Vote for Love
1996 studio album by Kenny Rogers
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Vote for Love is a 1996 album by Kenny Rogers released exclusively for sale on QVC.[1][2] It was later made available in retail stores under the title Always & Forever.
ReleasedJanuary 2, 1996
Recorded1995
Studio
- Creative Recording and Seventeen Grand Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Candock Recording Studio (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
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| Released | January 2, 1996 |
| Recorded | 1995 |
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| Genre | Country |
| Length | 54:19 (Disc 1) 51:05 (Disc 2) 1:45:24 (Total) |
| Label | QvC |
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Track listing
Disc 1
- "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison) [4:55]
- (previously released by Van Morrison on the 1989 album Avalon Sunset)
- "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) [2:51]
- (previously recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1931 and re-released in 1943)
- (used by Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca)
- "Endless Love" (Lionel Richie) [3:50]
- (previously recorded by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross on the 1981 album Endless Love: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) [3:21]
- (previously recorded by Nat King Cole on the 1951 album Penthouse Serenade)
- "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) [4:21]
- (previously recorded by The Flamingos on the 1959 album Flamingo Serenade)
- (originally written for the 1934 film Dames)
- "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) [3:35]
- (previously recorded by Barbra Streisand on the 1976 soundtrack A Star Is Born)
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) [3:18]
- (previously recorded by Johnny Mathis on the 1959 album Heavenly)
- (previously recorded by Ray Stevens on the 1975 album Misty)
- "She Believes in Me" (Steve Gibb) [4:19]
- (from the 1978 album The Gambler)
- "Always" (Irving Berlin) [2:37]
- (written in 1925, previously used in the 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees)
- (covered by many artists including Frank Sinatra and Patsy Cline)
- "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) [3:25]
- (previously recorded by Doris Day in the 1952 film One Minute to Zero)
- "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) [3:17]
- (previously recorded by Patsy Cline in 1961)
- "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Sam M. Lewis, Andrew Wright) [3:51]
- (previously recorded by Percy Sledge on the 1966 album When a Man Loves a Woman)
- "You Decorated My Life" (Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison) [3:45]
- (from the 1979 album Kenny)
- "I Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) [3:18]
- (previously recorded by Elvis Presley on the 1961 soundtrack Blue Hawaii)
- "The Wind Beneath My Wings" (Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar) [3:36]
- (previously recorded by Bette Midler on the 1988 soundtrack Beaches)
Disc 2
- "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) [2:39]
- (originally performed by Sam Lanin and his Orchestra in 1924)
- (has also appeared in numerous movies including the 1939 movie The Roaring Twenties - sung by Priscilla Lane)
- "I Swear" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers) [3:49]
- (previously recorded by John Michael Montgomery on the 1994 album Kickin' It Up)
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) [3:43]
- (previously recorded by Carmichael in 1927)
- (made popular by Isham Jones in 1930)
- "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) [2:59]
- (originally released by Dolly Parton on the 1974 album Jolene)
- (also covered by Whitney Houston on the 1992 soundtrack The Bodyguard)
- "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) [3:10]
- (originally sung by Sam Cooke from the 1957 album Sam Cooke)
- "Through the Years" (Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer) [3:42]
- (from the 1981 album Share Your Love)
- "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) [3:28]
- (previously recorded by The Righteous Brothers from the 1965 album Just Once in My Life)
- "Lady" (Lionel Richie) [3:54]
- (from the 1980 album 1980 Greatest Hits)
- "Always and Forever" (Rod Temperton) [4:48]
- (previously recorded by Heatwave from the 1976 album Too Hot to Handle)
- "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) [4:07]
- (from the 1994 album Timepiece)
- "Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) [2:44]
- (previously recorded by Ray Conniff from the 1966 album Somewhere My Love)
- "You Are So Beautiful" (Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston) [3:09]
- (from the album We've Got Tonight)
- "You Light Up My Life" (Joe Brooks) [3:09]
- (previously recorded by Debby Boone from the 1977 album You Light Up My Life)
- (also used for the film of the same name)
- "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) [2:40]
- (previously recorded by The Four Aces in 1955)
- "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [3:04]
Production
- Bergen White – producer, arrangements
- Jim McKell – producer, recording, mixing, mastering
- Kevin Ryan – assistant engineer
- Nick Sayler – assistant engineer
- Paul Skaife – assistant engineer
- Mark Lambert – additional engineer
- Mills Logan – additional engineer
- Frank Green – mastering
- Digital Editing & Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
- Jan Greenfield – production coordinator
Personnel
Musicians and Vocalists
- Tracks 1–7, 9, 11, 12, 14–20, 22, 24, 26 & 28–30
- Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
- David Briggs – acoustic piano
- Shane Keister – acoustic piano, electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
- Pat Bergeson – electric guitars, harmonica
- John Willis – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
- Bob Burns – acoustic bass, electric bass
- Paul Leim – drums, percussion
- Farrell Morris – percussion, timpani, vibraphone
- Jim Horn – saxophones, flutes
- Bobby Taylor – oboe, English horn
- George Tidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Tom McAninch – French horn
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Bergen White – string conductor, backing vocals
- Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
- Jana King – backing vocals
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals
The Kenny Rogers Band
- Tracks 8, 10, 13, 21, 23, 25 & 27
- Kenny Rogers – vocals
- Steve Glassmeyer – acoustic piano
- Gene Golden – synthesizers
- Warren Hartman – synthesizers, string arrangements (10)
- Randy Dorman – acoustic guitars, electric guitar solos
- Rick Harper – electric guitars
- Bob Burns – bass guitar
- Lynn Hammann – drums