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Bobby Vinton is a Actor and Sound American born on 16 april 1935

Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 april 1935 (89 years)

Bobby Vinton, de son vrai nom Stanley Robert Vintula, est un chanteur américain d'origine polonaise, né le 16 avril 1935 à Canonsburg, en Pennsylvanie.

Assez peu connu en France et en Europe, Vinton est pourtant un artiste de variété de premier plan aux États-Unis. Le Billboard Magazine l’a désigné comme « le chanteur romantique qui a remporté le plus de succès de toute l'histoire du rock ». De 1962 à 1972, Bobby Vinton a placé en tête du Billboard plus de hits qu’aucun autre chanteur américain, Elvis Presley et Frank Sinatra inclus.

Biography

En 1960, Vinton enregistre sa première chanson avec Epic Records : A Young Man With a Big Band. Après deux albums et plusieurs singles qui se vendent mal, Epic est prêt à rompre son contrat avec Vinton lorsque sa chanson Roses Are Red (My Love) devient numéro 1 pendant quatre semaines au fameux Billboard 100. En 1963, sa plus célèbre chanson Blue Velvet devient aussi n 1 et vingt trois ans plus tard David Lynch intitulera son film Blue Velvet en hommage à cette chanson qui a marqué son adolescence. En 1964, Vinton place deux nouveaux hits en première position des charts américain, There! I've Said It Again et Mr. Lonely.

Dans les années 1970, le « Prince Polonais » (c'est son surnom suite à son origine polonaise) continue d'occuper la tête du Top 40, avec notamment Every Day of My Life et le sublime Sealed With a Kiss. En 1972, la compagnie Epic Records le considère comme « fini » et décide de mettre un terme à son contrat. Avec l’énergie du désespoir, Vinton dépense alors 50 000 dollars de sa poche pour enregistrer une chanson partiellement en polonais : My Melody of Love. Après que sept majors ont refusé sa chanson, ABC Records acquiert les droits et la chanson se vend à des millions d’exemplaires en 1974. Un album d’or, Melodies of Love, suit avec autant de succès.

Sur l’ensemble de sa carrière Vinton a vendu plus de 75 millions de disques et il continue de se produire sur scène avec des salles combles.

Usually with

Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
(1 films)
John Wayne
John Wayne
(2 films)
Michael Wayne
Michael Wayne
(2 films)
Cliff Lyons
Cliff Lyons
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bobby Vinton (5 films)

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Actor

The Train Robbers, 1h32
Directed by John Wayne, Michael Wayne, Rod Taylor, Ann-Margret, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton
Roles Ben Young
Rating63% 3.199543.199543.199543.199543.19954
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Lowe (Ann-Margret) wants to tell the railroad where to find the half million U.S. dollars in gold her late husband, Matt, stole during a train robbery, and clear the family name for her son. Instead Lane (John Wayne) convinces her to retrieve the gold so she can collect the $50,000 reward offered by the railroad for its return. Lane lines up some old friends to assist him in retrieving the gold for a share of the reward. But the other original train robbers have gathered a gang and will try to get the gold at any cost. As they all journey into Mexico in search of the hidden gold they are followed closely by Ricardo Montalban's character, a Pinkerton agent.
Big Jake
Big Jake (1971)
, 1h45
Directed by John Wayne, George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot
Roles Jeff McCandles
Rating70% 3.547913.547913.547913.547913.54791
In 1909, there is a raid on the McCandles family ranch by a gang of ruthless outlaws led by John Fain. They kidnap Little Jake, the grandson, leaving a ransom note and heading back for Mexico, where they have been hiding out. Martha, the head of the family, is offered the help of both the army and the Texas Rangers in hunting the gang. She replies that this will be "a harsh and unpleasant kind of business and will require an extremely harsh and unpleasant kind of person to see it through." In consequence, she sends for her estranged husband, the aging Jacob "Big Jake" McCandles, a near-legendary gunfighter who wanders the west with his Rough Collie, simply named Dog.
Harlow
Harlow (1965)
, 2h5
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carroll Baker, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Efrem Zimbalist II, Raf Vallone, Ginger Rogers
Rating55% 2.7539252.7539252.7539252.7539252.753925
The film opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress dealing with her greedy stepfather Marino (Raf Vallone) and oblivious mother "Mama Jean" (Angela Lansbury, only six years older than Carroll Baker). With the help of Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), she rises to fame and gains the unwanted attention of the Howard Hughes-inspired Richard Manley (Leslie Nielsen). She then marries Paul Bern (Peter Lawford), an absentee husband who kills himself some time after the marriage. His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.
Surf Party
Surf Party (1964)
, 1h8
Directed by Maury Dexter
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Patricia Morrow, Bobby Vinton, Michael Z. Gordon, Richard Crane, Martha Stewart
Roles Len Marshal
Rating43% 2.1855752.1855752.1855752.1855752.185575
Arizonians Terry (Patricia Morrow), Sylvia (Lory Patrick), and Junior (Jackie DeShannon) drive to California’s Malibu Beach to vacation, to learn how to surf, and to look up Terry's brother “Skeet,” Malibu’s Big Kahuna bad boy (and a former football star whose career was ended with a skull injury).

Sound

Scorpio Rising, 30minutes
Directed by Kenneth Anger
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bruce Byron
Rating67% 3.39663.39663.39663.39663.3966
"Une vision transcendee du mythe du motard americain. La machine comme totem, du jouet a la terreur. Thanatos en chrome et cuir noir."