And I Thought About You (Patti Page album)

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And I Thought About You
And I Thought About You album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1955 (1955)
Recorded1954
Genre Vocal pop
Label Mercury
Patti Page chronology
So Many Memories
(1954)
And I Thought About You
(1955)
Romance on the Range (album)
(1955)

And I Thought About You is a Patti Page album, issued by Mercury Records as a 10" long-playing record, as catalog number MG-25209 in 1955. [1] This was her eighth album for Mercury.

Contents

Reception

Billboard magazine liked it saying "Mercury's top songbird is in fine vocal form here on a group of eight preferred standards... Patti Page sings a ballad with tenderness, taste, and, most important of all, warm sincerity. Her fans are bound to consider this package a “must” buy, and deejays will find it a perfect programming for romantic wax segs." [2]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."I Thought About You"2:45
2."While a Cigarette Was Burning" (Charles & Nick Kenny)"2:53
3."The Touch of Your Lips"2:40
4."Where Are You?"3:05
Side 2
No.TitleLength
5."Come Rain or Come Shine"3:20
6."I Wished on the Moon"2:41
7."Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Harry Revel / Mack Gordon)"2:44
8."When Your Lover Has Gone"2:41

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References

  1. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. "Billboard". Billboard: 28. July 9, 1955.