Melodies of Love was Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton is an American pop music singer of Polish origin. In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince".-Early life:...

's twenty-fourth studio album

Album

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 and his first studio album for ABC Records

ABC Records

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. It was released in 1974

1974 in music

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The album was released in response to popular demand, following Vinton's million-selling single "My Melody of Love

My Melody of Love

"My Melody of Love" is the title of a popular song from 1974 by the American singer Bobby Vinton. Vinton adapted his song from a German song composed by Henry Mayer, and it appears on Vinton's album Melodies of Love....

", his first single in two years, which proved a successful comeback and earned Vinton the nickname "the Polish Prince". After the song became a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 and a #1 adult contemporary hit, the semi-eponymous album was released, reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot 200 list of popular albums and going gold.

"My Melody of Love" is the first track on the album and is the album's highest charting single. Cover versions include Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...

's hit "I Honestly Love You

I Honestly Love You

"I Honestly Love You" was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-John's first number-one single in the United States and Canada, thus cementing her as a household name in North America....

", Alice Faye

Alice Faye

Alice Faye was an American actress and singer, called by The New York Times "one of the few movie stars to walk away from stardom at the peak of her career." She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her husband, bandleader and comedian...

's "You'll Never Know

You'll Never Know

"You'll Never Know" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon, based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris....

" and Al Martino

Al Martino

Al Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The...

's "Here in My Heart

Here in My Heart

"Here in My Heart" is a popular song, written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, and Bill Borrelli, and published in 1952.A recording of the song by Al Martino was a #1 hit single on the United States pop chart. The Martino version also made history as the first number one on the UK Singles Chart, on 14...

". The fifth track, "Am I Losing You", is a reworking of the Italian song "Io ti darò di più" with a few English lyrics replacing some of the Italian lyrics.

Side A

1. My Melody of Love - (Bobby Vinton, Henry Mayer) - 3:08
2. I Honestly Love You - (Peter Allen
   Peter Allen
   Peter Allen was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, Arthur's Theme, winning an Academy Award in 1981...
   
   , Jeff Barry
   Jeff Barry
   Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early career:...
   
   ) - 3:25
3. You'll Never Know - (Mack Gordon
   Mack Gordon
   Mack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know"...
   
   , Harry Warren
   Harry Warren
   Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,...
   
   ) - 2:40
4. Dick and Jane - (D. Blackwell) - 3:15
5. Never Ending Song of Love - (Delaney Bramlett) - 2:57
6. Am I Losing You - (Bobby Vinton, Alberto Testa, M. Remigi) - 3:00

Side B

1. The Most Beautiful Girl - (Norro Wilson
   Norro Wilson
   Norris "Norro" Wilson is an American country music singer, songwriter and producer, and member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame....
   
   , Billy Sherrill
   Billy Sherrill
   Billy Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
   
   , Rory Michael Bourke
   Rory Michael Bourke
   Rory Michael Bourke is a country music songwriter born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records....
   
   ) - 2:27
2. My Gypsy Love - (Bobby Vinton) - 3:12
3. I'll Be Loving You - (Bobby Vinton, Gene Allan) - 2:46
4. Here in My Heart - (Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, Bill Borrelli) - 2:43
5. I Want to Spend My Life With You - (L. Weiss, J. Williams) - 3:07

Album credits

• Arrangers: Al Capps, Mike Melvoin, Joe Reisman, Ernie Freeman
• Jim "Dallas" Crouch: drums/vocals
• Engineers: Armin Steiner, Tommy Vicari, Michael Lietz, Ray Gerhart, John Wagner, Barry Keene
• Studios: Sound Lab, A&M, John Wagner, Sunwest
• Album design: Tim Bryant
• Photography: Mia Beard

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1974	The Billboard 200	16 This album was rereleased through Pickwick Records as SPC 3553 Melodies of love

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"My Melody of Love My Melody of Love "My Melody of Love" is the title of a popular song from 1974 by the American singer Bobby Vinton. Vinton adapted his song from a German song composed by Henry Mayer, and it appears on Vinton's album Melodies of Love.... "	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1975	"Dick and Jane Dick and Jane Dick and Jane were the main characters in popular basal readers written by William S. Gray and Zerna Sharp and published by Scott Foresman, that were used to teach children to read from the 1930s through to the 1970s in the United States... "	The Billboard Hot 100	33
1974	"My Melody of Love"	Adult Contemporary	1