![]() I was in Associated Recording Studios recording demos on some new songs of mine when a co-writer of mine, Al Byron (“Happy Go Lucky Me”, “Something Blue”) walked in and wanted to show me a lyric that he’d just written. HOW WAS “ROSES ARE RED (MY LOVE)” WRITTEN? How’s this one about “Roses Are Red (My Love)” … and he thought that I should relate a couple of stories to you that are NOT up on my Web site. the story behind "Roses Are Red (My Love)": and today songwriter Paul Evans tells us. (Bobby's "Polish Prince" favorite, "My Melody Of Love" just missed the top spot ten years later when it peaked at #2 in Cash Box Magazine in 1974.)īut it all had to start somewhere. ![]() "Roses Are Red (My Love)" would be the first of Bobby's 31 Top 40 Hits, including three more #1's, "Blue Velvet" (1963), "There, I've Said It Again" (1964) and "Mr. but it literally launched Vinton's career. ![]() Not only did it top Billboard's Pop Singles Chart for four weeks. (You'll hear more from Paul tomorrow, including his brand new Christmas song, "Santa's Stuck Up In The Chimney", a YouTube favorite with over 100,000 hits so far!)īut today Paul tells us about the #1 Hit he penned for Bobby Vinton back in 1962. Brand new on The Forgotten Hits Mailing List is Paul Evans, whose Top Five Hit "Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat" we featured the other day on the web page. ![]()
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