Love Story (compilation album)

Love Story is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK in July 1971 by the CBS Records division of Columbia and was mainly composed of tracks that had not been included on his studio LPs.

Love Story
Compilation album by Andy Williams
Released	July 1971
Recorded	February 10, 1965 September 17, 1969 July 28, 1970 December 17, 1970 April 1971[1]
Genre	Traditional pop vocal pop soft rock
Length	31:36
Label	CBS Records
Andy Williams chronology
Love Story (1971) Love Story (1971) You've Got a Friend (1971)

The compilation entered the UK album chart on July 31 of that year and reached number 11 over the course of 11 weeks.^[2]

The title track from the album, which was subtitled "Where Do I Begin?", entered the Hot 100 in the US in the issue of Billboard magazine dated February 6, 1971, and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks, eventually peaking at number nine.^[3] The song also entered the magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs of the week in that same issue for its first of 15 weeks, later spending four weeks at number one and tying his previous record there, which was set by "Can't Get Used to Losing You" in 1963.^[4] Its lifespan on the UK singles chart began on March 20 of that same year and lasted 18 weeks, during which time it reached number four.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Someone Who Cares" from Fools (Alex Harvey) – 3:15
   • first released in the US in December 1971 on the 2-LP compilation The Impossible Dream^[1]
2. "Long, Long Time" (Gary White) – 3:37
   • first released in the US in December 1971 on the 2-LP compilation The Impossible Dream^[1]
3. "What Am I Living For" (Art Harris, Fred Jay) – 3:06
   • B-side of "A Woman's Way" (1969)^[1]
4. "Whistling Away The Dark" from Darling Lili (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:19
   • B-side of "Home Lovin' Man" (1970)^[1]
5. "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:52
   • first released in the US on the CD compilation B Sides and Rarities (2003)^[1]

Side two

1. "I'll Be There" (Hal Davis, Berry Gordy, Willie Hutch, Bob West) – 2:39
   • first released in the US in August 1971 on the album You've Got a Friend
2. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (Bob Russell, Bobby Scott) – 2:59
   • first released in the US in December 1971 on the 2-LP compilation The Impossible Dream^[1]
3. "Autumn" from Cyrano^[5] (Richard Maltby, Jr., David Shire) – 2:19
   • first released in the US on the CD compilation B Sides and Rarities (2003)^[1]
4. "The Last Time I Saw Her" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:25
   • first released in the US in December 1971 on the 2-LP compilation The Impossible Dream^[1]
5. "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:10

Recording dates

• February 10, 1965 – "Autumn"^[1]
• September 17, 1969 – "What Am I Living For"^[1]
• July 28, 1970 – "Whistling Away the Dark"^[1]
• December 17, 1970 – "Someone Who Cares",^[1] "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story"^[6]
• April 22, 1971 – "I'll Be There",^[7] "The Last Time I Saw Her"^[1]
• April 22, 1971 – April 26, 1971 – "Long, Long Time", "If You Could Read My Mind", "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"^[1]

References

1. (2003) Album notes for B Sides and Rarities by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
2. "Andy Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
3. Whitburn 2009, p. 1060.
4. Whitburn 1993, p. 256.
5. "Richard Maltby, Jr". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
6. (2002) Album notes for The Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
7. (2002) Album notes for The Andy Williams Show/You've Got a Friend by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.

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