Julie, Do Ya Love Me
{{Infobox song
| name = Julie, Do Ya Love Me
| cover = Julie,_Do_Ya_Love_Me_-_Bobby_Sherman.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bobby Sherman
| album = With Love, Bobby
| B-side = Spend Some Time Lovin' Me
| released = July 1970
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=52}}
| label = Metromedia
| writer = Tom Bahler
| producer = Jackie Mills"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-07-18.pdf Spotlight Singles]", Billboard, July 18, 1970. p. 72. Accessed July 10, 2016.
Arranged and conducted by Al Capps
| prev_title = Hey, Mister Sun
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Goin' Home (Sing A Song Of Christmas Cheer)
| next_year = 1970
}}
"Julie, Do Ya Love Me" is a song written by Tom Bahler, which was a hit recording in 1970 for Bobby Sherman and later the same year for White Plains.
Bobby Sherman version
In July 1970, Bobby Sherman released "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" as a single,Murrells, Joseph. The Book of Golden Discs, Barrie & Jenkins, (1978). p. 285. and it appeared on the album With Love, Bobby, which was released the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-love-bobby-mw0000172719 |title=With Love, Bobby - Bobby Sherman|publisher= AllMusic |date= |accessdate=July 10, 2016}}
Bobby Sherman's version spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/295300/bobby-sherman/chart Bobby Sherman - Chart History - The Hot 100], Billboard.com. Accessed July 10, 2016. while reaching No. 2 on Billboard{{'}}s Easy Listening chart,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/295300/bobby-sherman/chart?f=341 Bobby Sherman - Chart History - Adult Contemporary], Billboard.com. Accessed July 10, 2016."Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, September 26, 1970. p. 54. No. 3 on the Cash Box Top 100,[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-09-26.pdf Cash Box Top 100], Cash Box, September 26, 1970. Accessed July 13, 2016. No. 3 on Australia's Go-Set chart,Ed Nimmervoll, "[http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1970/19701205.html GO-SET National Top 60]", December 5, 1970. Accessed July 10, 2016. and No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart.[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14171/bobby-sherman/ Bobby Sherman - Full Official Chart History], Official Charts Company. Accessed July 10, 2016. In Canada, the song reached No. 3 on the "RPM 100""[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2548& RPM 100]", RPM Weekly, Volume 14, No. 7, October 03, 1970. Accessed July 11, 2016. and No. 2 on Toronto's CHUM 30 chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=711 |title=1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts |accessdate=2016-07-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212002118/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=711 |archivedate=February 12, 2006 }} Chart No. 711, September 05, 1970. CHUM. The song earned Sherman a gold record.Leszczak, Bob. (2015). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UpucCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA288 From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who Made Records, 1950-2000], Rowman & Littlefield. p. 288. Accessed July 24, 2016. The trumpet was played by Lloyd Michels, who for a time played in the band on The Merv Griffin Show.{{cite web | url=https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=434558 | title=Bobby Sherman - View topic: Trumpet Herald forum }}{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is someone's random recollection on a blog.|date=May 2023}}
=Chart performance=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| align="left"|Chart (1970)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|Australia - Go-Set
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| align="left"|Canada - RPM 100
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| align="left"|Canada - CHUM 30
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Easy Listening
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| align="left"|US Cash Box Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| align="left"|UK Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|28 |
White Plains version
On October 9, 1970, White Plains released the song as a single, and in 1971 it appeared on the album When You Are a King.[http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=White+Plains&titel=Julie+Do+Ya+Love+Me&cat=s White Plains - Julie, Do Ya Love Me] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807051220/http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=White+Plains&titel=Julie+Do+Ya+Love+Me&cat=s |date=2016-08-07 }}, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 11, 2016. White Plains' version spent 14 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 8,[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13935/white%20plains/ White Plains - Full Official Chart History], Official Charts Company. Accessed July 10, 2016. while spending 9 weeks on the Irish Singles Chart, also reaching No. 8.[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Song Title Search Results for "Julie Do Ya Love Me"], The Irish Charts. Accessed July 11, 2016.
=Chart performance=
| class="wikitable" |
| align="left"|Chart (1970)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|UK Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
| align="left"|Irish Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
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