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1971 compilation album by Andy Williams
Love Story
Released July 1971 Recorded February 10, 1965 September 17, 1969 July 28, 1970 December 17, 1970 April 1971
[1]
Genre Length 31 :36
Label
CBS Records
Love Story is a
compilation album by American pop singer
Andy Williams that was released in the UK in July 1971 by the CBS Records division of
Columbia and was mainly composed of tracks that had not been included on his studio
LPs .
The compilation entered the UK album chart on July 31 of that year and reached number 11 over the course of 11 weeks.
[2]
The title track from the album, which was subtitled "
Where Do I Begin? ", entered the
Hot 100 in the US in the issue of
Billboard magazine dated February 6, 1971, and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks, eventually peaking at number nine.
[3] The song also entered the magazine's list of the 40 most popular
Easy Listening songs of the week in that same issue for its first of 15 weeks, later spending four weeks at number one and tying his previous record there, which was set by "
Can't Get Used to Losing You " in 1963.
[4] Its lifespan on the UK singles chart began on March 20 of that same year and lasted 18 weeks, during which time it reached number four.
[2]
Track listing
Side one
"Someone Who Cares" from
Fools (
Alex Harvey ) – 3:15
"
Long, Long Time " (Gary White) – 3:37
"
What Am I Living For " (Art Harris, Fred Jay) – 3:06
"Whistling Away The Dark" from
Darling Lili (
Henry Mancini ,
Johnny Mercer ) – 3:19
"
If You Could Read My Mind " (
Gordon Lightfoot ) – 3:52
Side two
"
I'll Be There " (
Hal Davis ,
Berry Gordy ,
Willie Hutch , Bob West) – 2:39
"
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother " (
Bob Russell ,
Bobby Scott ) – 2:59
"Autumn" from Cyrano
[5] (
Richard Maltby, Jr. ,
David Shire ) – 2:19
"The Last Time I Saw Her" (
Gordon Lightfoot ) – 3:25
"
(Where Do I Begin) Love Story " (
Francis Lai ,
Carl Sigman ) – 3:10
Recording dates
February 10, 1965 – "Autumn"
[1]
September 17, 1969 – "
What Am I Living For "
[1]
July 28, 1970 – "Whistling Away the Dark"
[1]
December 17, 1970 – "Someone Who Cares",
[1] "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story"
[6]
April 22, 1971 – "I'll Be There",
[7] "The Last Time I Saw Her"
[1]
April 22, 1971 – April 26, 1971 – "Long, Long Time", "If You Could Read My Mind", "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
[1]
Song information
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition recorded "Someone Who Cares" for the 1970 film
Fools
[8] and reached number four on
Billboard magazine's
Easy Listening chart
[9] and number 51 on the
Hot 100 .
[10] "Long, Long Time" by
Linda Ronstadt reached number 25 on the Hot 100
[11] and number 20 Easy Listening.
[12]
Chuck Willis had a number one
R&B hit in
Billboard magazine with "
What Am I Living For ",
[13] which also reached number nine on the
pop chart.
[14] "Whistling Away The Dark" comes from the 1970 film
Darling Lili , where it was sung by the film's star,
Julie Andrews .
[15] "
If You Could Read My Mind " by
Gordon Lightfoot peaked at number five on the Hot 100,
[16] spent a week at number one Easy Listening,
[17] and reached number 30 on the UK singles chart.
[18]
The
Jackson 5 song "
I'll Be There " had five weeks at number one on the
Hot 100
[19] and six weeks at number one
R&B
[20] and reached number 24 Easy Listening
[21] and number four UK.
[22] By the time of this release by Williams,
The Hollies had made it to number three on the UK singles chart
[23] and number seven
pop
[24] with "
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother ", and
Neil Diamond took his rendition of the song to number 20 pop
[25] and number four
Easy Listening .
[26] "Autumn" originated in the 1958 musical Cyrano
[5] and was recorded by
Barbra Streisand in 1964 for her album
People .
[27]
Glen Campbell 's recording of "The Last Time I Saw Her" reached number 61 on the Hot 100,
[28] number 12 Easy Listening,
[29] and number 21
Country .
[30]
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