Tell Me Why (Bobby Vinton album)

Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why
Studio album by Bobby Vinton
Released	July 1964
Genre	Pop
Label	Epic
Producer	Robert Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Record Mirror	^[1]

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".

Track listing[edit]

Side 1
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

Side 2
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.

[1] 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.

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v t e Bobby Vinton
Discography
Studio albums	Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There! I've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive-In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed with a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music – 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By
Live albums	Live at the Copa
Compilations	Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits More of Bobby's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album' Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton Bobby Vinton Polka Album The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Bobby Vinton
Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" "Blue on Blue" "Blue Velvet" "There! I've Said It Again" "My Heart Belongs to Only You" "Tell Me Why" "Clinging Vine" "Mr. Lonely" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "Coming Home Soldier" "Please Love Me Forever" "Just as Much as Ever" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Halfway to Paradise" "I Love How You Love Me" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "My Elusive Dreams" "Why Don't They Understand" "Ev'ry Day of My Life" "Sealed with a Kiss" "Hurt" "My Melody of Love" "Beer Barrel Polka" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Moonlight Serenade" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Make Believe It's Your First Time"