Bobby Vinton生于1935年4月。Bobby Vinton最有名的两首歌一首是《Mr. Lonely》,另一首则是他翻唱的《Sealed with A Kiss》,一首经典的校园民谣。没有伤感,只有一种健康的心在跳动的感觉,他把恋人间的分离都唱得快乐、浪漫、骄傲。几乎让他之前、之后的歌者都不能从《Sealed with A Kiss》中找到自信。
鲍比·文顿有着一把青草嗓子,一种谁都可以模仿却学不像,他一直在民谣和爵士,民间和商业之间摇摆不定,但这一首校园民谣却使他名声大噪。有人怀疑,一个成年人所演唱的校园还会是真实的么?鲍比用他天生略带忧伤的声音回答了我们。回忆已经被回归所置换,在不确定的年龄身份之间扮演着双重的浪漫。无论是急缓不定的旋律后隐藏的纯真气质,还是嗓音所表露出的不死的热情,两种的歌唱都朝向了同一个方向。
Bobby Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer of Polish origin. In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince".
Vinton is the only child of a locally popular bandleader, Stan Vinton and Dorothy Studzinski Vinton. The family surname was originally Vintula, and was changed by the senior Vinton.Vinton's parents encouraged their son's interest in music by giving him his daily 25 cent allowance after he had practiced the clarinet.At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. With the money he earned, he 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. When Vinton became an active musician, it was common for people to become confused with the bands of father and son, as both were named Stanley. Vinton's father suggested his son use his middle name of Robert professionally to clear up the confusion.
Vinton's birthplace of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania is also the birthplace of Perry Como.His hometown named two streets, Bobby Vinton Boulevard and the shorter adjoining Bobby Vinton Drive, in his honor. These streets were built in the late 1970's, prior attempts to name a residential street after him failed. The residents did not care for the singer always using Pittsburgh as his home town on TV interviews. Como always claimed Canonsburg as his home town and thus hundreds of people changed their address when the town re-named a street in the east end after Perry Como. Canonsburg town fathers had plans to erect a statue in his honor, but Vinton vetoed the idea noting that the $100,000 planned cost could go to far more important town needs.