Love Story (Andy Williams studio album)

Love Story
Studio album by
Andy Williams
ReleasedFebruary 3, 1971[1]
Recorded1970–1971
Genre
Length35:54
LabelColumbia
ProducerDick Glasser[3]
Andy Williams chronology
The Andy Williams Show
(1970) 		Love Story
(1971) 		Love Story (U.K.)
(1971)
Alternate cover
Home Lovin' Man (UK)
Singles from Love Story
  1. "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"
    Released: January 15, 1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BillboardSpotlight Pick[4]

Love Story is the twenty-seventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released on February 3, 1971, by Columbia Records.[1] This was another in his series of cover albums, but the title track, subtitled "Where Do I Begin", was the one song included that he originated.

The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's chart in the issue of Billboard magazine dated February 20, 1971, and remained there for 33 weeks, peaking at number three.[5] One month later, on March 22, the album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, and Platinum certification was awarded on November 21, 1986.[6] For its release in the UK, the album was entitled Home Lovin' Man and did not include the title song from the original album (which was subtitled "Where Do I Begin?"), and this retitled edition entered the UK album chart on March 27, 1971, and spent two weeks at number one during its 26 weeks there.[7] The title track from the original album was included on a UK LP that was also called Love Story but otherwise had a completely different set of songs, and that release entered the UK album chart on July 31 of that year and reached number 11 over the course of 11 weeks.[7]

The first single from the original Love Story album was, in fact, "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated February 6, 1971, and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks, eventually peaking at number nine.[8] The song also entered the magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs of the week in that same issue for its first of 15 weeks, later spending four weeks at number one and tying his previous record there, which was set by "Can't Get Used to Losing You" in 1963.[9] Its lifespan on the UK singles chart began on March 20 of that same year and lasted 18 weeks, during which time it reached number four.[7] The first single from the Home Lovin' Man LP was that album's title track, which began a seven-week run to number 10 and back on the Easy Listening chart in the US on October 24, 1970.[9] Although it did not make the pop chart stateside, it did enter the UK singles chart on November 21, 1970, and got as high as number seven during its 12 weeks there.[7]

The original Love Story album was released on compact disc for the first time by Columbia Records in 1988.[2] A Columbia 3-CD box set including this album along with Andy Williams' Greatest Hits and Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 was released on August 12, 1997.[10]

  1. ^ a b (2002) Album notes for The Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection by Andy Williams, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
  2. ^ a b c "Love Story - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  3. ^ (1971) "Love Story" by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 30497.
  4. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1971-02-20. p. 53.
  5. ^ Whitburn 2010, p. 844.
  6. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017. Type Andy Williams in the Search box and press Enter.
  7. ^ a b c d "Andy Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ^ Whitburn 2009, p. 1060.
  9. ^ a b Whitburn 1993, p. 256.
  10. ^ "Greatest Hits/ Greatest Hits, Vol. 2/Love Story". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 November 2010.