Among My Favorites

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Among My Favorites
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Studio album by
Released1970
Genre OPM
LanguageEnglish
Label Alpha Records Corporation (Philippines)
Nora Aunor chronology
More, More, More of Nora Aunor
(1970)
Among My Favorites
(1970)
The Golden Voice
(1970)
Singles from Among My Favorites
  1. "Don't You Believe It"
  2. "Look at Mine"
  3. "I believe"
  4. "Mama"
  5. "Darling"
  6. "Because You're Gone"

Among My Favorites is a studio album by Filipino singer-actress Nora Aunor, released in 1970 by Alpha Records Corporation in the Philippines in LP format [1] and later released in 1999 in a compilation/ cd format. [2] [3] The album contains original Filipino compositions by Robert Medina, George Canseco and Danny Subido, among others. Some of the recordings are covers of popular songs such as "Mama" and "I Believe".

Contents

Background

Among My Favorites was arranged and conducted by Danny Subido and Doming Valdez with the accompaniment by The Ramrods and recorded at CAI Studios. The album contains 12 songs and some of them are original compositions.

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For a Million Years"Danny Subido2:36
2."Mistaken"Robert Medina3:00
3."Loving You" George Canseco 2:49
4."You Don't Love Me Anymore"Robert Medina2:09
5."I Wonder Why"Robert Medina2:24
6."Because You're Gone"Robert Medina2:35

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Darling"Danny Subido2:20
2."Dee Da Doo Dee"Robert Medina2:13
3."Look at Mine" Jackie Trent, Tony Hatch 2:41
4."Don't You Believe It" Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard 3:08
5."I Believe" Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman 2:14
6."Mama"Parsons, Turner, Brixie2:38

Album credits

Arranged and conducted by
Arranged and supervised by
Accompaniment by
Recorded at

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