Marketing)
  • 1985: The Best of Bobby Vinton (Heartland music)
  • 1985: Ballads of Love (Heartland music)
  • 1990: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
  • 1990: Blue Velvet (UK #67)
  • 1991: Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today (Curb Records)
  • 1991: Greatest Polka Hits of All Time (Curb Records)
  • 1991: 16 Most Requested Songs (US #199; charted in 1996)
  • 1991: Roses Are Red My Love(Beautiful Music Company)2LP set
  • 1992: Sealed With a Kiss (Epic Germany)
  • 1993: The Essence of Bobby Vinton
  • 1993: Bobby Vinton; Collector series, 1: Branson (Tapestry Records)
  • 1993: Bobby Vinton; Collector series, 2: He (Tapestry Records)
  • 1993: Bobby Vinton; Collector series, 3: Greatest Hits (Tapestry Records)
  • 1993: Bobby Vinton; Collector series, 4: Country Album (Tapestry Records)
  • 1993: Bobby Vinton; Collector series, 5: Polka Album (Tapestry Records)
  • 1994: Bobby Vinton; His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances (Reader's Digest)3CD set
  • 1994: My Greatest Hits (K-tel)
  • 1995: The Ultimate Bobby Vinton (Belgium)
  • 1995: Kissin' Christmas: The Bobby Vinton Christmas Album
  • 1995: Roses Are Red
  • 1997: 36 All time Greatest hits (Timeless Music)3 CD set
  • 1998: Bobby Vinton Sings Blue Velvet: His Greatest Hits (Epic, Germany)
  • 2000: Blue on Blue (with Andy Williams)2 CD set
  • 2001: Bobby Vinton (U.K. Curb Records)
  • 2001: The Very Best of Bobby Vinton (TV music 2CD set)
  • 2001: Mr. Lonely/Country Boy
  • 2001: Sealed With a Kiss/With Love
  • 2001: Tell Me Why/Sings For Lonely Nights
  • 2002: Ev'ry Day of My Life/Satin Pillows and Careless
  • 2002: Take Good Care of My Baby/I Love How You Love Me
  • 2002: Please Love Me Forever/My Elusive Dreams
  • 2002: Live at the Copa/Drive-In Movie Time
  • 2002: Greatest Hits
  • 2002: 20 All-Time Greatest Hits
  • 2002: The Legend
  • 2002: Melodies of love
  • 2002: Essential Bobby Vinton (Poland)
  • 2003: Ultimate collection (Columbia, Australia)2CD set
  • 2003: Million Dollar Polkas (Beautiful Music Company)
  • 2003: Love Songs
  • 2003: All-Time Greatest Hits(Varese Sarabande)
  • 2004: The Best of Bobby Vinton
  • 2005: The Great Bobby Vinton (Austaralia)3CD set
  • 2005: Collections(Epic , Canada)
  • 2006: Because of You: The Love Songs Collection(Varese Sarabande)
  • 2006: Shalom and other Songs Written by Bobby Vinton (Tapestry Records)
  • 2008: Melodies of Love / Heart of Hearts
  • 2014: Roses are red (U.K. Jasmin)
  • 2014: Roses are red plus Sings the Big Ones (U.K. Jackpot)
  • 2015: A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Christmas Collection
  • 2016: Bobby Vinton Forever (Holland)
  • 2021: Early years (U.K. Acrobat)

Related albums

  • 1966: Cool 'n Clear includes "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
  • 1966: The Twelve Greatest Hits San Remo Festival, 1966 includes "Io Non Posso Crederti"
  • 1972: A Tribute to Burt Bacharach includes "Blue on Blue" (Alternate take)
  • 1975: The Wonderful World of Christmas includes "Silent Night"
  • 2006: Polka in Paradise, Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra. Includes guest appearance by Bobby Vinton

Special 12-inch singles

  • 1988: "Sealed with a Kiss" (dance version) (5:49) (instrumental) (3:46)/"Sealed with a Kiss" (radio version) (3:45) "When I Was Seventeen" (extended version) (6:12)

Singles

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Chart positions Album
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) 		1 1 1 - 5 15 1 3 5 Roses Are Red
"I Love You the Way You Are"**
"You're My Girl" (by Chuck & Johnny) 		38 39 - - - - - - - Bobby Vinton Sings The Big Ones
"Rain Rain Go Away"
b/w "Over and Over" (Non-album track) 		12 18 4 - - - - - -
"Trouble Is My Middle Name" / 33 37 7 - - - - - - Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
"Let's Kiss and Make Up" 38 33 10 - - - - - -
1963 "Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)"
b/w "Faded Pictures" (Non-album track) 		21 20 8 - - - - - - The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups
"Blue on Blue"
b/w "Those Little Things" (Non-album track) 		3 3 2 - - - 5 - - Blue on Blue
"Blue Velvet"
b/w "Is There a Place (Where I Can Go)" (Non-album track) 		1 1 1 - - (see
1990) 		1 - -
"There! I've Said It Again"
b/w "The Girl With the Bow in Her Hair" (Non-album track) 		1 1 1 - - 34 1 - - There! I've Said It Again
1964 "My Heart Belongs to Only You"
b/w "Warm and Tender" 		9 8 2 - - - - - -
"Tell Me Why"
b/w "Remembering" (From Country Boy) 		13 11 3 - - - - - - Tell Me Why
"Clinging Vine" / 17 14 2 - - - - - - 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) 		1 2 3 - - - 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) 		17 14 5 - - - - - - Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights
"L-O-N-E-L-Y"
b/w "Graduation Tears" (Non-album track) 		22 20 7 - - - - - -
"Theme from 'Harlow' (Lonely Girl)"
b/w "If I Should Lose Your Love" (Non-album track) 		61 69 16 - - - - - - Drive-In Movie Time
"What Color (Is a Man)?"
b/w "Love or Infatuation" (Non-album track) 		38 34 - - - - - - - More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
"Satin Pillows" / 23 21 - - - - - - - Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless
"Careless" 111 82 - - - - - - -
1966 "Tears"
b/w "Go Away Pain" (Non-album track) 		59 43 27 - - - - - - More of Bobby's Greatest Hits
"Dum-De-Da"
b/w "Blue Clarinet" (Non-album track) 		40 32 24 - - - - - -
"Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue)"
b/w "All the King's Horses (and All the King's Men)" 		81 76 - - - - - - - Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless
"Coming Home Soldier"
b/w "Don't Let My Mary Go Around" (Non-album track) 		11 8 - - - - - - - Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits
1967 "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
b/w "Sweet Maria" (Non-album track) 		66 54 - - - - - - -
"Red Roses for Mom"
b/w "College Town" 		95 90 - - - - - - - Non-album tracks
"Please Love Me Forever"
b/w "Miss America" (Non-album track) 		6 5 39 - - - - - - Please Love Me Forever
"Just as Much as Ever"
b/w "Another Memory" (Non-album track) 		24 14 10 - - - - - -
1968 "Take Good Care of My Baby"
b/w "Strange Sensations" (Non-album track) 		33 26 14 - - - - - - Take Good Care of My Baby
"Halfway to Paradise"
b/w "Kristie" (from Vinton Sings Vinton) 		23 17 8 - - - - - - I Love How You Love Me
"I Love How You Love Me"
b/w "Little Barefoot Boy" (from Take Good Care of My Baby) 		9 4 2 - - - - - -
"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) 		34 22 8 - - - - - - Vinton
"The Days of Sand and Shovels"
b/w "So Many Lonely Girls"on Sax (Vocal version from Bobby Vinton Sings For Lonely Nights) 		34 24 11 - - - - - -
1970 "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" (remix version)
b/w "I've Got That Love' Feelin' (Back Again)" (Non-album track) 		93 58 8 - - - - - -
"Why Don't They Understand"
b/w "Where is Love?" (from Vinton Sings Vinton) 		109 90 23 - - - - - - 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) 		46 34 7 27 - - - - - 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" 		24 18 2 - - - - - - Ev'ry Day of My Life
"Sealed With a Kiss"
b/w "All My Life" (Non-album track) 		19 14 2 - - - - 3 4 Sealed With a Kiss
"But I Do"
b/w "When You Love" (from With Love) 		82 71 27 - - - - - - Non-album track
1973 "Hurt"
b/w "I Love You the Way You Are" 		106 117 40 - - - - 3 1 With 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) 		- - - - - - - - 24 Mr. Lonely
1974 "If That's All I Can"
b/w "I'll Make You My Baby" 		- - - - - - - - 29 If That's All I Can
"My Melody of Love"
b/w "I'll Be Loving You" 		3 2 1 - - - - - 18 Melodies of Love
1975 "Beer Barrel Polka" / 33 45 5 - - - - - - Heart of Hearts
"Dick and Jane" flip 87 - - - - - - - Melodies of Love
"Wooden Heart"
b/w "Polka Pose" 		58 70 23 - - - - - - Heart of Hearts
"Midnight Show"
b/w "My Gypsy Love" (from Melodies of Love) 		- 78 23 - - - - - - Non-album track
1976 "Save Your Kisses For Me"
b/w "Love Shine" (Non-album track) 		75 105 - - - - - - - Serenades of Love
"Moonlight Serenade"
b/w "Why Can't I Get Over You?" (from Heart of Hearts) 		97 113 15 - - - - - -
"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" 		99 105 44 - - - - - - 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) 		78 78 17 86 - - - - -
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) 		108 96 45 - - - - - - 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 - - 38 Blue 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
    • Originally recorded in the late 50s, this demo recording was released by Diamond Records to compete with Vinton's then-big hit single "Roses are Red (My Love)". The hit version was not leased to Epic for subsequent LPs, so the song had to be rerecorded for Epic.

