My Elusive Dreams (Bobby Vinton album)
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My Elusive Dreams | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 1970 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
Bobby Vinton chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
My Elusive Dreams was Bobby Vinton's twentieth studio album, released in 1970.
The title track, a remake of a 1967 Tammy Wynette/David Houston hit, is the album's only single. Cover versions include B.J. Thomas' hit "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", the Beatles' hit "Something", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "I Will Follow You" (a different version of Little Peggy March's hit "I Will Follow Him"), and Barbara Lewis' hit "Baby I'm Yours".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Elusive Dreams" | Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill | 3:13 |
2. | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" ([From the 20th Century Fox Picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]) | Hal David, Burt Bacharach | 2:46 |
3. | "Something" | George Harrison | 2:50 |
4. | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" ([From the Musical Production Promises, Promises]) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:45 |
5. | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" | John Denver | 3:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Traces" | Buddy Buie, James Cobb, Emory Gordy | 3:01 |
2. | "I Will Follow You" | Arthur Altman, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Plante, J.W. Stole, Del Roma | 2:07 |
3. | "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" | Tony Macaulay, John Macleod | 2:25 |
4. | "If Ever I Would Leave You" | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | 2:45 |
5. | "Baby I'm Yours" | Van McCoy | 2:24 |
6. | "The Perfect Woman" | Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer | 3:14 |
Personnel
- Bobby Vinton – vocals
- Billy Sherrill – producer
- Hank Levine – arranger ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Something", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Traces", "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" and "If Ever I Would Leave You")
- Bill Walker – arranger ("My Elusive Dreams", "Baby I'm Yours" and "The Perfect Woman")
- Lou Bradley – engineer
- Charlie Brigg – engineer
- Tom Sparkman – engineer
- Suzanne Szasz – back cover photo
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1970 | The Billboard 200 | 90 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1970 | "My Elusive Dreams" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 46 |
1970 | "My Elusive Dreams" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 7 |
1970 | "My Elusive Dreams" | Country Singles | 27 |
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