Bobby Vinton

This is a superb collection of Vinton's most productive years at Epic, and the most complete such greatest hits disc on the market today. All of his major singles are here, except for 1964's "Clinging Vine," and his 1974 comeback on ABC, "My Melody of Love." The latter may be a casualty of inter-label licensing, but the omission of the former is mysterious. Sound quality is excellent, with finely produced true stereo throughout.

With 25 tracks on one CD, this is the most complete hits collection ever for Bobby Vinton-the greatest love-song singer of the rock 'n' roll era! His Top 10s Roses Are Red (My Love); Blue Velvet; Mr. Lonely; There! I've Said It Again; Blue on Blue; Please Love Me Forever; My Heart Belongs to Only You , and I Love How You Love Me join Rain, Rain Go Away; Tell Me Why; L-O-N-E-L-Y , and more!

"A Very Merry Christmas" is Bobby Vinton's 9th studio album and first Christmas album, released in October 1964. Vinton had released a four-track Christmas EP which entered the charts the previous year, containing none of the tracks included on "A Very Merry Christmas". Due to Billboard editorial policy, it was held off the regular Top LPs chart, but reached #13 on the Christmas Albums chart. The album was reissued on CD in 1995, and again in 2015 as the expanded "A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection". There were two singles to come from this album: "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" and "Dearest Santa".

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.

These eight CDs contain fourteen original albums from Epic Records plus the Greatest Hits CD. Extensive liner notes detailing Bobby Vinton's career are featured along with a gold-plated deluxe black lacquer case. Collectables. 2002.

These eight CDs contain fourteen original albums from Epic Records plus the Greatest Hits CD. Extensive liner notes detailing Bobby Vinton's career are featured along with a gold-plated deluxe black lacquer case. Collectables. 2002.

Many of the titles on this compilation will be familiar, because balladeer Bobby Vinton always had a good ear for a song. But besides the popularity achieved at his peak in America during the early 1960s, Bobby is also assured of a place in chart history. Originally cut as an R&B song "Roses Are Red", Bobby recut it in a smooth, country style, and watched as it sold a million copies and remained at No.1 in America for four weeks during the summer of 1962. Enjoy "Roses Are Red", "Trouble Is My Middle Name", "Mr. Lonely" and many more included in this superb set.