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Tell Me Why is Bobby Vinton's eighth studio album, released in July 1964. The title track is the album's only single. Cover versions include "Somewhere Along the Way", "When I Lost You", "Some of These Days", "Maybe You'll Be There", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" and "I Wanna Be Loved".
| Tell Me Why | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Robert Morgan | |||
| Bobby Vinton chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Record Mirror |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somewhere Along the Way" | Sammy Gallop, Kurt Adams | 2:22 |
| 2. | "When I Lost You" | Irving Berlin | 2:14 |
| 3. | "There Goes My Heart" | Benny Davis, Abner Silver | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Some of These Days" | Shelton Brooks | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Maybe You'll Be There" | Sammy Gallop, Rube Bloom | 2:27 |
| 6. | "Tell Me Why" | Al Alberts, Marty Gold | 2:36 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Imagination Is a Magic Dream" | Bob Hilliard, B.T. Green | 3:10 |
| 2. | "If You Love Me, Really Love Me" | Geoff Parsons, Marguerite Monnot | 3:25 |
| 3. | "There Goes That Song Again" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:07 |
| 4. | "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" | Irving Berlin | 2:36 |
| 5. | "I Love You Much Too Much" | Don Raye, Alexander Olshey, Chaim Towber | 2:54 |
| 6. | "I Wanna Be Loved" | Billy Rose, Edward Heyman, Johnny Green | 2:30 |
Personnel
edit- Robert Morgan - producer
- Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor
Charts
edit| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs | 31 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "Tell Me Why" | Billboard Hot 100 | 13 |
| 1964 | "Tell Me Why" | Easy Listening | 3 |
References
edit- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (13 February 1965). "Bobby Vinton: Tell Me Why" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 205. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.