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Film & TV
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Stanley Robert Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer. At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh area. With the money he earned, Vinton 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…
Known for
- Coach — Bobby Vinton1989
- The Gossip Columnist — Marty Kaplan1980
- Pink Lady — Bobby Vinton1980
- Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters — Self1980
- Benson1979
- The Bobby Vinton Show1975
- Hamburgers — self1974
- Dinah! — Self1974
- The Train Robbers — Ben Young1973
- Big Jake — Jeff McCandles1971
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Key facts
- Born
- Stanley Robert Vinton , ( 1935-04-16 ) April 16, 1935 (age 91) , Canonsburg, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Genres
- Pop lounge
- Occupations
- Singer actor
- Years active
- 1958–2015
- Labels
- Bobby Records Alpine records Epic ABC Ahed Tapestry Curb
- Spouse
- Dolores Vinton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. December 17, 1962</span>"}]]}'>1962 )
- Website
- bobbyvinton .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Canonsburg
- Occupation
- animator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Sanremo Music Festival 1966
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Curb Records
- Official website
- www.bobbyvinton.com
- Image
- Bobby Vinton 1964.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bobby Vinton
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- date of birth
- 1935-04-16
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- different from
- Bobby Vee
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
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Encyclopedic overview
Stanley Robert Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American singer and actor, who hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the 1951 song recorded by Tony Bennett) which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, No. 1 in Canada (5 weeks), and number 2 in the UK in 1990.
Early life
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