Roses Are Red (album)
Roses Are Red | ||||
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Studio album by Bobby Vinton | ||||
Released | July 1962 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 32:20 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Robert Morgan | |||
Bobby Vinton chronology | ||||
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Roses Are Red was Bobby Vinton's third studio album, released in 1962. After Vinton's hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" reached No. 1 (and saved Vinton from being fired from Epic Records), the eponymous album was released and made its way up to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 200. Shortly after the success of the song and album, Epic renewed Vinton's contract but changed his artist title from a bandleader to a solo artist.
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is the first track on the album. Cover versions include "Sentimental Me", Cole Porter's "True Love", Roy Orbison's hit "Crying", "If I Give My Heart to You" and five country songs ("I Fall to Pieces", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Can't Help It" and "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"). Vinton's 1964 No. 1 hit "Mr. Lonely" (co-written by Vinton) was originally only an album track here; its release as a single was two years later when it appeared on Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits.
Track listing
Side 1 | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Paul Evans, Al Byron | 2:38 |
2. | "Sentimental Me" | Jimmy Cassin, Jim Morehead | 2:51 |
3. | "I Fall to Pieces" | Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard | 2:49 |
4. | "Mr. Lonely" | Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan | 2:40 |
5. | "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?" | Scotty Wiseman | 2:42 |
6. | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Don Gibson | 2:35 |
Side 2 | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "I Can't Help It" | Hank Williams | 2:49 |
2. | "True Love" | Cole Porter | 2:19 |
3. | "Always in My Heart" | Kim Gannon, Ernesto Lecuona | 2:22 |
4. | "Crying" | Roy Orbison, Joe Melson | 2:41 |
5. | "If I Give My Heart to You" | Jimmy Brewster, Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs | 2:36 |
6. | "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" | Don Robertson, Hal Blair | 2:33 |
Album credits
- Produced by Robert Morgan
- Cover photo: Columbia Records Photo Studio - Henry Parker
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1962 | Billboard 200 | 5[1] |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Billboard Hot 100[2] | 1 |
1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1[2] |
1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Norwegian record chart | 1[3] |
1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Billboard R&B Singles | 5[2] |
1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | UK Singles Chart | 15[4] |
1964 | "Mr. Lonely" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1[2] |
1964 | "Mr. Lonely" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 3[2] |
References
- ↑ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ "Norwegian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ "UK charts archive". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-03-23.