1970s

In the 1970s, the Polish Prince continued to hit the Top 40, notably with Ev'ry Day of My Life and Sealed With a Kiss in 1972. That same year, Epic Records decided to end its relationship with Vinton and ended his recording contract. Undeterred, Vinton spent $50,000 of his own money on a self-written song sung partially in Polish: My Melody of Love. After Vinton was turned down by 7 major labels, ABC Records bought Vinton's idea, and the result was a multi-million selling single that hit #1 on the AC charts in 1974. A gold album, Melodies of Love, followed as well as a successful half-hour variety show The Bobby Vinton Show (which aired from 1975 to 1978), which used My Melody of Love as its theme song; ABC Records subsequently released an album of songs performed on the show. He also starred in two John Wayne movies: Big Jake and The Train Robbers.


Honors and achievements
In the course of his career, Vinton has sold over 75 million records (singles, albums, compilation inclusions, etc) and is still performing on tour. He owned and performed at the Bobby Vinton Blue Velvet Theatre in Branson, Missouri until 2002 when the theatre was sold to David King, creator and producer of Spirit of the Dance. Vinton returns to Branson annually for limited engagements at the theatre.

Billboard Magazine called Bobby Vinton the all-time most successful love singer of the 'Rock-Era'. From 1962 through 1972, Vinton had more Billboard #1 hits than any other male vocalist, including Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. In recognition of his recording career, Bobby Vinton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6916 Hollywood Blvd.

In 2002, the Norwegian electronica-duo R?yksopp released their debut album Melody A.M. including a delicate cover version of the Vinton-hit Blue On Blue called So Easy - which also was the group's first single and furthermore used in several ads.