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1783:Tony Peluso
1778:John Bettis
1768:Discography
1579:Other songs
1246:Solo albums
1179:Reflections
1080:Live albums
583:Joy Fleming
237:Producer(s)
1850:1970 songs
1844:Categories
1171:Love Songs
981:Carpenters
771:References
661:Jack Jones
636:Diana Ross
601:Cleo Laine
575:Vikki Carr
547:Paul Davis
543:Paul Davis
519:Jack Jones
460:Hal Blaine
451:Joe Osborn
408:Carpenters
329:Background
322:Carpenters
250:Carpenters
163:Carpenters
154:Carpenters
77:newspapers
1562:Ave Maria
1429:Solitaire
1338:Superstar
1061:Lovelines
761:Top 100
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415:Personnel
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107:June 2015
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187:Recorded
176:Released
1761:Related
1281:Singles
1021:Passage
1005:Horizon
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403:Karen
208:Label
196:Genre
179:1991
98:JSTOR
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1373:Sing
1254:Time
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