Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones

Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones
Studio album by
Bobby Vinton
ReleasedDecember 1962
GenrePop
Length32:27
LabelEpic
ProducerRobert Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology
Roses Are Red
(1962) 		Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones
(1962) 		The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups
(1963)
Singles from Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones
  1. "Rain Rain Go Away"
    Released: 1962
  2. "I Love You the Way You Are"
    Released: 1962
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Record Mirror

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" and "I Love You the Way You Are" (the latter written completely by Vinton). Cover versions include "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You", "Ramblin' Rose", "The Twelfth of Never", "Because of You", "Be My Love", "My Heart Cries for You", "I Remember You", "He'll Have to Go" and "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 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

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rain Rain Go Away"Gloria Shayne, Noël Regney2:59
2."I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You"Ned Washington, George Bassman2:51
3."Ramblin' Rose"Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman2:37
4."The Twelfth of Never"Paul Francis Webster, Jerry Livingston2:11
5."I Love You the Way You Are"Bobby Vinton2:57
6."Because of You"Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson2:17
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Be My Love"Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodszky2:34
2."My Heart Cries for You"Carl Sigman, Percy Faith2:33
3."I Remember You"Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger3:16
4."You Were Only Fooling"William Faber, Fred Meadows, Larry Fotine2:52
5."He'll Have to Go"Audrey Allison, Joe Allison2:38
6."Autumn Leaves"Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma2:42

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1962 The Billboard 200 137

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1962 "Rain Rain Go Away" The Billboard Hot 100 12
1962 "Rain Rain Go Away" Billboard Adult Contemporary 4
1962 "I Love You the Way You Are" The Billboard Hot 100 38

References

  1. ^ Watson, Jimmy (20 July 1963). "Bobby Vinton: Sings The Big Ones" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 123. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Diamond Album Discography".



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