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With the song's newfound popularity came a rise in demand for Vinton's version to be released as a single. "Mr. Lonely" became one of Vinton's signature songs and a favorite with servicemen around the world. Epic subsequently built an entire album release around "Mr. Lonely" when it became a hit as a single. [9]
"Blue on Blue" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David, first recorded [3] and released by Bobby Vinton in April 1963, backed by Burt Bacharach and his Orchestra. [4] Vinton's single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 3 on July 6, 1963, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard 's ...
Two years and millions of records sold later, Bobby prevailed on Epic to include "Mr. Lonely" on his Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits LP. Soon DJs picked up on the song and airplay resulted in demand for a single release. "Mr. Lonely" shot up the charts in the late fall of 1964 to reach number 1 on the Hot 100 on December 12, 1964.
The album was released after the success of the song "Blue on Blue", but when "Blue Velvet" became a hit, the album's title was changed with it being the title track. [1] It was only after the title change that the album managed to enter the Billboard 200 list of popular albums; it reached #10.
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.
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] Lynch selected the song, because it conceptually matched the mood of the film.
A sad ballad recorded in 1967 by former Topekan Jerry Dycke has been streamed 1.3 million times since appearing on Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy."
I've Said It Again is the seventh studio album by American singer Bobby Vinton, released in 1964, by Epic Records. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 200 list of popular albums. Included inside the album cover is an overview of Vinton's career since the success of his first hit, "Roses Are Red (My Love)".