Recordings in other languages

German

  • "Re-Re-Regen fallt" (Rain Rain Go Away)/"Mondscheinallee" (1962) Columbia c22269
  • "Re-Re-Regen fallt" (Rain Rain Go Away)/"Rosen sind Rot" (Roses are Red) (1962) Columbia c22270

Italian

  • "Io sono solo" (Mr. Lonely)/"Esse Come stanco" (L-O-N-E-L-Y) (1965) Epic 5-9900
  • "Io non posso crederti"/"Satin Pillows" (1965) Epic 5-9909
  • "Io sento d'amarti" (I Love How You Love Me)/"Solo" (1968) Epic 5-9976
  • "Io ti daro di piu" (1965) Epic 9010 in Portugal EP

Spanish

  • "Te amo como tu me amas" (I Love How You Love Me)/ "A medio camino del paraiso" (1969) CBS 22.054 (Argentine)
  • "Di por que" (Tell Me Why)/"Mr. Lonely" (1965) Epic EP.9024


Singles released in foreign countries

UK

  • "Don't go away mad/Theme from Harlow" (1965) Columbia DB 7628
  • "Lemondrops llolipops and sunbeams/"You've got your mamas eyes" (1976) Anchor AB4140

Japan

  • "My blue heaven"/"Blue skies" (1963) Epic LL-6006
  • "Mr. blue"/"Roses are red" (1965) Epic LL-732
  • "Io non posso crederti"/"Tears" (1966) Epic LL-904
  • "Paloma blanca/Where do I begin" (1976) ABC YK-820

France

  • "Speak softly love"/"Green fields" (1972) Epic EPC 8304

Holland

  • "End of the world/Our Day Will Come"(1972) Epic EPC 8444
  • "If that's all I can/I'll make you my baby" (1974) Epic EPC 2234

Video releases

  • Bobby Vinton Live at the Sands Hotel (1984)
  • Bobby Vinton Live; Songs from My Heart (2002)

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]

External links

  • Japanese fan site
  • Bobby Vinton discography discography at Discogs