Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You

Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You
Studio album by
Ronnie Dove
Released1966 (1966)
GenrePop
LabelDiamond
ProducerPhil Kahl, Ray Vernon
Ronnie Dove chronology
The Best of Ronnie Dove
(1966) 		Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You
(1966) 		Cry
(1967)

Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You is Ronnie Dove's fourth studio album (and fifth album release) for Diamond Records.

History

The album gathers Ronnie's latest singles "I Really Don't Want to Know", "Happy Summer Days", and "Let's Start All Over Again", all of which hit the charts in 1966. Mountain of Love" would later appear as the B-side to a 1968 Ronnie Dove single "Never Gonna Cry". However, "Mountain of Love" would be the side to chart. It did not make the Top 40.[1]

The song “Happy Summer Days” was featured in a commercial for Amazon in 2019.[2]

Release

The original album was released in both mono and stereo.[1] The album was reissued in the 90s, and was again reissued, from the original album masters, in 2020.[3]

The album peaked at number 122 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Track listing

Track Title Songwriter(s) Time
A1 Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) Jimmie Hodges 3:30
A2 I Really Don't Want to Know Howard Barnes, Don Robertson 2:55
A3 On a Slow Boat to China Frank Loesser 2:33
A4 Long After Larry Kusik, Ritchie Adams 2:30
A5 Happy Summer Days Larry Kusik, Ritchie Adams, Wes Farrell 2:08
A6 Let's Start All Over Again Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn 2:30
B1 Mountain Of Love Harold Dorman 2:18
B2 I Found You Just In Time Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton 2:08
B3 I'm the One Who Taught You How Chip Taylor 2:20
B4 Almost In Paradise Kenny Young, Artie Resnick 2:37
B5 That Empty Feeling Ronnie Dove 2:20

References

  1. ^ a b "Diamond Album Discography".
  2. ^ "Amazon TV Commercial, 'Summer Delivered' Song by Ronnie Dove".
  3. ^ "CD Baby Music Store".
  4. ^ "Ronnie Dove - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2012.


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