I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.
BOBBY VINTONI had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.
BOBBY VINTONI did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas.
BOBBY VINTONUnfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight.
BOBBY VINTONAll my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick – no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.
BOBBY VINTONI would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults.
BOBBY VINTONI was smart, to tell you the truth. I’m not really bright, but I’m not stupid.
BOBBY VINTONI don’t wanna say goodbye for the summer Knowing the love we’ll miss Oh let us make a pledge to meet in September And seal it with a kiss Guess it’s gonna be a cold lonely summer But I’ll fill the emptiness I’ll send you all my love every day in a letter Sealed with a kiss.
BOBBY VINTONHey, we’ve all been to high school We’ve seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren’t in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy.
BOBBY VINTONI must tell you, to get started today must be very difficult ’cause whatever it takes today is very tough. They have to invest a million dollars in a video just to see if you have a hit record.
BOBBY VINTONI saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.
BOBBY VINTONTo me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.
BOBBY VINTONTimes were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock ‘n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there’s always a new generation with new music.
BOBBY VINTONThe whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.
BOBBY VINTONI was a schooled musician. When I made ‘Blue Velvet’, I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that.
BOBBY VINTONToday, you’re either very big or you’re playing stadiums or you’re not playing anymore. You’re either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won’t go to see you at all.
BOBBY VINTONSession musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that’s the reason I’ve been around so long.
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