''Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones'' is Vinton's fourth studio album, released in
1962. There were two singles from this album: "
Rain Rain Go Away
"Rain, Rain, Go Away" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19096.
Lyrics
There are few versions and variations of this rhyming couplet. The most common modern version is:
:Rain, rain, go away,
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" and "I Love You the Way You Are" (the latter written completely by Vinton). Cover versions include "
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" is a song recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. The words were written by Ned Washington and the music was written by George Bassman. It was first performed in 1932. The original copyright is dated 1933 a ...
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Ramblin' Rose
"Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman (words) and Joe Sherman (music) and popularized by Nat King Cole. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1962.
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The Twelfth of Never
"The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis the following year. The title is a popular expression, which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass. In the case of t ...
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Because of You", "
Be My Love
"Be My Love" is a popular song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Nicholas Brodszky. Published in 1950, it was written for Mario Lanza, who sang it with Kathryn Grayson in the 1950 movie ''The Toast of New Orleans''. The song was nominated f ...
", "
My Heart Cries for You", "
I Remember You", "
He'll Have to Go
"He'll Have to Go" is an American country and pop hit recorded on October 15, 1959, by Jim Reeves. The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a hit in both genres early in 1960.
Background
The song is about a man who's talking by t ...
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Autumn Leaves".
The song "I Love You The Way You Are" was originally recorded in the late 50s as a demo and left unreleased. After Vinton had a hit with "Roses are Red (My Love)",
Diamond Records
Diamond Records was a record label, based in New York City, which was founded in 1961 by former Roulette Records executive Joe Kolsky. Another Roulette exec, Kolsky's brother Phil Kahl, joined Kolsky in the venture the following year.
History
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purchased the demo and issued it as a single, reaching #38. They didn't even have another Vinton song to use as the B-side, so they put a song by Chuck and Johnny as the flip. Diamond refused to lease the single to Epic for the LP, so Epic had Vinton rerecord the song. The original hit version has never been issued on LP.
Track listing
Personnel
*Robert Morgan - producer
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Robert Mersey - arranger, conductor
Charts
Album - ''Billboard'' (North America)
Singles - ''Billboard'' (North America)
References
1962 albums
Bobby Vinton albums
Epic Records albums
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