''The Best of Debby Boone'' (1986) is the first compilation album for Debby Boone, collecting ten tracks from her five secular studio albums released by Curb Records from 1977 to 1981.

Track listing

# " You Light Up My Life" (Joe Brooks) :35#* From '' You Light Up My Life'' #* No. 1 (Hot 100), No. 4 (Country), No. 1 (AC) # "

Everybody's Somebody's Fool "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield that was a No. 1 hit for Connie Francis in 1960. A polka-style version in German, "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel", was the first German single recorded and ...

" ( Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller) :22#* 1979 single - first album release #* No. 48 (Country) # " Baby I'm Yours" (

Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful song " The Hustle". He has approximat ...

) :36#* From '' You Light Up My Life'' #* Flip (Hot 100), No. 33 (Country), No. 18 (AC) # "God Knows" (Franne Golde,

Peter Noone Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor. He was the lead singer "Herman" in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits. Early life Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, ...

, Allee Willis) :25#* From '' Midstream'' #* No. 74 (Hot 100), No. 22 (Country), No. 14 (AC) # "When You're Loved" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) :26#* From '' Midstream'' #* No. 48 (AC) # "

Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" is a song recorded by American country and pop music artist Debby Boone. It was released in February 1980 as the first single from the album '' Love Has No Reason''. The song was written by Debbie Hupp and ...

" (Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison) :30#* From ''

Love Has No Reason Unable to approach the success of " You Light Up My Life", Debby Boone left Top 40 radio behind in 1980 and turned her career toward Country music with the release of her fourth album, ''Love Has No Reason'' (No. 17 Country). Boone had already es ...

'' #* No. 1 (Country), No. 31 (AC) # " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" (Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller) :24#* From '' Debby Boone'' #* No. 11 (Country) # "Free to Be Lonely Again" (Diane Pfeifer) :46#* From ''

'' #* No. 14 (Country) # "Perfect Fool" (Diane Pfeifer) :17#* From ''

Savin' It Up After the album '' Love Has No Reason'' yielded the No. 1 Country single, "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again", Debby Boone returned to producer Larry Butler for her fifth studio album, ''Savin' It Up'' (No. 49 Country), in 1981. The result ...

'' #* No. 23 (Country), No. 37 (AC) # "I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'" (Theme From The Universal Picture ''The Promise'') (

Alan Bergman Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated telev ...

, Marilyn Bergman,

David Shire David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage Musical theater, musicals, film and television film score, scores. The soundtracks to the 1976 film ''The Big Bus'', ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 f ...

) :15#* From '' Debby Boone''

Production credits

Art direction *Katherine DeVault *Simon Levy Mastering *Steve Hall Co-ordination *Marguerite Luciani

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Debby Boone 1986 compilation albums Debby Boone albums Albums produced by Brooks Arthur