Vote for Love

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Vote for Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 2, 1996
Recorded1995
Genre Country
Length   54:19(Disc 1)
   51:05 (Disc 2)
1:45:24 (Total)
Label QvC
Producer Various

Vote for Love is a 1996 album by Kenny Rogers released exclusively for sale on QVC. [1] [2] It was later made available in retail stores under the title Always & Forever.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison) [4:55]
  2. "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) [2:51]
  3. "Endless Love" (Lionel Richie) [3:50]
  4. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) [3:21]
  5. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) [4:21]
    • (previously recorded by The Flamingos on the 1959 album Flamingo Serenade)
    • (originally written for the 1934 film Dames )
  6. "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) [3:35]
  7. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) [3:18]
  8. "She Believes in Me" (Steve Gibb) [4:19]
  9. "Always" (Irving Berlin) [2:37]
  10. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) [3:25]
  11. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) [3:17]
  12. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Sam M. Lewis, Andrew Wright) [3:51]
    • (previously recorded by Percy Sledge on the 1966 album When a Man Loves a Woman)
  13. "You Decorated My Life" (Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison) [3:45]
    • (from the 1979 album Kenny )
  14. "I Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) [3:18]
  15. "The Wind Beneath My Wings" (Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar) [3:36]

Disc 2

  1. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) [2:39]
  2. "I Swear" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers) [3:49]
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) [3:43]
    • (previously recorded by Carmichael in 1927)
    • (made popular by Isham Jones in 1930)
  4. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) [2:59]
  5. "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) [3:10]
    • (originally sung by Sam Cooke from the 1957 album Sam Cooke)
  6. "Through the Years" (Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer) [3:42]
  7. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) [3:28]
  8. "Lady" (Lionel Richie) [3:54]
  9. "Always and Forever" (Rod Temperton) [4:48]
  10. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) [4:07]
  11. "Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) [2:44]
    • (previously recorded by Ray Conniff from the 1966 album Somewhere My Love)
  12. "You Are So Beautiful" (Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston) [3:09]
  13. "You Light Up My Life" (Joe Brooks) [3:09]
  14. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) [2:40]
  15. "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [3:04]

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