My Love Forgive Me (album)

My Love Forgive Me
Studio album by
Robert Goulet
ReleasedDecember 1964
GenreTraditional pop
Length31:12
LabelColumbia
ProducerRalph Burns
Robert Goulet chronology
Manhattan Tower
(1964) 		My Love Forgive Me
(1964) 		Begin to Love
(1965)
Singles from My Love Forgive Me
  1. "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
    Released: August 10, 1962
  2. "Too Good"
    Released: June 8, 1964
  3. "My Love Forgive Me"
    Released: September 4, 1964

My Love Forgive Me is a studio album by American singer Robert Goulet, released in December 1964, by Columbia Records. It was produced by Ralph Burns, and features the singles, "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "Too Good" and his most successful "My Love, Forgive Me".

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated December 26, 1964, and remained on the chart for 29 weeks, peaking at number five, his highest position for a non-hoilday album on that chart.[1] It debuted on the Cash Box albums chart in the issue dated December 19, 1964, and remained on the chart for a total of 26 weeks, peaking at number six.[2] The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 30, 1968, for sales over 500,000 copies.[3]

The single, "What Kind of Fool Am I?", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart dated October 6, 1962, reaching number 89 in a two-week stay on the chart.[4] "My Love Forgive Me", debuted on the Hot 100 on October 24, 1964, spending three weeks at number 16 during a 15-week run,[4] number 15 on the Cash Box singles chart, in a 16-week run on the chart,[5] and number two on the Billboard Easy Listening chart during its 15-week run.[6]

The album was released on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on July 1, 1997, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Goulet's 1962 Columbia album, Sincerely Yours...[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic called it "one of Goulet's better collections and stated that "Anglicized foreign songs, such as "Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)" and Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)." Suddenly with this material, Goulet seemed less like a fading middle-of-the-road pop singer and more like a potential competitor to the mop-topped hordes"[8]

Billboard praised Goulet for working "his distinctive, powerful voice softly over a dozen pop ballads such as 'Corcovado', 'Just Say I Love Her', 'This Is All I Ask' and a fine legit redition of 'What Kind of Fool Am I'."[10]

Variety praised Goulet for "Giving out with large and lush vocal treatment of such songs as 'Now That It's Ended' ... and others".[11]

Record World notes "Goulet gives a more off-handed delivery than usual on this disk'"[12]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Love, Forgive Me (Amore scusami)"Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini, Sydney Lee2:48
2."Now That It's Ended"Charlie Chaplin2:12
3."Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)"Antônio Carlos Jobim, Buddy Kaye2:08
4."Softly, as I Leave You"Giorgio Calabrese, Tony De Vita, Hal Shaper2:28
5."What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from the Broadway Musical: Stop the World – I Want to Get Off)Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley2:34
6."What Can I Do?"Jack Segal, Paul Vance2:21

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just Say I Love Her"Rodolfo Falvo, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Enzo Fusco, Martin Kalmanoff, Sam Ward3:07
2."Two Different Worlds"Al Frisch, Sid Wayne2:45
3."Welcome Home Angelina"Bart Howard2:23
4."Choose"Lionel Bart2:38
5."Too Good"Louis Amade, Gilbert Bécaud, Norman Gimbel2:29
6."This Is All I Ask"Gordon Jenkins3:19

Charts

Chart (1964) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[1] 5
US Cash Box[2] 6
Singles
Year Single Chart Peak
1962 "What Kind of Fool Am I?" US Billboard Hot 100[4] 89
1964 "My Love Forgive Me" US Billboard Hot 100[4] 16
US Cash Box[5] 15
US Easy Listening[6] 2

Certifications

Certifications for My Love Forgive Me'
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 312. ISBN 0898201179.
  2. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  3. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved November 9, 2024. Type Robert Goulet in the Search box and press Enter.
  4. ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 286. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
  5. ^ a b Downey, Pat (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 142–143. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  6. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
  7. ^ "My Love Forgive Me/Sincerely Yours..." AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me: Album Ratings & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music. Omnibus Press. p. 842. ISBN 9780195313734. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "Billboard Spotlight Pick: My Love, Forgive Me". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 51. December 19, 1964. p. 52.
  11. ^ "Variety Records Reviews Peter & Gordon, Goulet's Forgive Me, Burl Ives Chim Chim, Johnny Nash, Tessie O'Shea, Gene Barry Top LPs". Variety. Vol. 237, no. 3. December 9, 1964. p. 48.
  12. ^ "Album Reviews: Pick Hits" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 18, no. 914. December 12, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Robert Goulet – My Love Forgive Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
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