My Elusive Dreams (Bobby Vinton album)

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My Elusive Dreams
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1970
GenrePop
LabelEpic
ProducerBilly Sherrill
Bobby Vinton chronology
Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love
(1969)
My Elusive Dreams
(1970)
Sounds of Love
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]

My Elusive Dreams was Bobby Vinton's twentieth studio album, released in 1970.

The title track, a remake of a 1967 Tammy Wynette/David Houston hit, is the album's only single. Cover versions include B.J. Thomas' hit "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", the Beatles' hit "Something", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "I Will Follow You" (a different version of Little Peggy March's hit "I Will Follow Him"), and Barbara Lewis' hit "Baby I'm Yours".

Track listing[]

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Elusive Dreams"Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill3:13
2."Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" ([From the 20th Century Fox Picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid])Hal David, Burt Bacharach2:46
3."Something"George Harrison2:50
4."I'll Never Fall in Love Again" ([From the Musical Production Promises, Promises])Burt Bacharach, Hal David2:45
5."Leaving on a Jet Plane"John Denver3:29
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Traces"Buddy Buie, James Cobb, 3:01
2."I Will Follow You"Arthur Altman, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Plante, , 2:07
3."Baby Take Me in Your Arms"Tony Macaulay, John Macleod2:25
4."If Ever I Would Leave You"Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe2:45
5."Baby I'm Yours"Van McCoy2:24
6."The Perfect Woman"Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer3:14

Personnel[]

  • Bobby Vinton – vocals
  • Billy Sherrill – producer
  • Hank Levine – arranger ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Something", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Traces", "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" and "If Ever I Would Leave You")
  • Bill Walker – arranger ("My Elusive Dreams", "Baby I'm Yours" and "The Perfect Woman")
  • Lou Bradley – engineer
  • Charlie Brigg – engineer
  • Tom Sparkman – engineer
  • Suzanne Szasz – back cover photo

Charts[]

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1970 The Billboard 200 90

SinglesBillboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "My Elusive Dreams" The Billboard Hot 100 46
1970 "My Elusive Dreams" Billboard Adult Contemporary 7
1970 "My Elusive Dreams" Country Singles 27

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