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Vinton's birthplace of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, is also the birthplace of Perry Como. [6] [7] Vinton's hometown named two streets, Bobby Vinton Boulevard and the shorter adjoining Bobby Vinton Drive, in his honor. These streets were built in the late 1970s; prior attempts to name a residential street after him failed.
Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today is a collection of previously recorded songs by Bobby Vinton for Curb Records.The first five tracks might be misleading to people of the baby boomer generation, as they are not the singles that Vinton had during the 1960s and the year of 1974 but re-recordings that Vinton made for Curb.
1974: Hurt: Best of Bobby Vinton (Holland) 1975: Best of Bobby Vinton, 2 (Holland) 1975: Bobby Vinton Sings the Golden Decade of Love (US #154) 1976: Best of Bobby Vinton; 1976: K-Tel Presents Bobby Vinton - 20 Greatest Hits; 1976: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits/Greatest Hits of Love; 1978: Bobby Vinton; 1978: Autumn Memories; 1979: Spring Sensations
"Coming Home Soldier" is a song co-written and sung by Bobby Vinton, which he released in 1966.The song is a sequel to Vinton's previous hit "Mr. Lonely," sung from the perspective of a man who is returning home to the girl he loves, after having fought in a war overseas, and has survived without serious injury ("no Purple Heart").
Bobby Vinton's version is featured several times in David Lynch's 1986 film Blue Velvet. The film drew partial inspiration from the song's lyrics, where Isabella Rossellini , who plays Dorothy Vallens, a singer in the film, sings the song in-character. [ 88 ]
The song was written by Akon, Bobby Vinton, and Gene Allan. The lyrics are sung mainly by Akon as well as Bobby Vinton doing parts of the choruses, with Vinton's voice sped up reminiscent of Alvin and the Chipmunks. [6] The song's tempo is 90 beats per minute in common time. "Lonely" is written in the key of C major. [7]
"L-O-N-E-L-Y" is a song written and sung by Bobby Vinton, which he released in 1965. [1] The song spent 8 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 22, ...
Mr. Lonely is Bobby Vinton's tenth studio album, released in 1964.It was released right after the success of his fourth and final #1 US hit "Mr. Lonely," a 1962 song that was released as a single after its appearance on Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits.