Bobby Vinton
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Bobby Vinton Biography
Every era needs its crooner, and in the early '60s, it was
Bobby Vinton. Vinton's sentimental balladeering and orchestral,
middle-of-the-road arrangements were a throwback to a decade earlier,
before rock & roll had found its mass market. If Vinton is
sometimes identified with a rock & roll audience, it's only because
his music was bought by young listeners for a time, and because he
still catches some airplay on oldies stations. What he sang was vocal
pop, landing some of the biggest hits of the early '60s with Roses Are
Red (My Love), Blue on Blue, There! I've Said It Again, Mr.
Lonely, and Blue Velvet, the last of which has become his signature
song in the wake of its notorious prominence in David Lynch's Blue
Velvet.
Vinton originally aspired to lead a big band, and made big band
versions of contemporary hits on his first recordings in the early
'60s. When he began singing, however, he was quickly successful,
reaching number one with Roses Are Red (My Love) in mid-1962. The
syrupy, saccharine arrangements set the mold for his emotional,
occasionally mournful hits throughout the early '60s. 1963 was his
banner year, as he hit number three with Blue on Blue, and then
topped the charts with Blue Velvet and There! I've Said It Again.
There! I've Said It Again was knocked out of the number one spot by
the Beatles' I Want to Hold Your Hand. But the British Invasion,
surprisingly, didn't spell commercial death for Vinton, as it did for
so many other balladeers and teen idols. Indeed, he had one of his
biggest hits (and his final number one), the sobbing Mr. Lonely, in
late 1964. Although he didn't maintain quite the same superstar
ranking, he was consistently popular throughout the next decade;
between 1962 and 1972, in fact, he had an astonishing 28 Top 40
entries. Often he updated quaint 1960-era pop tunes such as Halfway to
Paradise, Take Good Care of My Baby, and Sealed With a Kiss. A
couple of these, Please Love Me Forever and I Love How You Love Me,
made the Top Ten, which was quite an anachronism in 1967 and 1968.
Vinton seemed to have launched a major comeback in 1974 with Melody of
Love, which made number three, and enjoys the distinction of being the
only major American hit single sung partially in Polish. Only one more
Top 40 hit was in the offing, though. This probably didn't particularly
bother Vinton, who had his own TV series for a few years in the late
'70s, and could always count on lucrative gigs on the cabaret circuit.
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Written by Richie Unterberger