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And I Love You So (Perry Como album)

{{Infobox album|

| name = And I Love You So

| type = studio

| artist = Perry Como

| cover = Como Loves You So.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 17, 1973

| recorded = December 19, 1972, January 16, 19, April 4, 1973

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| studio =

| genre = Soft rock, traditional pop, easy listening

| length =

| label = RCA Victor

| producer = Chet Atkins

| prev_title = I Think of You

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = Perry

| next_year = 1974

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r23988|accessdate=28 June 2011}}

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And I Love You So is the 21st long-play album by Perry Como, released by RCA Records in 1973.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/and-i-love-you-so-r23988/credits|title=And I Love You So-credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=1 September 2011}}

As with It's Impossible, this album was issued to feature a surprise hit single,{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1VoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2380,4744372&dq=perry+como&hl=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103095554/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1VoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2380,4744372&dq=perry+como&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|title=Perry Como Sails on Placid Waters|date=7 April 1979|publisher=Milwaukee Journal|access-date=7 June 2010}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YM0iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LY0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7245,1853300&dq=perry+como&hl=en|title=Perry Como Practices Spanish|author=O'Brian, Jack|date=22 June 1973|publisher=Sarasota Journal|access-date=18 November 2010}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/album_27.htm |title=And I Love You So |publisher=Kokomo |access-date=5 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104030144/http://www.kokomo.ca/album_27.htm |archive-date=November 4, 2014 }}

  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

  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

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Chart (1973–75)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19740120|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Chart (1975)

! scope="col" | Position

scope="row" | UK Albums (OCC){{cite magazine |date=27 December 1975 |title=Top Selling Albums For 1975 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |url-status=live |format=PDF |magazine=Music Week |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}

| 40

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Certifications

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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|title=And I Love You So|artist=Perry Como|relyear=1973|certyear=1974|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-11-02.pdf|title=Cash Box Magazine|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=36|date= November 2, 1974|access-date= November 15, 2021}}}}

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.kokomo.ca/ Perry Como Discography]

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Category:Perry Como albums

Category:1973 albums

Category:Albums produced by Chet Atkins

Category:RCA Records albums

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