Is It Love? (Cilla Black album) explained

Is It Love?
Type:Album
Artist:Cilla Black
Cover:Is It Love? (Cilla Black album).jpg
Released:1965
Recorded:Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre:Pop, Merseybeat, Soul
Length:28:47
Label:Parlophone Records/EMI
Producer:George Martin
Prev Title:Cilla
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:Sher-oo!
Next Year:1968

Is It Love? is Cilla Black's 1965 first US album (Capitol (S)T 2308). Originally the ballad "Is It Love?", written by her manager and future husband, Bobby Willis, was recorded for the Ferry Cross the Mersey LP and film of the same name.[1] [2] Instead, it became the title track of her first and only album for Capitol Records.

Track listing

A1 Is It Love? – Willis 2:56

A2 I'm Not Alone Anymore - Westlake, Lynch 2:22

A3 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Spector, Mann, Weil 3:06

A4 Goin' Out Of My Head - Randazzo, Weinstein 2:13

A5 What'cha Gonna Do About It - Payne, Carroll 2:34

A6 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter 2:22

B1 Love Letters - Victor Young 3:15

B2 Love Is Like a Heat Wave - Holland, Dozier, Holland 2:08

B3 Ol' Man River - Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II 2:20

B4 This Empty Place – H. David, B. Bacharach 2:40

B5 Anyone Who Had A Heart - H. David, B. Bacharach 2:51

References

  1. Billboard - 20 Feb 1965 - Page 14 "Capitol CILLA BLACK— IS IT LOVE (Jaep, BMI) Intriguing ballad from the forthcoming film "Ferry Across the Mersey.""
  2. Sharon Davis Every chart-topper tells a story: the sixties -- 1997 - Page 117 "During November Black was invited to perform on the Royal Variety Show, and the following month she sang 'Is It Love' in the movie Ferry 'cross the Mersey, starring Gerry and the Pacemakers."

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