Vinton,Bobby Early Years 1958-62 CD

Bobby Vinton, born of Polish descent in Pennsylvania in 1935, was an unusual artist, in that he was talented multi-instrumentalist who led his own orchestra from the age of 16, but was inspired to make records by Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", forming his own label in order to fulfil his ambition. In the end, he got his first hit by doing his own promotion of a record that Epic had rejected, "Roses Are Red", which became a No. 1. This 52-track 2-CD set comprises the A&B sides of his singles on the Bobby, Melody, Alpine, Epic and Diamond labels from these years, plus selected titles from his albums "Dancing At The Hop", "Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li'l Darlin's", "Roses Are Red", and "Bobby Vinton Sings The Big Ones", released during this era. It features his US No. 1 and UK Top 20 hit "Roses Are Red" and his other hits from this era "Rain Rain Go Away", "Let's Kiss And Make Up", "Trouble Is My Middle Name" and "I Love You The Way You Are". He went on to have further success in later years, but this collection presents his work during the formative years which underlined the breadth of his talent, not only as a teen-idol pop singer, but as a highly and enterprising professional bandleader and musician.

1. Twilight Time 2. Hallelujah 3. Harlem Nocturne 4. Always in My Heart 5. You'll Never Forget 6. First Impression 7. A Freshman and a Sophomore 8. The Sheik 9. Posin' 10. Tornado 11. Little Lonely One 12. Corrine Corrina 13. Well I Ask Ya 14. Hip-Swinging, High-Stepping, Drum Majorette 15. Roses Are Red (My Love) 16. You and I 17. Rain Rain Go Away 18. Over and Over 19. Trouble Is My Middle Name 20. Let's Kiss and Make Up 21. I Love You the Way You Are 22. Sentimental Journey 23. Don't Take Your Love from Me 24. You Are My Sunshine 25. Caravan 26. Stella By Starlight 27. In a Shanty in An Old Shanty Town 28. My Girl Josephine 29. Venus 30. Georgia on My Mind 31. Sentimental Me 32. I Fall to Pieces 33. Mr. Lonely 34. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 35. I Can't Stop Loving You 36. I Can't Help It 37. True Love 38. Always in My Heart 39. Crying 40. If I Give My Heart to You 41. Please Help Me, I'm Falling 42. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 43. Ramblin' Rose 44. The Twelfth of Never 45. I Love You the the Way You Are 46. Because of You 47. Be My Love 48. My Heart Cries for You 49. I Remember You 50. You Were Only Fooling 51. He'll Have to Go 52. Autumn Leaves