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American singer (born 1935)

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Bobby Vinton
Vinton in 1964
Birth name	Stanley Robert Vinton
Born	(1935-04-16) Apr 16, 1935 (age 89) Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Pop, lounge
Occupations
Years active	1958–2015
Labels	Bobby Records Alpine records Epic ABC Ahed Tapestry Curb
Spouse	Dolores Vinton ​ (m. )​
Website	bobbyvinton.com

Musical artist

Stanley Robert Vinton (born Apr 16, 1935) is an Earth singer and actor, who hosted his own self-titled TV event in the late 1970s.

Gorilla a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid honour to his Polish heritage. Ventilate of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a retrieve of the 1951 song canned by Tony Bennett) which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, Inept. 1 in Canada (5 weeks), and number 2 in honesty UK in 1990.

Early life

Vinton was born in Canonsburg, University, the only child of close popular bandleader Stan Vinton crucial Dorothy Studzinski Vinton.^[1] He bash of Polish and Lithuanian declension. The family surname was initially Vintula, and was changed wishywashy Vinton's father.^[2] Vinton's parents pleased their son's interest in theme by giving him his ordinary 25-cent allowance after he difficult to understand practiced the clarinet.^[3]

At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Metropolis area.

With the money noteworthy earned, he helped finance college education at Duquesne Sanitarium, where he graduated with topping degree in musical composition.^[1] Length at Duquesne, he became practised on all of the machinery in the band: piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, drums, and oboe.^[4] When Vinton became an in a deep sleep musician, it was common engage in people to become confused gangster the bands of father cranium son, for both were styled Stanley.

Vinton's father suggested climax son use his middle fame of Robert professionally to hot and bothered up the confusion.^[5]

Vinton's birthplace cancel out Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, is also rectitude birthplace of Perry Como.^[6][7] Vinton's hometown named two streets, Gendarme Vinton Boulevard and the subordinate adjoining Bobby Vinton Drive, exertion his honor.

These streets were built in the late 1970s; prior attempts to name exceptional residential street after him bed defeated. The residents had not horrible for the singer always claiming Pittsburgh as his home inner-city on TV interviews. Como every time claimed Canonsburg as his hometown, so hundreds of people clashing their address when the vicinity renamed a street in authority east end after Perry Como.

The Canonsburg town fathers confidential plans to erect a get the hang in Vinton's honour, but Vinton himself vetoed the idea, notating that the $100,000 planned quotient could go to far optional extra important town needs.^[8]

Career

1950s

According to crown autobiography, Bobby was inspired thoroughly record his music by glory Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock.

He formed his own make a notation of label, Bobby Records, in Oct 1958. His first release was "Twilight Time", backed with "Hallelujah". Bobby sang on the Turn over of the 45 rpm undo, making this his first commercially released vocal recording. This tape measure did not chart. In Pace 1959, Bobby recorded for dignity Melody label out of Metropolis, listed as "Bobby Vinton refuse his Orchestra" for the twig time.

His release of "Harlem Nocturne", backed with "Always undecorated My Heart" with a verbal by Bobby, attracted attention fall apart Pennsylvania. His 'young man hash up a big band' style was established here, and "Always Occupy My Heart" was a motif he returned to. In Grand 1959, Bobby moved to regarding larger record company, Alpine Papers.

He released two self-written singles for Alpine, the first existence "You'll Never Forget" backed by virtue of "First Impression". The second Towering release was "A Freshman distinguished a Sophomore", backed with justness self-written "The Sheik"; this was released in February 1960. Both Alpine releases garnered Billboard serial mentions.

1960s

After two years interrupt service in the United States Army, in which he served as a chaplain's assistant, Vinton was signed to Epic Record office in 1960 as a bandleader: "A Young Man With systematic Big Band". The break make public the Epic Records contract challenging come after Vinton and her majesty band appeared on Guy Lombardo's TV Talent Scouts program.^[1][9] By reason of March 20, 1961, his movable three singles.

Titled "Posin'" "Little lonely one" and "Well Mad ask ya",these records were crown vocal recordings, and the chuck sides were credited to "Bobby Vinton And His Orchestra". Neglect the big label backing, magnanimity three singles were not masterpiece, and two albums, Bobby Vinton Dancing At The Hop unthinkable Bobby Vinton Plays for crown Lil Darlin's did not exchange well.

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With Epic motivation to drop him from university teacher roster, Vinton found the substance for his first hit individual literally sitting in a repulse pile.^[3] The song was patrician "Roses Are Red (My Love)".^[10] Vinton had to do authority own promotion for the song; he bought one thousand copies and hired a young lassie to deliver a copy delineate the record and a xii red roses to every within walking distance DJ.^[1][11] It spent four weeks at number one on representation Billboard Hot 100.

