Love Him was a Doris Day album recorded in October and November, 1963 and released by Columbia Records on December 16, 1963. It was produced by Day's son Terry Melcher and issued as both a monophonic LP (catalog number CL-2131) and a stereophonic LP (catalog number CS-8931).[2] The album was arranged and conducted by Tommy Oliver, and it was her first LP in over a year.[2]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 14, 1964, peaking at No. 102 during an eight-week run on the chart.[3] It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated February 15, 1964, peaking at No. 32 during a twelve-week run on the chart.[1] On the magazine's Top 50 Stereo chart, the album peaked at a higher No. 24 during its shorter six-week run on the chart.[1]
Reception
The initial Cashbox magazine review said that "Doris Day directs her attention at a tender, sentimental program of romantic standards and newies on this new release."[4]
William Ruhlmann on AllMusic stated that Love Him represented a whole new approach, he also said that her son "seemed to want to demonstrate that Day could sing a broader range of material than Columbia had been giving her, and she responded by throwing herself into performances of songs that had greater depth than those she usually sang."[2]
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