Love Is Blue (The Dells album)

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Love Is Blue
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Studio album by
The Dells
Released1969
RecordedJune 1969
StudioTer Mar, Chicago
Genre Soul, doo-wop
Label Cadet
Producer Bobby Miller
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone (favourable) [1]
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Love Is Blue is a 1969 album by The Dells on Cadet Records. [2]

Contents

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated August 23, 1969, peaking at No. 54 during a twenty-four-week run on the chart. [3] On the magazine's Best Selling Soul LP's chart, it peaked at No. 3 in the issue dated October 25, 1969. [4] The album debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated August 30, 1969, peaking at No. 42 during a five-week run on the chart. [5] It was also the group's first and final album to chart in Canada, reaching No. 45 there. [6]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "I Can Sing a Rainbow / Love Is Blue"
  2. "Oh, What a Night"
  3. "Dock of the Bay"
  4. "A Little Understanding"
  5. "One Mint Julep"

Side 2

  1. "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
  2. "A Summer Place"
  3. "The Glory of Love"
  4. "Honey"
  5. "Wichita Lineman"/"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

Recording

The album was recorded at Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, in June 1969 in CONCEPT 12.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [3] 54
US Best Selling Soul LP's [4] 3
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums [5] 42
CAN RPM Top 100 Albums [6] 45

References

  1. ↑ Leimbacher, Ed (December 13, 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (48). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 52.
  2. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "The Dells - Love Is Blue - Reviews and information". AllMusic . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1945–1972. Record Research. p. 30. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "The Dells (Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums)". billboard.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W. (1975). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974. Scarecrow Press. p. 96. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "The Dells". RPM.


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