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's twentieth studio album, released in

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, a remake of a 1967

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", "I Will Follow You" (a different version of

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' hit " Baby I'm Yours".

Track listing

Personnel

*Bobby Vinton – vocals *

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– producer * Hank Levine – arranger ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Something", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Traces", "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" and "If Ever I Would Leave You") * Bill Walker – arranger ("My Elusive Dreams", "Baby I'm Yours" and "The Perfect Woman") * Lou Bradley – engineer *Charlie Brigg – engineer *Tom Sparkman – engineer *Suzanne Szasz – back cover photo

Charts

Album – ''Billboard'' (North America) Singles – ''Billboard'' (North America)

References

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My Elusive Dreams (album) ''My Elusive Dreams'' was Bobby Vinton's twentieth studio album, released in 1970. The title track, a remake of a 1967 Tammy Wynette/ David Houston hit, is the album's only single. Cover versions include B.J. Thomas' hit "Raindrops Keep Fallin' ...

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