Love Story (Andy Williams studio album)

Love Story
Studio album by Andy Williams
Released	February 3, 1971[1]
Recorded	1970–1971
Genre	Traditional pop vocal pop soft rock[2]
Length	35:54
Label	Columbia
Producer	Dick 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
"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Released: January 15, 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	Spotlight Pick[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

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.^[6] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated February 20, of that year, and remained on the chart for 30 weeks, peaking at number 4^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[9] 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.^[11] 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.^[9]

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.^[12]