Monday, April 16, 2018

Happy Birthday, Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton is 83 years old today. Listen to him singing his #1 hit Blue Velvet from 1964:


Here's the top-20 1972 song Sealed with a Kiss:



In 1971 he was in the John Wayne western Big Jake with Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Bruce Cabot, John Agar, and Harry Carey Jr.:



In 1973 he was in another John Wayne western, The Train Robbers, with Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, and Ricardo Montalban. Here's the original trailer:



Wikipedia says Vinton and his wife were married in 1962, have five children, and live in Florida. He retired from live performing and recording in 2015. May his birthday be happy!

6 comments:

  1. I'm always impressed when you find these wonderful ways to celebrate the life of someone on their special day. Happy birthday to Bobby Vinton, even though he and his songs were well before my time.

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    1. I was in elementary school in 64 and in high school in 72, so these songs bring back fond memories for me. He had a beautiful voice.

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  2. What a handsome guy he was in his younger years - we loved to dance close together to this songs as we were teenies!
    You brought nice memories to me and now I will listen to a youtube playliste here!
    oxo Susi

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    1. These songs made good slow-dancing tunes, didn't they! I'm glad your memories of them are as fond as mine :)

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  3. I started listening to pop music on the radio when I was 9 or 10 (1960-1961) so this really brings back memories. Back to those days when you knew all the words to the simple tunes and could sing along when you were all alone--LOL! I got a transistor radio so I could wander the fields and down by the lake and sing to the mallards, skinks, killdeer, and ground squirrels--and dream about what it must be like to have a boyfriend. ;)

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    1. You sound just like me :) I had a little black transistor radio I would listen to after I went to bed at night, and we knew _all_ the words lol

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