Vote for Love is a 1996 album by Kenny Rogers released exclusively for sale on QVC. It was later made available in retail stores under the title Always & Forever.
Track listing
Disc 1 "Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison) [4:55] (previously released by Van Morrison on the 1989 album Avalon Sunset) "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) [2:51] (previously recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1931 and re-released in 1943) (used by Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca) "Endless Love" (Lionel Richie) [3:50] (previously recorded by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross on the 1981 album Endless Love: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) [3:21] (previously recorded by Nat King Cole on the 1951 album Penthouse Serenade) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) [4:21] (previously recorded by The Flamingos on the 1959 album Flamingo Serenade) (originally written for the 1934 film Dames) "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) [3:35] (previously recorded by Barbra Streisand on the 1976 soundtrack A Star Is Born) "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) [3:18] (previously recorded by Johnny Mathis on the 1959 album Heavenly) (previously recorded by Ray Stevens on the 1975 album Misty) "She Believes in Me" (Steve Gibb) [4:19] (from the 1978 album The Gambler) "Always" (Irving Berlin) [2:37] (written in 1925, previously used in the 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees) (covered by many artists including Frank Sinatra and Patsy Cline) "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) [3:25] (previously recorded by Doris Day in the 1952 film One Minute to Zero) "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) [3:17] (previously recorded by Patsy Cline in 1961) "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Sam M. Lewis, Andrew Wright) [3:51] (previously recorded by Percy Sledge on the 1966 album When a Man Loves a Woman) "You Decorated My Life" (Debbie Hupp, Bob Morrison) [3:45] (from the 1979 album Kenny) "I Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) [3:18] (previously recorded by Elvis Presley on the 1961 soundtrack Blue Hawaii) "The Wind Beneath My Wings" (Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar) [3:36] (previously recorded by Bette Midler on the 1988 soundtrack Beaches)
Disc 2 "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) [2:39] (originally performed by Sam Lanin and his Orchestra in 1924) (has also appeared in numerous movies including the 1939 movie The Roaring Twenties - sung by Priscilla Lane) "I Swear" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers) [3:49] (previously recorded by John Michael Montgomery on the 1994 album Kickin' It Up) "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) [3:43] (previously recorded by Carmichael in 1927) (made popular by Isham Jones in 1930) "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) [2:59] (originally released by Dolly Parton on the 1974 album Jolene) (also covered by Whitney Houston on the 1992 soundtrack The Bodyguard) "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) [3:10] (originally sung by Sam Cooke from the 1957 album Sam Cooke) "Through the Years" (Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer) [3:42] (from the 1981 album Share Your Love) "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) [3:28] (previously recorded by The Righteous Brothers from the 1965 album Just Once in My Life) "Lady" (Lionel Richie) [3:54] (from the 1980 album 1980 Greatest Hits) "Always and Forever" (Rod Temperton) [4:48] (previously recorded by Heatwave from the 1976 album Too Hot to Handle) "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) [4:07] (from the 1994 album Timepiece) "Somewhere My Love" (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) [2:44] (previously recorded by Ray Conniff from the 1966 album Somewhere My Love) "You Are So Beautiful" (Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston) [3:09] (from the album We've Got Tonight) "You Light Up My Life" (Joe Brooks) [3:09] (previously recorded by Debby Boone from the 1977 album You Light Up My Life) (also used for the film of the same name) "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) [2:40] (previously recorded by The Four Aces in 1955) "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [3:04] (previously recorded by Presley from the 1956 album Elvis)
Production Bergen White – producer, arrangements Jim McKell – producer, recording, mixing, mastering Kevin Ryan – assistant engineer Nick Sayler – assistant engineer Paul Skaife – assistant engineer Mark Lambert – additional engineer Mills Logan – additional engineer Frank Green – mastering Digital Editing & Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location Jan Greenfield – production coordinator
Personnel
Musicians and Vocalists Tracks 1–7, 9, 11, 12, 14–20, 22, 24, 26 & 28–30 Kenny Rogers – lead vocals David Briggs – acoustic piano Shane Keister – acoustic piano, electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers Pat Bergeson – electric guitars, harmonica John Willis – acoustic guitars, electric guitars Bob Burns – acoustic bass, electric bass Paul Leim – drums, percussion Farrell Morris – percussion, timpani, vibraphone Jim Horn – saxophones, flutes Bobby Taylor – oboe, English horn George Tidwell – trumpet, flugelhorn Tom McAninch – French horn The Nashville String Machine – strings Bergen White – string conductor, backing vocals Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster Jana King – backing vocals Lisa Silver – backing vocals
The Kenny Rogers Band Tracks 8, 10, 13, 21, 23, 25 & 27 Kenny Rogers – vocals Steve Glassmeyer – acoustic piano Gene Golden – synthesizers Warren Hartman – synthesizers, string arrangements (10) Randy Dorman – acoustic guitars, electric guitar solos Rick Harper – electric guitars Bob Burns – bass guitar Lynn Hammann – drums
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