Bobby Vinton (born Stanley Robert Vinton, Jr.; April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer of Polish origins.
Vinton is the only child of a locally popular bandleader, Stan Vinton. At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh 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 Duquesn...
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Bobby Vinton (born Stanley Robert Vinton, Jr.; April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer of Polish origins.
Vinton is the only child of a locally popular bandleader, Stan Vinton. At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh 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.
Vinton's birthplace of Canonsburg is also the birthplace of Perry Como. His hometown named a street, Bobby Vinton Boulevard, in his honor. 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.
After a two-year hitch in the U.S. Army,where he served as a chaplain's assistant, Vinton was signed to Epic Records in...
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