Is It Love? (Cilla Black album)

Is It Love?
Studio album by Cilla Black
Released	1965
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Pop, Merseybeat, Soul
Length	28:47
Label	Parlophone Records/EMI
Producer	George Martin
Cilla Black chronology
Cilla (1965) Is It Love? (1965) Sher-oo! (1968)

Is It Love? is Cilla Black's 1965 first US album (Capitol (S)T 2308). Originally the ballad, "Is It Love?," written by her future husband and manager, Bobby Willis, was recorded for the Ferry Cross the Mersey LP and film of the same name. ^{[1] [2]} Instead "Is It Love?" became the title track of her first and only album for Capitol Records.

Track listing

A1 Is It Love? Written By – Willis 2:56

A2 I'm Not Alone Anymore Westlake, Lynch 2:22

A3 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Spector, Mann, Weil 3:06

A4 Goin' Out Of My Head Randazzo, Weinstein 2:13

A5 What'cha Gonna Do About It Payne, Carroll 2:34

A6 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Cole Porter 2:22

B1 Love Letters Victor Young 3:15

B2 Love Is Like a Heat Wave Holland, Dozier, Holland 2:08

B3 Ol' Man River Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II 2:20

B4 This Empty Place Written By – H. David, B. Bacharach 2:40

B5 Anyone Who Had A Heart H. David, B. Bacharach 2:51

References

1. Billboard - 20 Feb 1965 - Page 14 "Capitol CILLA BLACK— IS IT LOVE (Jaep, BMI) Intriguing ballad from the forthcoming film "Ferry Across the Mersey.""
2. Sharon Davis Every chart-topper tells a story: the sixties -- 1997 - Page 117 "During November Black was invited to perform on the Royal Variety Show, and the following month she sang 'Is It Love' in the movie Ferry 'cross the Mersey, starring Gerry and the Pacemakers."

Further reading

• Black, Cilla (2004). What's it All about?. United Kingdom: Ebury Press. ISBN   0-09-189035-7.