—  20 GREATEST LOVE SONGS  —

 

TELSTAR — STAR 2235

STEREO

ASSEMBLED UK 1983

 

Side One:

 

For The Good Times

Words and Music by Kris Kristofferson

 

( They Long to Be ) Close to You

Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1970

 

The Most Beautiful Girl

Words and Music by Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson

 

You Are My World

Words and Music by Paul Vance and Bobby London

Arranged by Kenny Ascher

 

Catch a Falling Star

~ first certified "Gold" record by R.I.A.A. in 1958

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance

 

Try to Remember ( from the musical production "The Fantasticks" )

Music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones

 

I Think of You

Music by Francis Albert Lai and lyrics by Rod McKuen

 

Days of Wine and Roses

~ from the 1962 film "Days of Wine and Roses"

Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1962

 

When You Were Sweet Sixteen  ( with The Satisfiers )

~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., Picture "The Great John L."

Words and Music by James Thornton and Published 1898

 

And I Love You So

Words and Music by Don McLean

 

Side Two:

 

It's Impossible

Original music with Spanish lyrics by by Canache Armando Manzanero, 1970

with English lyrics by Sid Wayne

 

Killing Me Softly With Her Song

Music by Charles Fox and lyrics by Norman Gimbel , 1973

 

Send In the Clowns

~ from the 1973 Stage musical "A Little Night Music"

Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim, 1973

 

Magic Moments

~  recorded by Perry in December, 1957

Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1958

 

I Know

~  a popular charted single for Perry from May, 1959, with flip side "You Are In Love"

Words and Music by Carl Stutz and Edith Lindeman

 

Love Makes the World Go 'Round

~ a double charting single from September, 1958, with flip side "Mandolins In The Moonlight"

Words and Music by Ollie Jones

 

Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes ( with The Ramblers )

~  recorded by Perry in November, 1952

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952

 

Mandolins In The Moonlight

~  a popular double charted single for Perry from September, 1958, and flip side to "Love Makes The World Go 'Round"

Words and Music by George Weiss and Aaron Schroeder

Arranged by Joe Reisman

 

The Way We Were

Music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman , 1973

 

We've Only Just Begun

Words and Music by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, 1970

RCA Limited UK compilation. 1983 in association with TELSTAR Records Ltd.

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