And I Love You So (Perry Como album)

Last updated
And I Love You So
Como Loves You So.jpg
Studio album by
Perry Como
ReleasedAugust 17, 1973
RecordedDecember 19, 1972, January 16, 19, April 4, 1973
Genre Soft rock, traditional pop, easy listening
Label RCA
Producer Chet Atkins
Perry Como chronology
I Think of You
(1972)		And I Love You So
(1973)		 Perry
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

And I Love You So is a long-play album by Perry Como, released by RCA Records. [2]

Contents

As with It's Impossible , this album was issued to feature a surprise hit single, [3] Don McLean's "And I Love You So". Como brought the song to the national top 40 (Number One Easy Listening). Previous versions of the song by Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vinton had met with mild or no success. Como's version was so successful, RCA asked him to record the song in Spanish. When Como said he did not speak the language, he received personal Spanish lessons from the head of RCA International to get the record made. [4] As on previous Como LPs, this collection features selections from then contemporary recording artists such as Roberta Flack, The Carpenters, Ray Price, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Bread and Mac Davis. The album was among the last to be produced by Chet Atkins before he stepped down from his executive position at RCA's Nashville studios.

Track listing

Side one [5]
  1. "And I Love You So" (Words and music by Don McLean) - 3:18
  2. "Killing Me Softly With Her Song" (Music by Charles Fox, lyrics by Norman Gimbel) - 4:29
  3. "For the Good Times" (Words and music by Kris Kristofferson) - 3:38
  4. "Aubrey" (Words and music by David Gates) - 3:34
  5. "Sing" (Words and music by Joe Raposo) - 2:40
Side two [5]
  1. "I Want to Give" (Lyrics By Gene Nash) - 3:04
  2. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (Music by L. Russell Brown, lyrics by Irwin Levine) - 3:02
  3. "I Thought About You" (Words and music by Ronald E. McCown) - 2:16
  4. "It All Seems to Fall Into Line" (Music by Ben Weisman, lyrics by Al Stillman) - 2:51
  5. "I Believe in Music" (Words and music by Mac Davis) - 2:56

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] Gold20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don McLean</span> American singer-songwriter (born 1945)

Donald McLean III is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation. His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", and "Wonderful Baby"; as well as his renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Killing Me Softly with His Song</span> 1971 song by Lori Lieberman and covered by Roberta Flack

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart. The song has been covered by many other artists.

"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" is a popular song, commonly associated with the Christmas and holiday season. The lyrics detail the joys of being in your home community during the holidays and give examples of how some people will travel long distances to be with their loved ones. The music was composed by Robert Allen, with the lyrics written by Al Stillman. The song was published during 1954.

"I Really Don't Want to Know" is a popular song written by Don Robertson (music) Howard Barnes (lyrics). The song was published in 1953.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vincent (Don McLean song)</span> Song by Don McLean written as tribute to Vincent van Gogh

"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean, written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is often erroneously titled after its opening refrain, "Starry, Starry Night", a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting The Starry Night.

<i>Saturday Night with Mr. C</i> 1958 studio album by Perry Como

Saturday Night with Mr. C was Perry Como's third RCA Victor 12" long-play album, and his first recorded in stereophonic sound. The album is structured as an extended version of the request section of his popular television show, beginning and ending with his theme songs "Dream Along With Me" and "You Are Never Far Away" and with his TV request theme, "We Get Letters" used twice in the album as an intro. At the time, Perry was seen on NBC's Saturday night schedule at 8 P.M. Eastern Time.

<i>Como Swings</i> 1959 studio album by Perry Como

Como Swings was Perry Como's fifth RCA Victor 12" long-play album, released in 1959. The album's concept was one of lively swing arrangements by Joe Lipman of standards from the Great American Songbook. The album was, in part, recorded to showcase the spectacular sound of RCA Victor's new Living Stereo recording process.

<i>Sing to Me Mr. C</i> 1961 studio album by Perry Como

Sing to Me Mr. C was Perry Como's Eighth RCA Victor 12" long-play album. Joe Lipman was the chief music arranger for the release.

<i>By Request</i> (Perry Como album) 1962 studio album by Perry Como

By Request is Perry Como's Ninth RCA Victor 12" long-play album.

<i>The Songs I Love</i> (album) 1963 studio album by Perry Como

The Songs I Love was Perry Como's 11th RCA Victor 12" long-play album and the first featuring RCA Victor's Dynagroove technology.

<i>The Scene Changes</i> 1965 studio album by Perry Como

The Scene Changes was Perry Como's 12th RCA Victor 12" long-play album.

<i>The Perry Como Christmas Album</i> 1968 studio album by Perry Como

The Perry Como Christmas Album is Perry Como's 15th RCA Victor 12" long-play album.

<i>Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas</i> 1970 live album by Perry Como

Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas is a 1970 album by Perry Como, his 18th 12" long-play album released by RCA Records and his first live album. These recordings were produced from Como's concerts at the International Hotel, his first concerts since his 1966 summer tour.

<i>Its Impossible</i> (album) 1970 studio album by Perry Como

It's Impossible is Perry Como's 19th 12" long-play album released by RCA Records.

<i>Perry Como Live on Tour</i> 1981 live album by Perry Como

Perry Como Live On Tour was Perry Como's 27th 12" long-play album for RCA Records and his second live album. It was rereleased on CD in 2015 by Real Gone Music.

<i>So It Goes</i> (Perry Como album) 1983 studio album by Perry Como

So It Goes, sometimes called So It Goes - Goodbye For Now, is a 1983 album by Perry Como, his 28th and penultimate such release for RCA Records.

<i>Today</i> (Perry Como album) 1987 studio album by Perry Como

Today is the 29th studio album by Perry Como. It was his final album for RCA Records and of his 55-year music career. This is also the penultimate recording ever made by Perry Como, the last being for a Christmas television special in 1994. This album is also significant in that it was the first and only album of Como's career to be released contemporaneously in both vinyl LP format and compact disc.

"And I Love You So" is a popular song written by folk singer and guitarist Don McLean and released on his 1970 debut album, Tapestry. Its chorus features an unusual rhyming scheme for a popular song: ABBA versus the usual AB(C or A)B.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raining in My Heart</span> 1959 single by Buddy Holly

"Raining in My Heart" is a song recorded by Buddy Holly on October 21, 1958 at the Pythian Temple on West 70th Street in New York City, with the orchestral backing by Dick Jacobs. The music and lyrics are written by the songwriting team of Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant. It was released as a single on Coral Records in 1959, peaking at number 88 on the Billboard chart as the B-side of "It Doesn't Matter Anymore". This recording was included on Buddy Holly's first "greatest hits" compilation album, The Buddy Holly Story, that was released in March 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perry Como discography</span>

Perry Como was a prolific American recording artist for the RCA Victor label between 1943 and 1987, and is credited with numerous gold records. Como had so many recordings achieve gold-record status that he refused to have many of them certified. Over the decades, Como is reported to have sold millions of records, including at least fifteen of his singles selling over a million copies, but he commonly suppressed these figures.

References

  1. ↑ And I Love You So at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "And I Love You So-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Perry Como Sails on Placid Waters". Milwaukee Journal. 7 April 1979. Retrieved 7 June 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ O'Brian, Jack (22 June 1973). "Perry Como Practices Spanish". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  5. 1 2 "And I Love You So". Kokomo. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week . 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021– via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Cash Box . November 2, 1974. p. 36. Retrieved November 15, 2021– via World Radio History.



This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.