He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (album)

After several albums of jazz recordings for the Bethlehem label, Chris Connor moved to Atlantic in 1956. Her first-label LP was a 1956 eponymous album, and she would record 11 more albums with Atlantic. The projects were either consist of a quartet, a nonet (nine session players) or a string orchestra. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not immediately followed her eponymous release and was backed by a string orchestra conducted by Ralph Burns.^[3] The project consisted of 12 tracks in total^[4] that were all covers performed in a ballad style. Among them were "High on a Windy Hill", "Suddenly It's Spring"^[1] and "Round About".^[5]

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not was released by Atlantic Records in November 1956 and originally distributed as a vinyl LP with six tracks on each side of the disc.^[4] According to Billboard, the LP placed in the top ten of the "Best-Selling Jazz" albums on December 29, 1956.^[6] It received a positive critical response as well. Billboard described the LP as "vocal mood music" and found there was "plenty of meat here for both pop and jazz jocks."^[1] Cash Box believed the product would produce sales in the pop field and concluded by writing, "A Chris Connor treat. Superb follow-up to her debut LP on Atlantic—a recent chart album."^[7] Robert Clay of DownBeat described it as an album with a "romantic mood" with a "superb" track listing and believed it was Connor's "best LP" to date.^[5] AllMusic rated it three out of five stars.^[2]