Actor
Bobby Vinton
Born April 16, 1935 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
4 films
Stanley Robert Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer. At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh area. With the money he earned, Vinton helped finance his college education at Duquesne University, where he studied music and graduated with a degree in musical composition. While at Duquesne, he became proficient on all of the instruments in the band: piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, drums and oboe.
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After a brief spell in the US Army, Vinton was signed to Epic Records in 1960 as a bandleader: "A Young Man With a Big Band." Two albums and several singles were not successful however, and with Epic ready to pull the plug, Vinton found his first hit single literally sitting in a reject pile. The song was titled "Roses Are Red (My Love)." It spent four weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Arguably, his most famous song is 1963's "Blue Velvet" that also went to No.1. 23 years later, David Lynch named his movie Blue Velvet after the song. In 1964, Vinton had two #1 hits, "There! I've Said It Again" and "Mr. Lonely", the latter now being the basis for Akon's hit "Lonely."
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First watchBig Jake19716.8as Jeff McCandlesAn aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
4 films as actor- 1980The Gossip ColumnistMarty Kaplan
- 1973The Train RobbersBen Young
- 1971Big JakeJeff McCandles
- 1964Surf PartyLen Marshal