Love Is All We Have to Give is the first studio album by Checkmates, Ltd., released in 1969, and their second overall album after the 1967 live album Live! at Caesar's Palace. Love Is All We Have to Give reached No. 178 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.Checkmates, Ltd., Love Is All We Have to Give Retrieved January 28, 2016.
The album featured four singles: "Black Pearl", which reached No. 8 on the R&B chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100,Checkmates, Ltd., "Black Pearl" chart positions Retrieved January 28, 2016. "Proud Mary", which reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100,Checkmates, Ltd., "Proud Mary" chart position Retrieved January 28, 2016. "Love Is All I Have to Give" which reached No. 65 on the Hot 100, and "I Keep Forgettin'" which did not chart on the pop chart.
Track listing "Proud Mary" (John Fogerty) – 4:30 "Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Phil Spector) – 3:17 "Black Pearl" (Phil Spector, Toni Wine, Irwin Levine) – 3:25 "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:03 "Love Is All I Have to Give" (Bobby Stevens, Phil Spector) – 4:13 The Hair Anthology Suite: "Ain't Got No/I Got Life/Prelude/Theme/Postlude/Let The Sunshine (Overture)/Prelude/Aquarius/Prelude/Theme/Let The Sunshine In/Ain't Got No (Finale)/Prelude/Postlude" (James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot) – 20:00
Personnel Phil Spector - producer Perry Botkin Jr. (Tracks 1–5), Dee Barton (Track 1, 2, 4, 6) - arrangements and conductor Sonny Charles (Tracks 1–4, 6), Bobby Stevens (Tracks 5–6) - lead vocals Harvey Trees - lead guitar Bill Van Buskirk - electric bass Marvin "Sweet Louie" SmithCheckmates, Ltd., Love Is All We Have to Give credits Retrieved January 28, 2016. - drums
Charts Chart (1969)PeakpositionUS Pop178 Singles YearSingleChartPosition1969"Black Pearl"US Pop13US R&B8AUS31"Love Is All I Have to Give"AUS31"Proud Mary"US Pop69UK30
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