Bobby Vinton was born Stanley Robert Vinton in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
April 16, 1935. He has a polish background. He came out in the early 1960’s as a pop
idol. Many people adored him and many teens idolized him. At the age of 16 in high school he played the trumpet and then after a while he agreed to become the lead singer in his band. He and his band had many performances in clubs and around the Pittsburgh area. Then after a while one of his taped performances was sent to epic records. In 1960 was when they signed him to the label. One of bobby’s first best hit was “Roses are Red” (My Love), which helped him reached number one and very successful. It stayed number 1 for 4 weeks and was on the billboard hot 100’s. it sold over 4 million copies. It was also composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. Britain by Ronnie Carroll’s top 10 cover version had overtaken bobby’s first hit.
He also had another number one hit “blue Velvet” in the U.S. when it hit the......
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