Roses Are Red (My Love)
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| “Roses Are Red (My Love)” | |||||
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| Single by Bobby Vinton from the album Roses Are Red |
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| Released | 1962 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 2:38 | ||||
| Label | Epic Records | ||||
| Producer | Robert Morgan | ||||
| Bobby Vinton singles chronology | |||||
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"Roses Are Red (My Love)" s a popular song, recorded by Bobby Vinton, that was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1962. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on July 15, 1962 and remained there for four weeks. The recording was his first hit. He found the song in a reject pile at Epic Records. He first recorded it as an R&B number, but was allowed to record it with a new arrangement including strings. The single was also the first number one hit for Epic.[1]
| Preceded by "The Stripper" by David Rose |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single August 11, 1962 |
Succeeded by "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books, p.113. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
[edit] Charts
| 1962 | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Adult-Contemporary | 1 |
| Hot R&B Sides | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart | 15 |
