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Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why
Studio album by Bobby Vinton
Released	July 1964
Genre	Pop
Label	Epic
Producer	Robert Morgan
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Tell Me Why is Bobby Vinton's eighth studio album, released in July 1964. The title track is the album's only single. Cover versions include "Somewhere Along the Way", "When I Lost You", "Some of These Days", "Maybe You'll Be There", "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" and "I Wanna Be Loved".

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Somewhere Along the Way"	Sammy Gallop, Kurt Adams	2:22
2.	"When I Lost You"	Irving Berlin	2:14
3.	"There Goes My Heart"	Benny Davis, Abner Silver	2:59
4.	"Some of These Days"	Shelton Brooks	3:20
5.	"Maybe You'll Be There"	Sammy Gallop, Rube Bloom	2:27
6.	"Tell Me Why"	Al Alberts, Marty Gold	2:36

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Imagination Is a Magic Dream"	Bob Hilliard, B.T. Green	3:10
2.	"If You Love Me, Really Love Me"	Geoff Parsons, Marguerite Monnot	3:25
3.	"There Goes That Song Again"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:07
4.	"A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody"	Irving Berlin	2:36
5.	"I Love You Much Too Much"	Don Raye, Alexander Olshey, Chaim Towber	2:54
6.	"I Wanna Be Loved"	Billy Rose, Edward Heyman, Johnny Green	2:30

Personnel

Robert Morgan - producer
Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor

Charts

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs	31

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1964	"Tell Me Why"	Billboard Hot 100	13
1964	"Tell Me Why"	Easy Listening	3

References

^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (13 February 1965). "Bobby Vinton: Tell Me Why" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 205. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[1] Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (13 February 1965). "Bobby Vinton: Tell Me Why" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 205. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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+'''''Tell Me Why''''' is [[Bobby Vinton]]'s eighth studio album, released in July 1964. The [[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|title track]] is the album's only single. Cover versions include "[[Somewhere Along the Way]]", "[[When I Lost You]]", "[[Some of These Days]]", "[[Maybe You'll Be There]]", "[[If You Love Me (Really Love Me)]]" and "[[I Wanna Be Loved]]".
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-===Side 1===
+| headline        = Side 1
-# Somewhere Along the Way - (Sammy Gallop, Kurt Adams) - 2:22
+| title1          = [[Somewhere Along the Way]]
-# When I Lost You - ([[Irving Berlin]]) - 2:14
+| writer1         = Sammy Gallop, Kurt Adams
-# There Goes My Heart - ([[Benny Davis]], [[Abner Silver]]) - 2:59
+| length1         = 2:22
-# Some of These Days - ([[Shelton Brooks]]) - 3:20
+| title2          = [[When I Lost You]]
-# Maybe You'll Be There - (Sammy Gallop, [[Rube Bloom]]) - 2:27
+| writer2         = [[Irving Berlin]]
-# Tell Me Why - ([[Al Alberts]], Marty Gold) - 2:36
+| length2         = 2:14
-===Side 2===
+| title3          = [[There Goes My Heart (1934 song)|There Goes My Heart]]
-# Imagination Is a Magic Dream - (Bob Hilliard, B.T. Green) - 3:10
-# If You Love Me, Really Love Me - ([[Geoff Parsons]], [[Marguerite Monnot]]) - 3:25
+| writer3         = [[Benny Davis]], [[Abner Silver]]
+| length3         = 2:59
-# There Goes That Song Again - ([[Sammy Cahn]], Jule Styne) - 2:07
+| title4          = [[Some of These Days]]
-# A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody - ([[Irving Berlin]]) - 2:36
+| writer4         = [[Shelton Brooks]]
-# I Love You Much Too Much - (Don Raye, Alexander Olshey, Chaim Towber) - 2:54
+| length4         = 3:20
-# I Wanna Be Loved - ([[Billy Rose]], [[Edward Heyman]], [[Johnny Green]]) - 2:30
+| title5          = [[Maybe You'll Be There]]
+| writer5         = Sammy Gallop, [[Rube Bloom]]
+| length5         = 2:27
+| title6          = [[Tell Me Why (1951 song)|Tell Me Why]]
+| writer6         = [[Al Alberts]], [[Marty Gold]]
+| length6         = 2:36
+}}
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+| headline        = Side 2
+| title1          = [[Imagination Is a Magic Dream]]
+| writer1         = [[Bob Hilliard]], B.T. Green
+| length1         = 3:10
+| title2          = [[If You Love Me, Really Love Me]]
+| writer2         = [[Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)|Geoff Parsons]], [[Marguerite Monnot]]
+| length2         = 3:25
+| title3          = [[There Goes That Song Again]]
+| writer3         = [[Sammy Cahn]], [[Jule Styne]]
+| length3         = 2:07
+| title4          = [[A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody]]
+| writer4         = [[Irving Berlin]]
+| length4         = 2:36
+| title5          = I Love You Much Too Much
+| writer5         = [[Don Raye]], [[Alexander Olshanetsky|Alexander Olshey]], [[Chaim Towber]]
+| length5         = 2:54
+| title6          = [[I Wanna Be Loved]]
+| writer6         = [[Billy Rose]], [[Edward Heyman]], [[Johnny Green]]
+| length6         = 2:30
+}}
-==Album credits==
+==Personnel==
-*Produced by: Robert Morgan
+*Robert Morgan - producer
+*Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor
-*Arranged and conducted by: Stan Applebaum
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 |-
-|align="left"|1964
+| 1964
-|align="left"|"Tell Me Why"
+| "Tell Me Why"
-|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
+| ''Billboard'' Hot 100
-|align="left"|13
+| align="center"|13
 |-
-|align="left"|1964
+| 1964
-|align="left"|"Tell Me Why"
+| "Tell Me Why"
+| Easy Listening
-|align="left"|Billboard Adult Contemporary
-|align="left"|3
+| align="center"|3
 |}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Bobby Vinton}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1964 albums]]
 [[Category:Bobby Vinton albums]]
 [[Category:Epic Records albums]]
-[[fi:Tell Me Why]]

v t e Bobby Vinton
Discography
Studio albums	Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There! I've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive-In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed with a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music – 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By
Live albums	Live at the Copa
Compilations	Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits More of Bobby's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album' Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton Bobby Vinton Polka Album The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Bobby Vinton
Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" "Blue on Blue" "Blue Velvet" "There! I've Said It Again" "My Heart Belongs to Only You" "Tell Me Why" "Clinging Vine" "Mr. Lonely" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "Coming Home Soldier" "Please Love Me Forever" "Just as Much as Ever" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Halfway to Paradise" "I Love How You Love Me" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "My Elusive Dreams" "Why Don't They Understand" "Ev'ry Day of My Life" "Sealed with a Kiss" "Hurt" "My Melody of Love" "Beer Barrel Polka" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Moonlight Serenade" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Make Believe It's Your First Time"