The Early Years 1958-62 (CD) – Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton, born of Polish descent in Pennsylvania in 1935, was an unusual artist, in that he was talented multi-instrumentalist who led his own orchestra from the age of 16, but was inspired to make records by Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel”, forming his own label in order to fulfil his ambition. In the end, he got his first hit by doing his own promotion of a record that Epic had rejected, “Roses Are Red”, which became a No. 1. This 52-track 2-CD set comprises the A&B sides of his singles on the Bobby, Melody, Alpine, Epic and Diamond labels from these years, plus selected titles from his albums “Dancing At The Hop”, “Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li’l Darlin’s”, “Roses Are Red”, and “Bobby Vinton Sings The Big Ones”, released during this era. It features his US No. 1 and UK Top 20 hit “Roses Are Red” and his other hits from this era “Rain Rain Go Away”, “Let’s Kiss And Make Up”, “Trouble Is My Middle Name” and “I Love You The Way You Are”. He went on to have further success in later years, but this collection presents his work during the formative years which underlined the breadth of his talent, not only as a teen-idol pop singer, but as a highly and enterprising professional bandleader and musician.

Track List

1. Twilight Time
2. Hallelujah
3. Harlem Nocturne
4. Always in My Heart
5. You’ll Never Forget
6. First Impression
7. A Freshman and a Sophomore
8. The Sheik
9. Posin’
10. Tornado
11. Little Lonely One
12. Corrine Corrina
13. Well I Ask Ya
14. Hip-Swinging High-Stepping Drum Majorette
15. Roses Are Red (My Love)
16. You and I
17. Rain Rain Go Away
18. Over and Over
19. Trouble Is My Middle Name
20. Let’s Kiss and Make Up
21. I Love You the Way You Are
22. Sentimental Journey
23. Don’t Take Your Love from Me
24. You Are My Sunshine
25. Caravan
26. Stella By Starlight
27. In a Shanty in An Old Shanty Town
28. My Girl Josephine
29. Venus
30. Georgia on My Mind
31. Sentimental Me
32. I Fall to Pieces
33. Mr. Lonely
34. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
35. I Can’t Stop Loving You
36. I Can’t Help It
37. True Love
38. Always in My Heart
39. Crying
40. If I Give My Heart to You
41. Please Help Me I’m Falling
42. I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You
43. Ramblin’ Rose
44. The Twelfth of Never
45. I Love You the the Way You Are
46. Because of You
47. Be My Love
48. My Heart Cries for You
49. I Remember You
50. You Were Only Fooling
51. He’ll Have to Go
52. Autumn Leaves