Love Him (album)
1963 studio album by Doris Day
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Love Him was a Doris Day album recorded in October and November, 1963 and released by Columbia Records on December 16, 1963. It was produced by Day's son Terry Melcher and issued as both a monophonic LP (catalog number CL-2131) and a stereophonic LP (catalog number CS-8931).[2] The album was arranged and conducted by Tommy Oliver, and it was her first LP in over a year.[2]
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| Released | December 16, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | November–December, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 2131; CS 8931[1] | |||
| Producer | Terry Melcher | |||
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Chart performance
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 14, 1964, peaking at No. 102 during an eight-week run on the chart.[3] It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated February 15, 1964, peaking at No. 32 during a twelve-week run on the chart.[1] On the magazine's Top 50 Stereo chart, the album peaked at a higher No. 24 during its shorter six-week run on the chart.[1]
Reception
The initial Cashbox magazine review said that "Doris Day directs her attention at a tender, sentimental program of romantic standards and newies on this new release."[4]
William Ruhlmann on AllMusic stated that Love Him represented a whole new approach, he also said that her son "seemed to want to demonstrate that Day could sing a broader range of material than Columbia had been giving her, and she responded by throwing herself into performances of songs that had greater depth than those she usually sang."[2]
Compact disc
The album was combined with Day's 1960 album, Show Time, on a compact disc, issued on November 14, 2000 by Collectables Records.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "More (Theme from the film Mondo Cane)" | Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell | 2:45 |
| 2. | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore | 2:38 |
| 3. | "Since I Fell for You" | Buddy Johnson | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Losing You" | Carl Sigman, Jean Renard | 3:46 |
| 5. | "(Now & Then There's) A Fool Such as I" | Bill Trader | 2:55 |
| 6. | "As Long as He Needs Me (from the Broadway musical production Oliver!)" | Lionel Bart | 4:02 |
| 7. | "Night Life" | Willie Nelson, Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland | 4:34 |
| 8. | "Funny" | Larry Holofcener, Edward N. Scott | 2:45 |
| 9. | "Softly, as I Leave You" | Hal Shaper, Antonio De Vita, Giorgio Calabrese | 3:04 |
| 10. | "Lollipops and Roses" | Tony Velona | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Love Him" | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | 2:14 |
Charts
| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top LPs[3] | 102 |
| US Cashbox Top 100 Albums[1] | 32 |
| US Cashbox Top 50 Stereo[1] | 24 |