Love Is All We Have to Give

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Love Is All We Have to Give is the second album by Checkmates, Ltd. and was released in 1969. It reached #178 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.^[2]

The album featured four singles: "Black Pearl", which reached #8 on the R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[3] "Proud Mary", which reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[4] and "Love Is All I Have to Give" and "I Keep Forgettin'", both of which did not chart on the pop chart.

Track listing

1. "Proud Mary" (John Fogerty) – 4:30
2. "Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Phil Spector) – 3:17
3. "Black Pearl" (Spector/Toni Wine/Irwin Levine) – 3:25
4. "I Keep Forgettin'" (Leiber/Stoller) – 3:03
5. "Love Is All I Have to Give" (Bobby Stevens/Spector) – 4:13
6. 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

Credits

• Produced by: Phil Spector
• Arranged and Conducted by: Perry Botkin Jr. (Tracks 1-5), Dee Barton (Track 1, 2, 4, 6)
• Lead Vocals: Sonny Charles (Tracks 1-4, 6), Bobby Stevens (Tracks 5-6)
• Lead Guitar: Harvey Trees
• Electric Bass: Bill Van Buskirk
• Drums: Marvin "Sweet Louie" Smith^[5]

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