The Gift of Love (Jerry Butler album)
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| Released | 1968 |
| Label | Sunset Records |
The Gift of Love is a 1968 compilation album by American soul singer-songwriter Jerry Butler on Sunset Records. The title track had already been issued as a single by The Impressions in October 1958. Having by 1968 racked up a number of charting singles and become known as a solo artist, Sunset reissued this collection of singles from their back catalogue.[1]
Track listing
[edit]- The Gift Of Love – Jerry Butler 2:45 - recorded 1958
- Teardrops From My Eyes – Rudolph Toombs 2:30 - originally recorded 1960
- Give Me Your Love - Jerry Butler, Richard Brooks 2:35
- Butterfly – Jerry Butler 2:30
- The Lights Went Out – Brook Benton, Clyde Otis 2:15
- September Song – Kurt Weil, Maxwell Anderson 4:25
- Don't Take Your Love From Me – Henry Nemo 2:15
- Come Back, My Love – Clyde Otis, Roy Hamilton 2:35
- If You Let Me – Whelock Alex Bessom 2:15
- I Was Wrong – Jerry Butler 2:40
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Pruter Chicago Soul 1992 Page 32 0252062590 The Impressions, unlike any of the other groups of that era, brought a significant influence of black gospel singing into their music. The company followed with two more ballads that evoked much of the sound and spirit of "For Your Precious Love," but not quite the quality. "Come Back My Love" hit in October 1958, making the lower reaches of both the r&b and pop charts of Billboard, but "The Gift of Love" failed to make any chart impact upon its release in early 1959. After "The Gift of ...