Baby I Love You (album)

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Baby I Love You
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Studio album by
Released 1969
Genre Rock
Label Steed Records 37004
Producer Jeff Barry
Andy Kim chronology
Rainbow Ride
(1969)
Baby I Love You
(1969)
Andy Kim
(1973)
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Baby I Love You is an album by Andy Kim released by Steed Records. [2]

Contents

The single title song hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 in Canada, and #32 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart in 1969. The single "So Good Together" hit #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #37 in West Germany. [3] The album landed on the Billboard 200 chart, reaching #82. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Baby, I Love You" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich)
  2. "Walkin' My La De Da" (Andy Kim, Jeff Barry)
  3. "If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin)
  4. "Let's Get Married" (Andy Kim, Jeff Barry)
  5. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb)
  6. "I'll Be Loving You" (Andy Kim, Jeff Barry)
  7. "So Good Together" (Andy Kim, Jeff Barry)
  8. "I Got to Know" (Andy Kim, Jeff Barry)
  9. "This Is the Girl" (Giovanni Di Benedetto, Steve Tudanger)
  10. "Didn't Have to Tell Her" (Andy Kim, Jeff Barry)
  11. "This Guy's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)

Chart positions

Album

YearChartPeak Position
1969 Billboard 200 82 [5]

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak Position
1969"Baby, I Love You" Canada 1
Billboard Hot 100 9
Adult Contemporary Chart 31
"So Good Together"Billboard Hot 10036
West Germany 37

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