Bobby Vinton..."Young Love"

[electra225]

I have the 1963-ish Bobby Vinton album, "Please Love Me Forever" on the old Imperial as I type this. It is on Epic, but I can't read the number without my glasses on. This is one of his better efforts, IMHO, although Bobby Vinton never recorded a bad note. Mr. Vinton deserves the designation as the male version of Connie Francis. The same sweet, rangy, clear voice that never struggled for a note. On this album he does a cover of the old Sonny James classic, "Young Love". Lots of artists have recorded the song, but Bobby even includes a touch of harpsichord and organ ala Sonny James.

This album may have been Bobby Vinton's contribution to country music. "Bouquet of Roses" and "Who's Sorry Now" have a distinct country flavor with double-beat bass....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRheb1SPjY4

[William]

Leading up to this past Christmas the local radio station (Oldies 100.5) would play Christmas music every third song. On Christmas day it was all day Christmas music. Every time I heard the song O Holy Night I tried to figure out who was singing. It finally dawned on me that it was Bobbie Vinton. Here he is singing O Holy Night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBs45aW377Y

Bill

[electra225]

Wow! I had not heard that. He gets up higher than Como singing that song. Only he and Como could sing that song so effortlessly. That is a tough song to sing, it goes from really low to really high in a short span of time. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing, Bill.....

[William]

There are a couple of other male singers that do O Holy Night justice too. Michael Crawford come to mind. Here's Michael Crawford from his Christmas CD which I have and it is excellent:

https://www.google.com/search?q=michael ... KtPHg,st:0

Bill

[walyfd]

Our Polish Prince! Sto Lat!!!