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Bobby Vinton
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Bobby Vinton
Homepage
http://bobbyvinton.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-04-16,Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Stanley Robert Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer. At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh area. With the money he earned, Vinton helped finance his college education at Duquesne University, where he studied music and graduated with a degree in musical composition. While at Duquesne, he became proficient on all of the instruments in the band: piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, drums and oboe. After a brief spell in the US Army, Vinton was signed to Epic Records in 1960 as a bandleader: "A Young Man With a Big Band." Two albums and several singles were not successful however, and with Epic ready to pull the plug, Vinton found his first hit single literally sitting in a reject pile. The song was titled "Roses Are Red (My Love)." It spent four weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Arguably, his most famous song is 1963's "Blue Velvet" that also went to No.1. 23 years later, David Lynch named his movie Blue Velvet after the song. In 1964, Vinton had two #1 hits, "There! I've Said It Again" and "Mr. Lonely", the latter now being the basis for Akon's hit "Lonely."

Filmography

6.9

Big Jake
1971-05-26

The Train Robbers

6.3

The Train Robbers
1973-02-01

4.5

Surf Party
1964-01-30

0

Hamburgers
1974-04-02

The Gossip Columnist

7.333

The Gossip Columnist
1980-03-21

7.113

Benson
1979-09-13

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

The David Susskind Show

7

The David Susskind Show
1959-01-18

The Hollywood Palace

5

The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04

6.4

Shindig!
1964-09-16

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

6.833

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969-01-22

The Patty Duke Show

6.25

The Patty Duke Show
1963-09-18

7

Pink Lady
1980-03-01

The Bobby Vinton Show

10

The Bobby Vinton Show
1975-09-09

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

6

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980-11-18

7

Dinah!
1974-10-21

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

6.65

Coach
1989-02-28

Kraft Music Hall

5.429

Kraft Music Hall
1958-10-08