Roses Are Red (My Love)

"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is a popular song composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. It was recorded by Bobby Vinton and was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1962. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles 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 Records.^[1] Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1962.^[2]

Cover chart versions

In the UK, a cover version by Ronnie Carroll reached #3 in the charts on August 2, 1962, the same week that the Bobby Vinton record peaked at #15.

An answer song, entitled "Long As The Rose Is Red", was recorded by Florraine Darlin.^[3] It was released by Epic Records (single #9529) and was also produced by Robert Morgan.

Other versions-non-charting

The song was recorded by Jim Reeves in 1963 and released on the album Gentleman Jim, one of the last albums released while he was still alive. While it did not chart in the US, it became a minor hit in Norway and Germany.

The song was covered by Singaporean female artist Zhuang Xue Fang (莊雪芳), in edited Standard Chinese lyrics written by Suyin (舒雲/雨牛) under title name of 玫瑰花香, with Ruby Records in 1967.

Charts

References

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1962 (U.S.)
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1962 (U.S.)
• VG-lista 1962
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s