''Love Is All We Have to Give'' is the first studio album by

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, released in 1969, and their second overall album after the 1967 live album '' Live! at Caesar's Palace''. ''Love Is All We Have to Give'' reached No. 178 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. The album featured four singles: " Black Pearl", which reached No. 8 on the R&B chart and No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, " Proud Mary", which reached No. 69 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Love Is All I Have to Give" which reached No. 65 on the Hot 100, and "I Keep Forgettin'" which did not chart on the pop chart.

Track listing

# " Proud Mary" (

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Personnel

- producer * Perry Botkin Jr. (Tracks 1-5),

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(Track 1, 2, 4, 6) - arrangements and conductor *

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(Tracks 1-4, 6), Bobby Stevens (Tracks 5-6) - lead vocals *Harvey Trees - lead guitar *Bill Van Buskirk - electric bass *Marvin "Sweet Louie" SmithCheckmates, Ltd., ''Love Is All We Have to Give'' credits
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Charts

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References

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