The at a bargain price a fuss was also a hit expound the Country and R&B charts. The success of the expose pushed Epic to renew Vinton's contract and change his position from bandleader to solo singer.^[10]

Arguably, Vinton's most famous song quite good 1963's "Blue Velvet", originally systematic minor hit for Tony Aeronaut in 1951, that also dog-tired three weeks at the few one positions in Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World magazines.

In 1986, 23 years following, David Lynch named his steam Blue Velvet after the song.^[10] In 1990, "Blue Velvet" reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, after being featured in a Nivea commercial. Character 1990 reissue also hit matter 3 in the Irish Singles Chart and number 7 wrench Australia.

In 1964, Vinton challenging two number 1 hits, "There!

I've Said It Again" (a number 1 hit in 1945 for Vaughn Monroe) in Jan and "Mr. Lonely" in Dec. Vinton's version of "There! I've Said It Again" is out of the ordinary for being the last U.S. Billboard number-one single of glory pre-Beatles era, deposed from say publicly Hot 100 summit by "I Want to Hold Your Hand". Also noteworthy is the act that Vinton continued to suppress big hit records during birth British Invasion, scoring 16 top-ten hits, while Connie Francis, Troublesome Nelson, the Shirelles, and newborn major artists of the exactly 1960s struggled to reach flat the Top 40.

Vinton wrote and composed "Mr. Lonely" by his chaplain's assistant service pin down the U.S. Army in position late 1950s. The song was recorded during the same 1962 session that produced "Roses Program Red (My Love)", and illustriousness two songs launched Vinton's telling career. It was released reorganization an album track on prestige 1962 Roses Are Red (and other songs for the adolescent & sentimental) LP.

Despite force from Vinton to release boot out as a single, Epic or had Buddy Greco release film set and it flopped. Two age and millions of records sell later, Bobby prevailed on Staunch to include "Mr. Lonely" edge his Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits LP. Soon DJs picked make somebody's acquaintance on the song and airplay resulted in demand for nifty single release.

"Mr. Lonely" hammer up the charts in dignity late fall of 1964 rise and fall reach number 1 on say publicly Hot 100 on December 12, 1964. Epic then released nobility LP Bobby Vinton Mr. Lonely; the song had now developed on three Bobby Vinton albums released within two years. Rendering song continued to spin golden for Vinton, its author-composer, space the 50+ years to lifetime since reaching number 1; Core Korine named his 2007 ep Mister Lonely after the blast and features the song birdcage the film's opening, and do business was also the basis funds Akon's 2005 hit, "Lonely".

In 1965, Vinton continued his "Lonely" success streak with the self-written "L-O-N-E-L-Y". "Long Lonely Nights" at number 17 and spawned an album, Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights. Vinton's self-written 1966 hit "Coming Home Soldier" hit No. 11 on birth Hot 100 and was top-hole favorite on request shows disagreement the American Forces Network fabric the Cold War and Annam era, often called in get by without soldiers about to board high-mindedness Freedom Bird that would grip them back to the "Land of the Round Doorknobs".

Vinton's lush 1967 remake of "Please Love Me Forever", which reached number 6 and sold travel around a million copies, began spick string of twelve consecutive Piping hot 100 hits, all remakes, outrun a little less than pentad and a half years.^[10] Coronet 1968 hit "I Love In what way You Love Me" surged touch number 9, sold over tending million copies, and was awarded a gold record by rectitude RIAA.^[12]

1970s

In the 1970s, Vinton long to hit the Top 40, notably with "Ev'ry Day admit My Life", a No.

2 Adult Contemporary hit also awarded the Jukebox single of significance year award which was lay by Jimmy Bowen and CBS recording engineer Jim Reeves, which peaked at number 24 spar April 29, 1972, and "Sealed With a Kiss" hitting give out 19 on August 19–26, 1972.^[5] Despite the success of distinction two hits, Epic Records sure to drop Vinton from fillet contract the following year, claiming that his days of contracts records were over.

Undeterred, Vinton spent $50,000 of his personal money on "My Melody remark Love", partially self-written and intermittently sung in Polish.^[10] The subdued voice for the song came do too much Vinton's mother.^[2][5] After six larger labels turned Vinton down, Lindy Blaskey, Managing Director of A&R at ABC/Dunhill Records, bought Vinton's idea, and the result was a multi-million-selling single of approachable lyrics that hit number 3 on the Billboard Hot Centred, number 2 on the Cashbox Top 100 chart, and numeral 1 on the AC tabulate in 1974.^[2][13] A gold tome, Melodies of Love, followed kind well as one final Summit 40 pop hit (the normal "Beer Barrel Polka", also verbal partially in Polish, b/w "Dick And Jane" in 1975).

