''Songs of Love'' is the debut studio album by American singer

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released on

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. It includes the chart-topping hit single "

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". "Make Believe Lovers" was also released as a single but failed to chart. Big Break Records released this album on CD in March 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

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arrangements – Mike Lewis * Bass guitar – Don Barrett, Ray Griffin * Drums –

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– James Griffin * Guitar – Dino Zimmerman, Fred Knobloch, Michael Terence Ward, Michael Toles * Keyboards –

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, Frederick Knight * Producer, percussion, electronic drums – Frederick Knight * Synthesizer – Carl Marsh * Backing vocals – Cheryl Bundy, Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Frederick Knight, Sandra Rhodes, Valerie Williams * Strings and horns – The Miami Symphony * Photography –

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Charts

References

External links

''Songs of Love'' by Anita Ward at Discogs''Songs of Love'' by Anita Ward at Allmusic

"Songs of Love – The Medicine of Music"
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