Roses Are Red (album)

1962 studio album by Bobby Vinton

Roses Are Red

Studio album by

Bobby Vinton

Released| July 1962
Genre| Pop
Length| 32:20
Label| Epic
Producer| Robert Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology
| Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li'l Darlin's
(1961)  | Roses Are Red
(1962)  | Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones
(1962)

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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

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Side 1No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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 2No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

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* Robert Morgan - producer
* Henry Parker - cover photo

## Charts

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Album \- Billboard (United States)

Year  | Chart  | Position

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1962  | Billboard 200 | 5[1]

Singles \- Billboard (United States)

Year  | Single  | Chart  | Position

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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

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1. ^ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
2. ^ a b c d e "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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Bobby Vinton

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"

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