And I Love You So
Studio album by
Perry Como
ReleasedAugust 17, 1973
RecordedDecember 19, 1972, January 16, 19, April 4, 1973
GenreSoft rock, traditional pop, easy listening
LabelRCA Records
ProducerChet Atkins
Perry Como chronology
I Think of You
(1972) 		And I Love You So
(1973) 		Perry
(1974)
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Allmusic[1]

And I Love You So is a long-play album by Perry Como, released by RCA Records.[2]

As with It's Impossible, this album was issued to feature a surprise hit single,[3] Don McLean's "And I Love You So". Como brought the song to the national top 40 (Number One Easy Listening). Previous versions of the song by Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vinton had met with mild or no success. Como's version was so successful, RCA asked him to record the song in Spanish. When Como said he did not speak the language, he received personal Spanish lessons from the head of RCA International to get the record made.[4] As on previous Como LPs, this collection features selections from then contemporary recording artists such as Roberta Flack, The Carpenters, Ray Price, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Bread and Mac Davis. The album was among the last to be produced by Chet Atkins before he stepped down from his executive position at RCA's Nashville studios.

Track listing

Side one[5]
  1. "And I Love You So" (Words and music by Don McLean) - 3:18
  2. "Killing Me Softly With Her Song" (Music by Charles Fox, lyrics by Norman Gimbel) - 4:29
  3. "For the Good Times" (Words and music by Kris Kristofferson) - 3:38
  4. "Aubrey" (Words and music by David Gates) - 3:34
  5. "Sing" (Words and music by Joe Raposo) - 2:40
Side two[5]
  1. "I Want to Give" (Lyrics By Gene Nash) - 3:04
  2. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (Music by L. Russell Brown, lyrics by Irwin Levine) - 3:02
  3. "I Thought About You" (Words and music by Ronald E. McCown) - 2:16
  4. "It All Seems to Fall Into Line" (Music by Ben Weisman, lyrics by Al Stillman) - 2:51
  5. "I Believe in Music" (Words and music by Mac Davis) - 2:56

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Gold 20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ And I Love You So at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ^ "And I Love You So-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Perry Como Sails on Placid Waters". Milwaukee Journal. 7 April 1979. Retrieved 7 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ O'Brian, Jack (22 June 1973). "Perry Como Practices Spanish". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b "And I Love You So". Kokomo. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Magazine" (PDF). Cash Box. November 2, 1974. p. 36. Retrieved November 15, 2021 – via World Radio History.

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