Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits (1964 album)

Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits

Greatest hits album by Bobby Vinton

Released

September 1964

Pop

Bob Morgan

Bobby Vinton chronology

Tell Me Why
(1964)

Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
(1964)

A Very Merry Christmas
(1964)

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
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
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
1964	The Billboard 200	12

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
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

Bobby Vinton

Studio albums	Dancing at the Hop Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li'l Darlin's Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There! I've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive-In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed With a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music ~~ 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By

Live albums	Live at the Copa

Compilations	Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits More of Bobby's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album To Each His Own Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Bobby Vinton Treasury The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton: Bobby Vinton...in Love Bobby Vinton Sings the Golden Decade of Love K-Tel Presents Bobby Vinton - 20 Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton Autumn Memories Spring Sensations Summer Serenades The Million Selling Records of Bobby Vinton My Song Polka Album Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits His Heart-Touching Magic The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today Greatest Polka Hits of All Time 16 Most Requested Songs The Essence of Bobby Vinton Melody of Love The Ultimate Bobby Vinton Kissin' Christmas: The Bobby Vinton Christmas Album Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings Blue Velvet: His Greatest Hits Blue on Blue Bobby Vinton Greatest Hits 20 All-Time Greatest Hits The Legend Love Songs All-Time Greatest Hits The Best of Bobby Vinton The Great Bobby Vinton Because of You: The Love Songs Collection

Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "I Love You the Way You Are" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)" "Blue on Blue" "Blue Velvet" "There! I've Said It Again" "My Heart Belongs to Only You" "Tell Me Why" "Clinging Vine" "Mr. Lonely" "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" "Dearest Santa" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Theme from 'Harlow' (Lonely Girl)" "What Color (Is a Man)" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue)" "Coming Home Soldier" "Please Love Me Forever" "Just as Much as Ever" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Halfway to Paradise" "I Love How You Love Me" "To Know You Is to Love You" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" "My Elusive Dreams" "Ev'ry Day of My Life" "Sealed With a Kiss" "Hurt" "My Melody of Love" "Beer Barrel Polka" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Moonlight Serenade" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Make Believe It's Your First Time" "You Are Love" "It's Been One of Those Days" "Please Tell Her That I Said Hello" "The Last Rose"

Related articles	Discography

Book:Bobby Vinton

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