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Greatest Hits
Bobby Vinton
Greatest Hits
Genres: Pop, Rock, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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All Artists: Bobby Vinton
Title: Greatest Hits
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: Curb Records
Release Date: 2/28/1990
Genres: Pop, Rock, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits, Very B.O.
UPC: 715187725324

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The Best From The Polish Prince!
Barron Laycock | Temple, New Hampshire United States | 07/26/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Bobby Vinton made quite a career out of a very limited vocabulary of song titles, a worked within a fairly narrow prism of subjects and styles. Yet in so doing he was immensely successful, and this Polish Adonis ripped up the charts with a number of hits including his first smash "Blue Velvet", "Tell Me Why", and "There! I've Said It Again". He was on the top ten charts almost continually throughout the early 1960s, and I remember hearing "Mr. Lonely" (about a soldier far away from home) when I myself was in fact a soldier a long, long way from home in 1965. It was eons and eons ago.I also remember hearing "Coming Home Soldier" about the same time frame, and being impressed with his awareness of how many of us were in fact coming and going. And he had quite a run of hits, also including "Please Love Me Forever", "Blue On Blue", and "I Love How You Love Me". He also hit the charts with "Roses Are Red (My Love", one of his biggest hits, and with a cover of Johnny Tillotson's smash hit "Take Good Care Of my Baby". I understand he still tours, although he must be a little long in the tooth for such stuff nowadays. This is all good music, and it is always a pleasure to listen to. Enjoy"
Bobby Vinton's hits from the very early years (1962-1964)
Lawrance M. Bernabo | The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota | 05/25/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)

"In 1964 the Beatles started a remarkable run at the top of the Billboard pop charts. On February 1, 1964 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became the #1 song in the U.S. and stayed there for seven weeks, at which point it was replaced by "She Loves You" for two weeks, and then "Can't Buy Me Love" for five weeks. I bring this all up because before that epic 14 week run, the artist who had been at the top of the charts for the entire month of January 1964 was Bobby Vinton, with his third #1 hit, "There! I've Send It Again!" The previous year Vinton had spent four weeks on top with "Roses Are Red (My Love" and another three with "Blue Velvet." Vinton had his last #1 near the end of 1963 with "Mr. Lonley," but by then the face of popular music had changed. Going into 1963 Vinton was well on his way to being the crooner for the Sixties, but then came the Beatles and the British Invasion. Despite suddenly being out of vogue, Vinton had a pretty good career throughout the decade. You might be surprised to find out that in the first decade of his career Vinton had 28 songs make it to the Billboard Top 40. The problem with this collection of his "Greatest Hits" is that it is a reissue of a 1964 collection, so while it has all of his #1 hits it is missing everything else he did for the next eight years or so. Even the 1966 follow-up to this album, "More of Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits" misses the best of the rest as well. Interesting notes: It was not really until David Lynch's film "Blue Velvet" that the title song became the singer's signature tune and Vinton co-wrote "Mr. Lonely.""
An engaging mix of old hits and contemporary material.
Steven F. Albert | Plainville, MA USA | 05/10/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Curb's entry in Vinton's "Greatest Hits" catalog, (two other CD's Epic's original 1964 release and a Sony 1993 release share the title) this collection offers an engaging mix of old hits and new material. Highlights are many and include Vinton's latest major hit "The Last Rose" which climbed the country charts in 1991. This album also features the first digital version of "My Melody of Love" to be released. Vinton's 1974 smash re-ignited his career and led to his own televison show. This album contains some material from his now discontinued first Curb album including strong performances on "I Go To Pieces" and a must-hear "I've Always Loved You" which proves Vinton still has the pipes that sold 50 million records in his heyday."