Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits (1964 album)
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Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Bobby Vinton | ||||
Released | September 1964 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Bob Morgan | |||
Bobby Vinton chronology | ||||
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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.
Track listing
Side 1 | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "Blue Velvet" | Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris | 2:49 |
2. | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Paul Evans, Al Byron | 2:38 |
3. | "Blue on Blue" | Hal David, Burt Bacharach | 2:24 |
4. | "Mr. Lonely" | Bobby Vinton, Gene Allen | 2:40 |
5. | "Let's Kiss and Make Up" | Marjorie McCoy, Norman Meade | 2:28 |
6. | "My Heart Belongs to Only You" | Frank Daniels, Dorothy Daniels | 2:42 |
Side 2 | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "There! I've Said It Again" | Redd Evans, David Mann | 2:22 |
2. | "Rain Rain Go Away" | Gloria Shayne, Noël Regney | 2:55 |
3. | "I Love You the Way You Are" | Bobby Vinton | 2:55 |
4. | "Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)" | Rex Garvin | 2:23 |
5. | "Trouble Is My Middle Name" | Neval Nader, John Gluck, Jr. | 2:28 |
6. | "Tell Me Why" | Al Alberts, Marty Gold | 2:36 |
Album credits
- Produced by Bob Morgan
- Cover photo by Cardell Photo of Pittsburgh
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1964 | The Billboard 200 | 12 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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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 |