Record #0014: Over the Mountain (Across the Sea) / Faded Pictures – BOBBY VINTON

Epic 5-9577 (original), USA, March 1963
Words & Music by:  Side A – Rex Garvin; Side B – E. McKendry, B. Chandler
Musicians: Bobby Vinton (vocals), unknown studio musicians
Recording sessions:  Owen Bradley Studio, Nashville, TN, 1962
Highest chart positions:  US #21, US Adult Contemporary #8, UK -

I really like the Wikipedia article about Bobby Vinton as it doesn’t try to claim that his genres included rock’n’roll. He was/is strictly pop – maybe a bit of a crooner, too.
This is a prime example of what the mainstream music was in the States around this time. Personally I’m happy that the British Invasion wiped this stuff off the table. I may be a bit opinionated here, but I just can’t find the point in this record. :)

Side A is a (watered down) cover of Johnnie & Joe’s doo-wop hit (US #8) of 1957.

List price:  “Very Good+” is $5 and “Near Mint” is $10