And I Love You So (Perry Como album)

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And I Love You So
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Studio album by
Perry Como
ReleasedAugust 17, 1973
RecordedDecember 19, 1972, January 16, 19, April 4, 1973
StudioRCA's "Nashville Sound" studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Soft rock, traditional pop, easy listening
Label RCA Victor
Producer Chet Atkins
Perry Como chronology
I Think of You
(1972)		And I Love You So
(1973)		 Perry
(1974)
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And I Love You So is the 21st long-play album by Perry Como, released by RCA Records in 1973. [2]

Contents

Background

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]

Overview

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. The album sold well, reaching No. 1 in the UK, selling 300,000 copies and getting certified Platinum, and was certified gold in Australia.

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) [9] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ And I Love You So at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "And I Love You So-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Perry Como Sails on Placid Waters". Milwaukee Journal. April 7, 1979. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  4. ↑ O'Brian, Jack (June 22, 1973). "Perry Como Practices Spanish". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "And I Love You So". Kokomo. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  8. ↑ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week . December 27, 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021– via worldradiohistory.com.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Cash Box . November 2, 1974. p. 36. Retrieved November 15, 2021– via World Radio History.
  10. ↑ "British album certifications – Perry Como – Perry". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved August 8, 2025.


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