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Bobby Vinton Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is a American former singer and occasional actor, who also hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid trib ...

's twenty-eighth studio album and his fourth for

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

. Two singles came from the album: "

Save Your Kisses for Me "Save Your Kisses for Me" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed for the by Brotherhood of Man in The Hague, Netherlands. The lyrics and music were written by Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, and Martin Lee, the latter two ...

" and "

Moonlight Serenade "Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and perfo ...

Track listing

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Tony Hiller Anthony Toby Hiller (30 July 1927 – 26 August 2018) was an English songwriter and record producer. He was best known for writing and/or producing hits for Brotherhood of Man, including " United We Stand" (1970) and "Save Your Kisses for Me" (19 ...

Lee Sheriden Lee Sheriden (born Roger Pritchard; 11 April 1944 in Horfield, Bristol) is an English singer/songwriter and musical director, best known as a member of pop group Brotherhood of Man. Early career As a child, Roger Pritchard learned the piano and ...

Martin Lee Martin Lee Chu-ming, SC, JP (; born 8 June 1938) is a Hong Kong politician and barrister. He is the founding chairman of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and its successor, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong's flagship pro-democracy party. He ...

) – 3:18 # "Lady of the House (Sandra)" (Enoch Anderson,

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

) – 3:47 # "

Paloma Blanca "Paloma Blanca" (Spanish for "white dove"), often called "Una Paloma Blanca", is a song written by Dutch musician George Baker (under his real name, Johannes Bouwens) and first recorded and released by his band, George Baker Selection. The sing ...

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Hans Bouwens George Baker (born Johannes "Hans" Bouwens, 8 December 1944) is a Dutch singer and songwriter who, with his band George Baker Selection, scored two international hits in the 1970s, "Paloma Blanca" and "Little Green Bag". Baker also recorded as a ...

) – 3:17 # "Let Me Down Easy" (M. James) – 2:53 # "I Cross My Fingers" (Walter Kent, William Farrer) – 2:18 # "

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Mitchell Parish Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...

Glenn Miller Alton Glen Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band founder, owner, conductor, composer, arranger, trombone player and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Arm ...

) – 3:22 Side 2 # Waltz Medley: "Tales from Vienna Woods"/"Blue Skirt Waltz"/"You Are My One True Love" (

Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ove ...

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, Bob Kames, R. Kaiser) – 3:39 # "Jenny" (E. Shuman, P. Morelli) – 4:27 # "Elise" (Grascolos, Linzer) – 2:57 # "Penny" (S. Davis, G. Lane) – 3:18 # "Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams" (From the

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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox ''The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox'' is a 1976 American Western romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal, produced, directed and co-written by Melvin Frank. It is about an 1880s dance hall girl (Hawn) from San Francisco who st ...

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Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premier ...

Melvin Frank Melvin Frank (13 August 1913 – 13 October 1988) was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is known for his partnership with Norman Panama and their work on films such as ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'' (1948), ...

, Charles Fox) – 3:31 # "Another Without You Day" ( Roger Cook,

Roger Greenaway Roger John Reginald Greenaway, (born 23 August 1938) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook. His compositions have included "You've Got Your Troubles" and the transatlantic mill ...

, Stephen Jameson, Matthew Doctors) – 2:52

Album credits

*Produced by Bob Morgan *Mastering engineering by Mike Reese *Art direction by Wilkes and Klasky *Photography by Hans Albers *Lettering by John Cabalka *Arranger for "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Paloma Blanca", "Jenny" and "Elise":

Al Capps Allan Alfonzo Capps (April 26, 1939 – June 7, 2018) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, he produced and arranged albums for popular artists such as Cher, ...

*Arranger for "Lady of the House (Sandra)":

Mike Melvoin Mike Melvoin (May 10, 1937February 22, 2012) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy and worked as a prolific studio musician, recording with Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, ...

*Arrangers for "Let Me Down Easy": Bobby Vinton, Bob Morgan *Arranger for "I Cross My Fingers":

Ernie Freeman Ernest Aaron Freeman (August 16, 1922 – May 16, 1981) was an American pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop records from the 1950s to the 1970s. Birth and fam ...

*Arranger for "Moonlight Serenade", "Penny" and "Another Without You Day":

Joe Reisman Joseph Reisman (September 16, 1924, Dallas - September 15, 1987, Los Angeles) was an American musician (tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet), bandleader, arranger, and record producer in the swing era. Reisman studied at Baylor University and ...

*Arrangers for "Waltz Medley": Bobby Vinton, Ernie Freeman *Arranger for "Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams": Charles Fox *Engineer for "Save Your Kisses for Me":

Ron Malo Ronald Clements Malo (August 29, 1935 in Illinois – August 15, 1992 in Burbank, California) was an American engineer for Chicago's Chess Studios from 1959 until 1970. He was the engineer for the first sessions the Rolling Stones did in the US, i ...

*Engineer for "Lady of the House (Sandra)", "Jenny", "Elise" and "Another Without You Day": Tom Vicari *Engineer for "Paloma Blanca": John Mills *Engineers for "Let Me Down Easy": Lou Bradley, Tom Vicari *Engineers for "I Cross My Fingers": Barry Keen, Mike Lietz *Engineers for "Moonlight Serenade": John Mills, Armin Steiner *Engineer for "Waltz Medley" and "Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams": Armin Steiner *Engineers for "Penny": Tom Vicari, Mike Lietz *String arranger for "Moonlight Serenade":

H. B. Barnum Hidle Brown Barnum (born July 15, 1936) is an American pianist, arranger, record producer, songwriter, and former child actor. Biography After winning a nationwide talent contest at the age of four and starring in the film ''Valley of the Su ...

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