Melodies of Love

Melodies of Love
Studio album by Bobby Vinton
Released	November 1974
Genre	Pop
Label	ABC
Producer	Bob Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology
The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton: Bobby Vinton...in Love (1974) Melodies of Love (1974) With Love (1974)

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Allmusic	[1]

Melodies of Love was Bobby Vinton's twenty-fourth studio album and his first studio album for ABC Records. It was released in 1974.

The album was released in response to popular demand, following Vinton's million-selling single "My Melody of Love", his first single in two years, which proved a successful comeback and earned Vinton the nickname "the Polish Prince". After the song became a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a #1 adult contemporary hit, the semi-eponymous album was released, reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot 200 list of popular albums and going gold.

"My Melody of Love" is the first track on the album and is the album's highest charting single. Cover versions include Olivia Newton-John's hit "I Honestly Love You", Alice Faye's "You'll Never Know" and Al Martino's "Here in My Heart". The fifth track, "Am I Losing You", is a reworking of the Italian song "Io ti darò di più" with a few English lyrics replacing some of the Italian lyrics.

Track listing

Side A

1. "My Melody of Love" (Bobby Vinton, Henry Mayer) - 3:08
2. "I Honestly Love You" (Peter Allen, Jeff Barry) - 3:25
3. "You'll Never Know" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 2:40
4. "Dick and Jane" (Dewayne Blackwell) - 3:15
5. "Never Ending Song of Love" (Delaney Bramlett) - 2:57
6. "Am I Losing You" (Bobby Vinton, Alberto Testa, Memo Remigi) - 3:00

Side B

1. "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Norro Wilson, Billy Sherrill, Rory Michael Bourke) - 2:27
2. "My Gypsy Love" (Bobby Vinton) - 3:12
3. "I'll Be Loving You" (Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan) - 2:46
4. "Here in My Heart" (Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, Bill Borrelli) - 2:43
5. "I Want to Spend My Life With You" (Larry Weiss, John Williams) - 3:07

Album credits

• Arrangers: Al Capps, Mike Melvoin, Joe Reisman, Ernie Freeman
• Jim "Dallas" Crouch: drums/vocals
• Engineers: Armin Steiner, Tommy Vicari, Michael Lietz, Ray Gerhart, John Wagner, Barry Keene
• Studios: Sound Lab, A&M, John Wagner, Sunwest
• Album design: Tim Bryant
• Photography: Mia Beard

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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