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Love Him (album)

Love Him was a Doris Day album recorded in October and November, 1963 and released by Columbia Records on December 16, 1963. It was produced by Day's son Terry Melcher and issued as both a monophonic LP (catalog number CL-2131) and a stereophonic LP (catalog number CS-8931). The album was arranged and conducted by Tommy Oliver, and it was her first LP in over a year.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 14, 1964, peaking at No. 102 during an eight-week run on the chart. It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated February 15, 1964, peaking at No. 32 during a twelve-week run on the chart. On the magazine's Top 50 Stereo chart, the album peaked at a higher No. 24 during its shorter six-week run on the chart.

Reception

The initial Cashbox magazine review said that "Doris Day directs her attention at a tender, sentimental program of romantic standards and newies on this new release."

William Ruhlmann on AllMusic stated that Love Him represented a whole new approach, he also said that her son "seemed to want to demonstrate that Day could sing a broader range of material than Columbia had been giving her, and she responded by throwing herself into performances of songs that had greater depth than those she usually sang."

Compact disc

The album was combined with Day's 1960 album, Show Time, on a compact disc, issued on November 14, 2000 by Collectables Records.

Track listing

Charts

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