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Bobby Vinton: I Wanted To Record 'Lonely' But Buddy Greco Got In First

June Harris, Disc, 22 September 1962

WHAT'S IT feel like to write a number you think is great, be allowed to record it on an LP after much argument, and then, at the last minute as it were, have it "pinched" from under your nose by another artist when you are all set to record it as a single?

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