| Roses Are Red | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Bobby Vinton |
| Cover: | Album Roses Are Red.jpeg |
| Released: | July 1962 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 32:20 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Robert Morgan |
| Prev Title: | Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li'l Darlin's |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
Roses Are Red is Bobby Vinton's third studio album, released in 1962. After Vinton's hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" reached No. 1 (and saved Vinton from being fired from Epic Records), the eponymous album was released and made its way up to No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Shortly after the success of the song and album, Epic renewed Vinton's contract but changed his artist title from a bandleader to a solo artist.
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is the first track on the album. Cover versions include "Sentimental Me", Cole Porter's "True Love", Roy Orbison's hit "Crying", "If I Give My Heart to You" and five country songs ("I Fall to Pieces", "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Can't Help It" and "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"). Vinton's 1964 No. 1 hit "Mr. Lonely" (co-written by Vinton) was originally only an album track here; its release as a single was two years later when it appeared on Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits.
Album - Billboard (United States)
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Billboard Hot 100[2] | 1 | |
| 1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 | |
| 1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Norwegian record chart | 1[3] | |
| 1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Billboard R&B Singles | 5 | |
| 1962 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | UK Singles Chart | 15[4] | |
| 1964 | "Mr. Lonely" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 | |
| 1964 | "Mr. Lonely" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 3 |