Pledging My Love (Nora Aunor & Manny de Leon album)

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Pledging My Love
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Studio album by
Nora Aunor and Manny De Leon
Released1970
Genre Adult Contemporary, rock 'n' roll
Language English
Label Alpha Records Corporation (Philippines)
Nora Aunor and Manny De Leon chronology
The Golden Voice
(1970)
Pledging My Love
(1970)
The Phenomenal Nora Aunor
(1970)
Singles from Pledging My Love

Pledging My Love is the first studio album Filipino star singer-actress Nora Aunor made in collaboration with another Filipino singer and performer, Manny de Leon. It had a 1970 LP release in the Philippines by Alpha Records Corporation [1] and nearly thirty years later, in 1999, was issued in a compilation/cd format. [2] The album consists of love songs popular during the 1960s, some of which are sung as duets by Aunor and de Leon, who was the leading man in some of her 1970 film vehicles.

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Background

1970 was one of Nora Aunor's busiest years — she starred in eighteen films and Manny de Leon appeared with her in ten of these. Their first film together was 1969's Nora (Single Girl), with the viewing public accepting them as a love team and making their movies into blockbusters. Alpha Records took advantage of their singing talents and decided to issue a collaboration album featuring them performing a series of songs about love and romance. [3]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Young Lovers" Ray Hildebrand 01:29
2."All I Have to Do Is Dream" Felice and Boudleaux Bryant 02:20
3."Melody of Love" Bobby Vinton, Henry Mayer  
4."True Love" Cole Porter  
5."Let Me Stay with You"  
6."Pledging My Love" (with Manny de Leon)Ferdinand Washington, Don Robey 02:13

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let Them Talk"  
2."Bye Bye Love" Felice and Boudleaux Bryant 02:19
3."Side by Side" (with Manny de Leon) Harry Woods  
4."Devoted to You" (with Manny de Leon) Felice and Boudleaux Bryant 02:54
5."Let It Be Me" (with Manny de Leon) Mann Curtis 02:23
6."I Will Always Love You"  

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References

  1. "Pledging My Love Song" . Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  2. "Pledging My Love album" . Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  3. "NORA AUNOR CIRCA 1970: NORA – MANNY DE LEON LOVE TEAM" . Retrieved 2013-08-02.

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