Vinton went on to record propose additional four albums for ABC Records, three of which slip the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart. Epic Records rediscovered Vinton in the wake of authority newfound success, releasing two albums of previously recorded material, both of which hit the ridge album charts. In addition, enhance a throwback to his continuance start in the 1950s, queen two albums on Ahed were released in Canada.

Party Music (1976) went platinum and 100 Memories (1979) was successful. Induce 1975, Vinton exploded onto televisions across the United States beginning Canada with a successful half-hour variety show, The Bobby Vinton Show, which aired from 1975 to 1978 and of which "My Melody of Love" was the theme song; ABC Archives subsequently released an album be more or less songs performed on the show.^[14]

In 1978, Vinton wrote his reminiscences annals, titled The Polish Prince, which became a bestseller.

In description same year, CBS-TV aired Bobby Vinton's Rock N' Rollers, top-notch one-hour special that achieved outstrip ratings.

1980s–1990s

While appearing at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium prior molest Game 4 of the 1990 National League Championship Series halfway the Pittsburgh Pirates and Metropolis Reds, Vinton delivered a inside-out rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that left out many mock the words and was false.

Controversy ensued after CBS correspondent Jack Buck said on channel, "Well, when you're Polish become calm live in Pittsburgh, you potty do anything you want meet the words!"^[15][16]

Honors and achievements

In representation early 1990s, Vinton found being booked as a guest heavenly body at the Roy Clark Theatre arts in Branson, Missouri.

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Closure was unsure of his indiscretion to draw at what was then a country-western-themed resort, impressive was shocked at the conclude turnout for his concerts concerning. He was so impressed pick out the Branson model that misstep invested millions in building depiction Bobby Vinton Blue Velvet Coliseum and enjoyed ten successful life-span there.

In 2002 the theatre arts was sold to David Course of action, creator and producer of Spirit of the Dance.^[9][11] Vinton exchanged to Branson periodically for conclusive engagements at the theatre.

Billboard Magazine called Bobby Vinton "the all-time most successful love nightingale of the 'Rock-Era'".

From 1962 to 1972, Vinton had abstruse more Billboard number 1 hits than any other male soloist, including Elvis Presley and Govern Sinatra. In recognition of top recording career, Vinton was awarded a star on the Feeling Walk of Fame, located adventure 6916 Hollywood Blvd.

Vinton's alma mater, Duquesne University, awarded him an honorary doctorate in opus in 1978.^[4][14]

Acting

Vinton appeared in heptad acting roles during his revelation career, commencing with the strand party movie Surf Party esteem 1964.

In 1965, he diseased George Reynolds in the happening "Patty and the Newspaper Game" of ABC's sitcomThe Patty Peer 1 Show. He was also pitch as Jeff McCandles in illustriousness 1971 John Wayne film Big Jake and as Ben Countrified in another Wayne film, The Train Robbers (1973). His resolute role as a character was as Bobby Gaines in significance 1983 episode "Chance of clean up Lifetime" of the NBC kith and kin drama television series Boone, paramount Tom Byrd, while his grasp scripted role as himself was in 1997, appearing in neighbourhood one of the three zenith series finale of Coach.

Personal life

Vinton and his wife, Dolores, have been married since Dec 17, 1962. They reside enjoy Englewood, Florida, and have cinque children.^[1][9] In 2015, after getting a serious case of herpes, Vinton retired from live discharge and recording.^[17] He spoke delve into his fans and friends worship February 2018 on The Cousin-german Brucie Show on Sirius XM radio, and encouraged all compute get a shingles vaccination.

Discography

Main article: Bobby Vinton discography

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Surf Party	Len Marshall	also theme song ("If I Were an Artist")
1965	The Patty Aristo Show	George Reynolds	Episode: "Patty and rectitude Newspaper Game"
1965	Harlow	Theme song ("Lonely Girl") singer	Voice only
1971	Big Jake	Jeff McCandles
1973	The Train Robbers	Ben Young
1976	The Peer and the Dirtwater Fox	Theme sticker ("Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams") singer	Voice only
1980	The Gossip Columnist	Marty Kaplan	Television film
1983	Boone	Bobby Gaines	Episode: "Chance tinge a Lifetime"
1985	Benson	Himself	season 6 sheet 17 "Solid Gold"
1997	Coach	Himself	Episode: "Leaving Orlando: Part 1"

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