Love Is All We Have to Give

Love Is All We Have to Give
Studio album by Checkmates, Ltd.
Released	1969
Genre	Soul
Length	38:28
Label	A&M 4183
Producer	Phil Spector
Checkmates, Ltd. chronology
Live! At Caesar's Palace (1967) Love Is All We Have to Give (1969) Life (1971)
Singles from Love Is All We Have to Give
"Love Is All I Have to Give"/"Never Should Have Lied" Released: March 1969 "Black Pearl"/"Lazy Susan" Released: April 1969 "Proud Mary"/"Spanish Harlem" Released: 1969 "I Keep Forgettin'"/"Do You Love Your Baby" Released: 1970

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

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]

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
US Pop	178

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1969	"Black Pearl"	US Pop	13
		US R&B	8
		AUS	31
	"Love Is All I Have to Give"	AUS	31
	"Proud Mary"	US Pop	69
		UK	30

References

1. Love Is All We Have to Give at AllMusic
2. Checkmates, Ltd., Love Is All We Have to Give Retrieved January 28, 2016.
3. Checkmates, Ltd., "Black Pearl" chart positions Retrieved January 28, 2016.
4. Checkmates, Ltd., "Proud Mary" chart position Retrieved January 28, 2016.
5. Checkmates, Ltd., Love Is All We Have to Give credits Retrieved January 28, 2016.