Roses Are Red (album)

Roses Are Red
Roses Are Red
Studio album by Bobby Vinton
Released	July 1962
Genre	Pop
Length	32:20
Label	Epic
Producer	Robert Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology

Roses Are Red is Bobby Vinton's third studio album, released in 1962. After Vinton's hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" reached No. 1 (and saved Vinton from being fired from Epic Records), the eponymous album was released and made its way up to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Shortly after the success of the song and album, Epic renewed Vinton's contract but changed his artist title from a bandleader to a solo artist.

"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is the first track on the album. Cover versions include "Sentimental Me", Cole Porter's "True Love", Roy Orbison's hit "Crying", "If I Give My Heart to You" and five country songs ("I Fall to Pieces", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Can't Help It" and "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"). Vinton's 1964 No. 1 hit "Mr. Lonely" (co-written by Vinton) was originally only an album track here; its release as a single was two years later when it appeared on Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits.

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Paul Evans, Al Byron	2:38
2.	"Sentimental Me"	Jimmy Cassin, Jim Morehead	2:51
3.	"I Fall to Pieces"	Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard	2:49
4.	"Mr. Lonely"	Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan	2:40
5.	"Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?"	Scotty Wiseman	2:42
6.	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Don Gibson	2:35

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Can't Help It"	Hank Williams	2:49
2.	"True Love"	Cole Porter	2:19
3.	"Always in My Heart"	Kim Gannon, Ernesto Lecuona	2:22
4.	"Crying"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:41
5.	"If I Give My Heart to You"	Jimmy Brewster, Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs	2:36
6.	"Please Help Me, I'm Falling"	Don Robertson, Hal Blair	2:33

Personnel

Robert Morgan - producer
Henry Parker - cover photo

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1962	Billboard 200	5^[1]

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1962	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Billboard Hot 100^[2]	1
1962	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	1^[2]
1962	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Norwegian record chart	1^[3]
1962	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Billboard R&B Singles	5^[2]
1962	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	UK Singles Chart	15^[4]
1964	"Mr. Lonely"	The Billboard Hot 100	1^[2]
1964	"Mr. Lonely"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	3^[2]

References

^ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
^ "Norwegian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[1] "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[billboard-2] "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[3] "Norwegian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[4] "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

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Discography
Studio albums	Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There! I've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive-In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed with a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music – 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By
Live albums	Live at the Copa
Compilations	Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits More of Bobby's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album' Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton Bobby Vinton Polka Album The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Bobby Vinton
Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" "Blue on Blue" "Blue Velvet" "There! I've Said It Again" "My Heart Belongs to Only You" "Tell Me Why" "Clinging Vine" "Mr. Lonely" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "Coming Home Soldier" "Please Love Me Forever" "Just as Much as Ever" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Halfway to Paradise" "I Love How You Love Me" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "My Elusive Dreams" "Why Don't They Understand" "Ev'ry Day of My Life" "Sealed with a Kiss" "Hurt" "My Melody of Love" "Beer Barrel Polka" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Moonlight Serenade" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Make Believe It's Your First Time"