''The Name Is Love'' is an album by the American musician

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 ...

, released in 1977. It was his final for

ABC Records ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels befo ...

. Unlike most of his albums (which consisted of only one or two of his own compositions), the majority of the material on this album was written or co-written by Vinton himself. Cover versions include "

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" is a song written by Harry Noble and originally performed by Karen Chandler in 1952. It has been re-recorded several times since then, the most notable covers being by Mel Carter in 1965 and Gloria Estefan in 1994. ...

" and "

Only Love Can Break a Heart "Only Love Can Break a Heart" is a popular song from 1962, performed by the American singer-songwriter Gene Pitney. The song was written by Hal David (words) and Burt Bacharach (music) and appears on Pitney's second album '' Only Love Can Break ...

" (the former a hit for

Mel Carter Mel Carter (born April 22, 1939, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million-selling recording, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me". Biography At age 16 Carter studied singing with vocalist Little Jimmy Sc ...

in 1965 and the latter a hit for

Gene Pitney Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...

in 1962). The song "You Are Love" did not become a hit until six years later. This album is notable in that country singer

Janie Fricke Jane Marie Fricke ( ; born December 19, 1947), known professionally as Janie Fricke, is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and clothing designer. She has placed seventeen singles in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Ho ...

performs the backing vocals. Three singles were released from the album – "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me", "Only Love Can Break A Heart", and "All My Today's".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bobby Vinton; except where indicated

Side A

# "Love Makes Everything Better" - 2:40 # "I Remember Loving You" - 3:24 # "

" - (Harry Noble) - 2:47 # "Her Name Is Love" - (Gary Knight, Gene Allan, Bobby Vinton) - 2:26 # "

" - (

Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...

Hal David Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Early life David ...

) - 2:57 # "You Are Love" - 2:27

Side B

# "All My Today's" - 3:06 # "Once More With Feeling" - 2:57 # "Baby, When It Comes to Loving You" - (D. "Scotty" Reed) - 2:23 # "Ain't That Lovin' You" - 3:13 # "Where Were You All of My Life" - (Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan) - 2:50

Album credits

*Produced by Bob Morgan *Arrangements by Bobby Vinton, Charlie McCoy, Bob Morgan *String arrangements by

Bill McElhiney William Krohmer McElhiney (May 20, 1915 – February 9, 2002) was a musical arranger, trumpeter, band leader, and musical director who was based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a performer, his most notable contribution was the signature trumpe ...

Bill Justis William Everett Justis Jr. (October 14, 1926 – July 16, 1982) was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and arrangement, musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy (instrumental), Raunchy". As a ...

, Bergen White,

Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. A 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News & Documentary Emmy Awards, and one S ...

*Vocal backgrounds: The Nashville Edition *Female vocals: Janie Fricke *Recording engineers: Lou Bradley, Ken Laxton, Ron Reynolds, Armin Steiner *Remix engineer: Ken Laxton *Cover photo: Eddy Sanderson *Back photo: Lloyd Morales *Photo tinting: Melanie Nissen

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America) Singles - Billboard (North America)

References

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