Bobby Vinton

Stanley Robert Bobby Vinton, Jr. is an American pop music singer of Polish and Lithuanian ethnic background. In pop music circles, he became known as The Polish Prince of Poch, as his music pays tribute to his Polish heritage. Known for his angelic vocals in love songs, his most popular song, Blue Velvet , peaked at No.on the now renamed Billboard Pop Singles Chart. It also served as inspiration for the film of the same name.

Vintons birthplace of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, is also the birthplace of Perry Como. Joey Powers was born in nearby Washington, Pennsylvania, and at one time played in a band with Vinton. Vintons hometown named two streets, Bobby Vinton Boulevard and the shorter adjoining Bobby Vinton Drive, in his honor. These streets were built in the late 1970s prior attempts to name a residential street after him failed. The residents did not care for the singer always using Pittsburgh as his home town on TV interviews. Como always claimed Canonsburg as his hometown, so hundreds of people changed their address when the town renamed a street in the east end after Perry Como. The Canonsburg town fathers had plans to erect a statue in Vintons honor, but Vinton himself vetoed the idea, noting that the 100,000 planned cost could go to far more important town needs.

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